February 22, 2020November 15, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Celine Sciamma’s formidable period piece about two women who find deep comfort and intimacy in each other is at once intellectually stimulating and emotionally devastating.

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February 20, 2020March 6, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Uncut Gems (2019)

Breathless filmmaking by the Safdies that also sees Adam Sandler producing his best performance yet.

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February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Taste of Cherry (1997)

Plainfully simple yet thematically complex, this slow and bleak feature remains to be one of Kiarostami’s most profoundly engaging works.

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February 17, 2020July 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Close-Up (1990)

A transcendent masterpiece that reveals intricate thematic complexities and showcases Kiarostami’s brilliance upon a closer and critical examination.

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February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Traveler, The (1974)

A neorealist-inspired first feature by Kiarostami, charting his path to become one of cinema’s foremost chroniclers of the human condition.

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February 16, 2020February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Umberto D. (1952)

A classic of Italian neorealist cinema that also marked the movement’s untimely end, De Sica’s work here about an old man and his dog can be heartbreaking (or to some, dreary) to a fault.