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Last Metro, The (1980)

June 1, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Blade, The (1995)

May 26, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Exploring #23: Mike De Leon

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 by Eternality Tan

How to Divorce During the War (2026)

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Useful Ghost, A (2025)

May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Citizen Kane (1941)

May 11, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Everybody to Kenmure Street (2026)

May 6, 2026May 6, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 by Eternality Tan

April (2024)

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Exploring #22: Piotr Szulkin

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October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Our Time Machine (2019)

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  • 2019, China, Documentary
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A modest if tender documentary about an Alzheimer’s-stricken father (a retired Peking opera director) and his son (a multimedia artist) who try to heal through art and the creative process as they witness the ravages of time on their mortal connection. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

La Veronica (2020)

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  • 2020, Chile
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Shot with a static camera in a perpetual medium close-up of the lead character, this disquieting Chilean take on the perils of being a social media celebrity rings hollow, ironically in a phenomenologically truthful way. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 26, 2020September 26, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Ondog (2019)

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  • 2019, China, Mongolia, Wang Quan'an
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A dead body is found in the Mongolian steppes in this sublimely-shot if at times bizarre arthouse tale about carnal desires and the cycle of life.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 21, 2020October 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Incitement (2019)

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  • 2019, Israel
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The mid-‘90s assassination of then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is radically told from the point-of-view of the assassin in this urgent and incisive sociopolitical-thriller about the dangers of holding extremist worldviews.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

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  • 2020, Charlie Kaufman, USA
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It is as if Charlie Kaufman had reimagined ‘The Shining’ in a whole new dimension—this indescribably cerebral and atmospheric film, an adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name, enthrals as much as it frustrates.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 13, 2020October 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Thousand Cuts, A (2020)

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  • 2020, Documentary, Philippines
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An urgent and frightening documentary for our troubled times as it tackles the problem of fake news and disinformation through the prism of politics, social media and journalism in The Philippines.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 10, 2020October 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, The (2019)

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  • 2019, Canada
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A modest if quietly effective Canadian film that is shot in real-time in a largely uninterrupted long take, about an indigenous woman suffering from domestic abuse who is discovered by a compassionate stranger.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Corpus Christi (2019)

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  • 2019, Jan Komasa, Poland
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Love, forgiveness and redemption weigh heavily in this Oscar-nominated religious-based drama about a young sinner who unexpectedly poses as a priest in a small Polish town. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Suicide Room (2011)

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  • 2011, Jan Komasa, Poland
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A disturbing and occasionally powerful look at youths with suicidal tendencies through the off/online realms that they inhabit.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 29, 2020October 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Metamorphosis of Birds, The (2020)

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  • 2020, Portugal
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This extraordinary Portuguese docu-fiction is best described as Malick meets Parajanov—a transcendental portrait of what it means to navigate the personal, the familial and the ancestral as a lineage of lived experiences. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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