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Exploring #6: Paul Thomas Anderson

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Disclosure Day (2026)

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 by Eternality Tan

My Father’s Shadow (2025)

June 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Touki bouki (1973)

June 12, 2026June 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

To Singapore, with Love (2013)

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Last Metro, The (1980)

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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)

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Useful Ghost, A (2025)

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June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 by Eternality Tan

DAU. Natasha (2020)

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  • 2020, Germany, Russia, Ukraine
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Part of the massive if controversial โ€˜DAUโ€™ project, this entry is backed by bold performances by its two actresses even if the film doesnโ€™t quite achieve true power through provocation. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 16, 2020June 21, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Talvar (2015)

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  • 2015, India
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A polished if sometimes overly-dramatised โ€˜Rashomonโ€™-style account of the infamous and haunting 2008 Noida double murder case that till today no one knows the truth to.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 by Eternality Tan

First They Killed My Father (2017)

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  • 2017, Angelina Jolie, Cambodia, USA
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An excellent lead performance by a child aside, this is too postcard picture-perfect and poorly-paced a film about the torrid experiences of surviving the Khmer Rouge regime to be considered essential viewing.  

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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May 31, 2020August 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Love & Other Drugs (2010)

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  • 2010, Edward Zwick, USA
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Despite the strength of the leading cast, this is an unexpectedly insipid movie by Edward Zwick.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Alms for a Blind Horse (2011)

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  • 2011, Gurvinder Singh, India
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Shot in the Punjabi language, Gurvinder Singhโ€™s Venice Orrizonti-selected first feature is both meandering and meditative at the same time, with fine attention to environmental detail.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 25, 2020August 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Defiance (2008)

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  • 2008, Edward Zwick, USA
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A predictable historical war film about survival and the human spirit that mostly benefits from steady direction by Edward Zwick.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 23, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Divines (2016)

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  • 2016, France, Houda Benyamina
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Electrifying filmmaking at times, this Cannes Camera dโ€™Or-winning feature debut depicts a rebellious minority female teen from a French suburb who is suffering from social disenfranchisement as she seeks to make a better life for herself.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 18, 2020August 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Bridge, The (1959)

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  • 1959, Bernhard Wicki, West Germany
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This powerful and tragic German anti-war film pits a group of drafted schoolboys-turned-inexperienced-soldiers against the advancing Americans as WWII draws to a close. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Possessor (2020)

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  • 2020, Brandon Cronenberg, Canada, UK
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Cronenberg Jrโ€™s second feature sees him tackle techno-existential sci-fi with more assurance (but also with more narrative convolution) in this gory tale involving mind-controlled assassinations.ย  ย ย 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 11, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Sand Storm (2016)

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  • 2016, Israel
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A modest but effective Sundance award-winning drama about patriarchal conservatism rearing its ugly head as an older Bedouin daughter in a traditional Arab family awaits her fateful future.ย 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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