This high-concept thriller set in an emergency call room, and in real-time, delivers the requisite tension with just words over the phone.
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Moment of Truth, The (1965)
Continue reading →Rosi’s shot-in-Spain film could be one of the finest works about bullfighting ever made despite a conventional rags-to-riches narrative.
Diamantino (2018)
This highly-original film has moments to savour, but its hammy execution doesn’t make for a satisfying watch.
Kuroneko (1968)
Continue reading →A black-and-white samurai-cum-ghost movie with a thin storyline but effective in its consistent capture of an eerie if alluring visual tone.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018)
Continue reading →Difficult to connect emotionally, though it features a technical masterclass in a nearly hour-long 3D sequence-shot that must be experienced on the big screen.
Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Continue reading →One of the greatest achievements in documentary filmmaking and it is in the medium of animation.
Border (2018)
Continue reading →One of the European discoveries of 2018, Ali Abbasi’s second feature is assured filmmaking that is fascinating and unsettling in equal measure.
Land Imagined, A (2018)
Continue reading →Writer-director Yeo Siew Hua manages to find a beguiling balance between social realism and the hallucinatory in this promising Locarno Golden Leopard winner.
Free Solo (2018)
Continue reading →An excellent documentary on world-renowned rock climber Alex Honnold, detailing what could be the most mind-blowing feat in modern human history—his ambition and determination to climb a 300-storey high natural rock wall… with no safety rope.
Vox Lux (2018)
Rightfully flashy and stylistic, this Natalie Portman acting vehicle ultimately feels uneven and disorientating.
Eternality Tan 