Continue reading →A sensual debut feature from Vietnam that explores the impact of an ultra-patriarchal community on its sufferable women, with beautiful and naturalistic cinematography to boot.
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Night Comes for Us, The (2018)
For genre fans only, this nauseatingly violent and gory organised crime slice/shoot-‘em up delivers what it promises.
Kuei Mei, a Woman (1985)
A solidly-acted story of one woman trying to raise her family despite all odds, in what could be Taiwan New Cinema director Chang Yi’s finest work.
Dead Pigs (2018)
Continue reading →Clearly an ambitious first feature, and it mostly hits the right spots in this ‘Magnolia’-inspired ensemble drama about China at the crossroads of modernity.
Guilty, The (2018)
This high-concept thriller set in an emergency call room, and in real-time, delivers the requisite tension with just words over the phone.
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.
Eternality Tan 