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Altered States (1980)

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Fjord (2026)

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Rose (2026)

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We Are All Strangers (2026)

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Queen at Sea (2026)

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Chimes at Midnight (1965)

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American Doctor (2026)

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Time to Live, a Time to Die, A (1985)

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October 6, 2021March 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Heiresses, The (1980)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1980, France, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
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Isabelle Huppert plays a Jewish working-class woman who agrees to be secretly impregnated by her rich friendโ€™s husband in order to help the couple conceive in this morally complex tale set in the backdrop of rising Nazism in the 1930s. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 30, 2021July 17, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Dressed to Kill (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, De Palma, Brian
  • 1980, Brian De Palma, USA
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De Palmaโ€™s command of the erotic thriller is indisputable in this suspenseful murder mystery that pays full homage to Hitchcock.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 17, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Elephant Man, The (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 1980, David Lynch, USA
  • 4 Comments

This could be Lynch’s most enduring film – an emotionally-resonating and psychologically-rich work about discrimination and compassion based on the true story of a horribly disfigured man.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 16, 2020October 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Raging Bull (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, Scorsese, Martin
  • 1980, Martin Scorsese, USA
  • 13 Comments

One of Scorseseโ€™s greatest accomplishmentsโ€”an astonishing character study of the rise and fall of a world champion middleweight boxer that is also an acting and editing masterclass.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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May 25, 2020March 6, 2021 by Eternality Tan

My American Uncle (1980)

  • Resnais, Alain
  • 1980, Alain Resnais, France
  • 1 Comment

An unexpected critical success, Resnaisโ€™ sly, mosaic-like film about behavioural psychology as explored through the personal stories of a trio of interconnecting characters is a masterclass in associative editing, and one of his finest pictures.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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October 30, 2019July 21, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Shining, The (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, Kubrick, Stanley
  • 1980, Stanley Kubrick, UK, USA
  • 11 Comments

A masterpiece of baroque horror cinema that continues to haunt through tone, technique and characterisation.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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March 29, 2019June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Permanent Vacation (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, Jarmusch, Jim
  • 1980, Jim Jarmusch, USA
  • 2 Comments

Jarmuschโ€™s first feature is at best a time capsule of New York City in the late โ€˜70s, and at worst, an aimless and meandering borefest.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.
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