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Tag / 1986

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Green Ray, The (1986)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1986, Eric Rohmer, France
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Probably the finest of Rohmer’s ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series—a sublime, psychologically rich work about the emotional struggles to be open to romantic relationships yet it is also about being free and finding thyself. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Melo (1986)

  • Resnais, Alain
  • 1986, Alain Resnais, France
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Resnais blurs the lines between theatre and cinema in this mature treatise on the ‘love triangle’, marked by a trio of outstanding performances. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 10, 2019August 22, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Horse Thief, The (1986)

  • Others
  • 1986, China, Tian, Zhuangzhuang
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This is experimental filmmaking on an epic scale, and also one of the greatest pictures to emerge from China’s Fifth Generation.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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September 8, 2019September 12, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Better Tomorrow, A (1986)

  • Woo, John
  • 1986, Hong Kong, John Woo
  • 3 Comments

4 stars

You really can’t get any more ‘Hong Kong classic’ than this masterful actioner by John Woo.

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May 26, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Sacrifice, The (1986)

  • Tarkovsky, Andrei
  • 1986, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sweden
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4.5 stars

This is Tarkovsky channeling Bergman through his own unique visuals and esoteric style, and also a fitting end to his astonishing but short-lived career of cinematic gems.

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May 17, 2019December 2, 2019 by Eternality Tan

This Love of Mine (1986)

  • Others
  • 1986, Chang Yi, Taiwan
  • 1 Comment

1.5 stars

An utterly miserable work about a woman coming to terms with her cheating husband that is torturous to sit through.

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March 23, 2019May 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Down by Law (1986)

  • Criterion Collection, Jarmusch, Jim
  • 1986, Jim Jarmusch, USA
  • 3 Comments

Jim Jarmusch’s third feature is difficult to pigeonhole, in what is a stylishly shot piece that works as an offbeat if poetic comedy.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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February 24, 2019March 31, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Something Wild (1986)

  • Criterion Collection, Demme, Jonathan
  • 1986, Jonathan Demme, USA
  • 1 Comment

4.5 stars

Rocking, grooving fun in this unpredictable and offbeat picture that impresses in its seamless shifts in tone and great chemistry between the two leads.

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December 3, 2018June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Dust in the Wind (1986)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1986, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 2 Comments

The third film in Hou’s ‘coming-of-age trilogy’ eschews sentiment for a bleak if poetic visual meditation on fate, space and time.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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