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Tag / 1989

May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Enemy of the People, An (1989)

  • Criterion Collection, Ray, Satyajit
  • 1989, India, Satyajit Ray
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Holy water from a temple is found to be contaminated in this decent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, situated within Ray’s cultural milieu as this straightforwardly-told drama sees science and religion cross swords. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

  • Almodovar, Pedro, Criterion Collection
  • 1989, Pedro Almodovar, Spain
  • 2 Comments

Almodovar’s Stockholm syndrome drama will probably be cancelled if made today, but while it isn’t a home run by his provocative standards, it features two impressionable performances by Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 7, 2021March 6, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

  • Stone, Oliver
  • 1989, Oliver Stone, USA
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One of Stone’s stronger works, this recreation of the 1960s American struggle for freedom amid the turmoil of the Vietnam War is at best fervent and emotional.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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June 26, 2021August 22, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Last Crusade, The (1989)

  • Popular, Spielberg, Steven
  • 1989, Steven Spielberg, USA
  • 1 Comment

Spielberg’s strong morality tale against greed is as spectacular as it is funny – my favourite of the Indiana Jones films.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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May 2, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Seventh Continent, The (1989)

  • Haneke, Michael
  • 1989, Austria, Michael Haneke
  • 1 Comment

A solid, uncompromising theatrical debut by Haneke, one that would see the auteur continue to shock and challenge audiences in different ways for the next two decades.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 11, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Do the Right Thing (1989)

  • Criterion Collection, Lee, Spike
  • 1989, Spike Lee, USA
  • 5 Comments

A cultural touchstone in modern American cinema, Spike Lee’s breakthrough tell-it-as-it-is treatment of racism is even more sobering to view more than 30 years later.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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July 18, 2020June 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

I Want to Go Home (1989)

  • Resnais, Alain
  • 1989, Alain Resnais, France
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An under-appreciated oddball of a film by Alain Resnais that dabbles with US-French cultural idiosyncrasies as well as the tension between popular culture and intellectual scholarship.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mystery Train (1989)

  • Criterion Collection, Jarmusch, Jim
  • 1989, Jim Jarmusch, USA
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An essential early work of Jarmusch, this is a cinematic hymn to Memphis city’s rich musical history, filmed as a connecting triptych of oddball characters of various nationalities over the course of one day and night in this ‘ghost town’. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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September 12, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Killer, The (1989)

  • Criterion Collection, Woo, John
  • 1989, Hong Kong, John Woo
  • 4 Comments

4.5 stars

This is a top-tier ‘heroic bloodshed’ picture by John Woo—a masterclass in action filmmaking with that rare commitment to pathos.

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December 3, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

City of Sadness, A (1989)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1989, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 11 Comments

This historical epic about post-WWII Taiwan is one of Hou’s most ambitious and encompassing works, and also his first true masterpiece.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.
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