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Tag / 1997

January 8, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Cure (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Kurosawa, Kiyoshi
  • 1997, Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Dread and unease ooze in abundance in this masterful, bar-raising existential psychological mystery about an exasperated detective trying to solve a series of inexplicable murders.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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June 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Vie de Jesus, La (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Dumont, Bruno
  • 1997, Bruno Dumont, France
  • 1 Comment

A fascinating feature debut by Dumont, who captures the tedium of French countryside life by finding beauty in the mundane and the horrific in the nonchalant, working with non-professional actors with aplomb.   

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Destiny (1997)

  • Chahine, Youssef
  • 1997, Egypt, France, Youssef Chahine
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This late-career work is one of Chahine’s better efforts—a largely engaging 12th-century epic about the dangers of religious extremism and the power that a humanist philosophy gives to its people. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 11, 2021October 14, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Lost Highway (1997)

  • Lynch, David
  • 1997, David Lynch, USA
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Largely critically-derided when first released, this violent and erotic nightmare gleefully explores male guilt and fantasy, one that now makes so much sense in Lynch’s terrorising world of weird-ass folks with weird-ass obsessions.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 5, 2021August 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Swindle, The (1997)

  • Chabrol, Claude
  • 1997, Claude Chabrol, France, Switzerland
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Small-time scammers bite off more than they can chew in Chabrol’s rather uneven but perversely fun crime comedy, headlined by Isabelle Huppert and the scene-stealing Michel Serrault. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 4, 2021June 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Happy Together (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Wong, Kar Wai
  • 1997, Hong Kong, Wong, Kar Wai
  • 4 Comments

One of Wong’s most straightforward films is arguably his most mature, about the intimate kinship between two men.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 13, 2021October 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Small Town, The (1997)

  • Ceylan, Nuri Bilge
  • 1997, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
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A strong, poetic feature debut from a master-in-the-making, centering on two young children’s perspective of living in their home village, as the adults around them converse about the cruelty and misery of life.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 22, 2020January 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Kundun (1997)

  • Scorsese, Martin
  • 1997, Martin Scorsese, USA
  • 2 Comments

Stunning contributions by cinematographer Roger Deakins and composer Philip Glass aside, Scorsese’s religious biopic about the 14th Dalai Lama sometimes feels inert and uninspired from a narrative point-of-view. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Jackie Brown (1997)

  • Tarantino, Quentin
  • 1997, Quentin Tarantino, USA
  • 1 Comment

Some pacing issues aside, Tarantino’s only screen adaptation mostly works because of our faith in his characters and where he takes them to.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 6, 2020July 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Soong Sisters, The (1997)

  • Cheung, Mabel
  • 1997, China, Hong Kong, Mabel Cheung
  • 1 Comment

China’s turbulent 20th century history is captured sweepingly in Mabel Cheung’s effective if straightforward film about the contributions and exploits of three pivotal sisters.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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