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45 Years (2015)

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Roof, The (1956)

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Tag / 1997

February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Taste of Cherry (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1997, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 5 Comments

Plainfully simple yet thematically complex, this slow and bleak feature remains to be one of Kiarostami’s most profoundly engaging works.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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February 14, 2020January 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Boogie Nights (1997)

  • Anderson, Paul Thomas
  • 1997, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA
  • 3 Comments

P.T. Anderson oozes incredible confidence and panache as a master filmmaker in-the-making in this sophomore period film about the exploits of a ragtag group of cast and crew working in the American porn industry. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 26, 2020October 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

River, The (1997)

  • Tsai, Ming-liang
  • 1997, Taiwan, Tsai, Ming-liang
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Tsai solidifies his oblique, slow-paced style with this odd, and at times, shocking meditation on the incommunicability of humans through a family of loners.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 22, 2020April 14, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Perfect Blue (1997)

  • Kon, Satoshi
  • 1997, Japan, Satoshi Kon
  • 6 Comments

Satoshi Kon’s first feature is a chilling psychological character study in adult anime form.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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August 2, 2019February 16, 2021 by Eternality Tan

12 Storeys (1997)

  • Khoo, Eric
  • 1997, Eric Khoo, Singapore
  • 2 Comments

Possibly the quintessential ‘90s movie from Singapore that balances its arthouse preoccupations with strategic mainstream appeal in what remains to be Eric Khoo’s defining work.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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December 7, 2018April 9, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Game, The (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Fincher, David
  • 1997, David Fincher, USA
  • 1 Comment

Clinically precise in its execution, this mystery-thriller grips you and plays you like a game.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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