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Tag / 2004

January 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

5×2 (2004)

  • Ozon, Francois
  • 2004, France, Francois Ozon
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Told in five chapters in reverse chronological order, Ozon charts the disintegration of a marriage in this well-acted bittersweet film.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 1, 2021September 5, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Tropical Malady (2004)

  • Weerasethakul, Apichatpong
  • 2004, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
  • 5 Comments

Bewildering yet contemplative in true Apichatpong Weerasethakul style, this is a challenging work of art. ย 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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May 10, 2021January 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

2046 (2004)

  • Criterion Collection, Wong, Kar Wai
  • 2004, Hong Kong, Wong, Kar Wai
  • 4 Comments

There’s a lot of filmmaking artistry to appreciate, and so is the sizzling chemistry between Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi in this follow-up to In the Mood for Love (2000).

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 19, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004)

  • Anderson, Wes, Criterion Collection
  • 2004, USA, Wes Anderson
  • 1 Comment

Slightly overlong and its offbeat humour doesnโ€™t always work, but this is one of Wes Andersonโ€™s most strangely enigmatic of screen adventures.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 12, 2021December 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Face You Deserve, The (2004)

  • Gomes, Miguel
  • 2004, Miguel Gomes, Portugal
  • 1 Comment

An artistic attempt at expressing and exorcising the ghosts of childishness in adulthood, but Gomesโ€™ feature debut left me cold and unbothered.

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Rating: 2 out of 5.

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December 5, 2020December 29, 2021 by Eternality Tan

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

  • Zhang, Yimou
  • 2004, China
  • 2 Comments

Zhang Yimou’s best film of the 2000s decade, this is a drama-cum-tragedy that is never uncomfortable to reveal its sentimentalism amid stunning action set-pieces.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 22, 2020August 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Head-On (2004)

  • Akin, Fatih
  • 2004, Fatih Akin, Germany, Turkey
  • 4 Comments

This giddying Golden Berlin Bear winner by German-Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin is uncompromising in its treatment of drug use, violence and sexโ€”yet the potential for love, staged or otherwise, to redeem the most despairing of human beings seems ripe for the picking. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 1, 2020November 29, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Marseille (2004)

  • Schanelec, Angela
  • 2004, Angela Schanelec, France, Germany
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A German woman temporarily moves from Berlin to Marseille in this enigmatic work by a unique filmmaker largely in tune with the unfathomable ennui of her characters.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 29, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Aviator, The (2004)

  • Scorsese, Martin
  • 2004, Martin Scorsese, USA
  • 4 Comments

It might run a little too long and may not always compel, but Scorsese’s biopic features an excellent performance by DiCaprio and a stunning level of period detail.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 21, 2019July 22, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Place Promised in Our Early Days, The (2004)

  • Shinkai, Makoto
  • 2004, Japan, Makoto Shinkai
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In his beautiful if sometimes convoluted first feature, Makoto Shinkai shows the early rumblings of an artist who would become a first-rate anime director.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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