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Three Colors: White (1994)

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Family Life (1971)

June 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Love Eterne, The (1963)

June 1, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)

May 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Joyland (2022)

May 28, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)

May 27, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Taxi Driver, A (2017)

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Afire (2023)

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Good Morning (1959)

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Lost and Beautiful (2015)

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Tag / 2008

February 27, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Bastardos, Los (2008)

  • Escalante, Amat
  • 2008, Amat Escalante, Mexico
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Escalante’s sophomore feature is slow and deliberate, yet extremely exacting in what it wants to do, which is to portray with docu-style authenticity one day in the life of two illegal Mexican labourers, with shocking results. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Fiction (2008)

  • Surya, Mouly
  • 2008, Indonesia, Mouly Surya
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Surya’s debut is a charming and unexpectedly gleeful take on the freedom and limits of telling stories, built around a rich if lonely young woman who has a way with violence and deceit.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Good, the Bad, the Weird, The (2008)

  • Kim, Jee-woon
  • 2008, Kim, Jee-woon, South Korea
  • 1 Comment

An outrageously fun kimchi western for the ages, this is one of the most accomplished action films from South Korea.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Body of Lies (2008)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2008, Ridley Scott, USA
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An underrated thriller that benefits from strong performances by the lead cast and an outstanding score by Marc Streitenfeld.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 16, 2022May 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

12 Lotus (2008)

  • Tan, Royston
  • 2008, Royston Tan, Singapore
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This companion piece to ‘881’ is the lesser of the two – craft-wise it is pretty good, but characterisations are much less convincing here.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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November 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Goodbye Solo (2008)

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  • 2008, Ramin Bahrani, USA
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Inspired by Kiarostami’s ‘Taste of Cherry‘, this standout American indie about a young effervescent Senegalese taxi driver befriending a suicidal old man features two extraordinary, emotionally affecting performances from Souleymane Sy Savane and Red West.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 12, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Shirin (2008)

  • Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 2008, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 4 Comments

Kiarostami shoots the close-ups of more than a hundred actresses as they watch a theatrical presentation unfold in this conceptually bold but ultimately uninvolving treatise on the nature of spectatorship.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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September 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Our Beloved Month of August (2008)

  • Gomes, Miguel
  • 2008, Miguel Gomes, Portugal
  • 3 Comments

Way too sprawling and loosely-episodic to work effectively, the Portuguese auteur nevertheless gives us a rather cerebral docu-fictive, music-infused meta-film centering on the vibrancy and eccentricity of a small town blessed with a strong festive spirit.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The (2008)

  • Popular, Spielberg, Steven
  • 2008, Steven Spielberg, USA
  • 2 Comments

The continuation of one of popular cinema’s enduring franchises is also one of Steven Spielberg’s rare misfires.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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July 24, 2021July 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Wendy and Lucy (2008)

  • Reichardt, Kelly
  • 2008, Kelly Reichardt, USA
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A woman at wits’ end desperate for a job—and her hungry dog—are the subject of Reichardt’s depressing slice of working-class Americana, starring Michelle Williams in top form.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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