December 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Flowers of War, The (2011)

A surprisingly uneven film with a lack of character and historical focus on 1937 Nanking.

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Suicide Room (2011)

A disturbing and occasionally powerful look at youths with suicidal tendencies through the off/online realms that they inhabit.

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July 12, 2020November 11, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Into the Abyss (2011)

Herzog’s take on capital punishment from a humanistic standpoint – haunting, hopeful, and strange.

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June 10, 2020September 27, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Oslo, August 31st (2011)

A recovering drug addict leaves his rehabilitation centre for a day to visit his acquaintances in this restrained, melancholic if also warmly empathetic second feature by Joachim Trier.

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June 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Skin I Live In, The (2011)

Not top-tier Almodovar, but he fashions an unsettling, and at times, outlandish treatment on both psychological and gender identities.

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May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Alms for a Blind Horse (2011)

Shot in the Punjabi language, Gurvinder Singh’s Venice Orrizonti-selected first feature is both meandering and meditative at the same time, with fine attention to environmental detail.

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April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Guilty of Romance (2011)

Loads of explicit sex and misogyny wrapped in this study on sexual degradation and the politics of the (female) body, but wished it was more gripping.