April 14, 2020April 13, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Anomalisa (2015)

Charlie Kaufman’s quaint and surreal stop-motion animation won’t blow you away, but its mature themes of isolation and companionship largely resonate.

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March 31, 2020January 19, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Body (2015)

This precise drama by one of Poland’s foremost female directors is wryly comic if also conceptually peculiar as it explores grief and the afterlife against a father-and-daughter narrative.

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March 23, 2020January 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Aferim! (2015)

A gorgeously shot pitch-black comedy that brings to light something long forgotten – Gypsy slavery, with an interest in deepening our intellectual engagement with Romania and its dark history.

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February 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Diary of a Teenage Girl, The (2015)

Inventive and almost whimsical look at love and sex in this explicit if heartwarming coming-of-age tale.

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February 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Amy (2015)

Kapadia’s follow up to ‘Senna’ is an intimate and at times disheartening look at the perils of celebrity, fame and their vices.

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January 26, 2020January 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Treasure, The (2015)

A low-key Romanian drama that struggles to find any kind of meaningful rhythm but is somewhat compensated by its droll tone and allegorical intent.

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January 26, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Witch, The (2015)

Eggers’ first feature is remarkable in its precision and economy, and no doubt one of the most bone-chilling horror films to come out in the last few years.