At best a misguided attempt at interweaving disparate tales in one film, at worst a huge misfire from one of Singapore’s most celebrated filmmakers.
Tag / 2015
Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Continue reading →While Herzog’s “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972) spirals into insanity in the most inhospitable of places, Guerra’s work brings us deep into the Amazonian and asks of us to connect with the lost souls of its perished tribal inhabitants.
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Continue reading →Has an epic sweep befitting of a powerful story set in the heart of an African civil war, but Fukunaga’s eye for humanity amid the brutality helps to ground it in emotional terms.
7 Letters (2015)
Continue reading →An omnibus showcase that very much confirms what we have suspected – Singapore cinema is on another wave of triumph, and this time it shall not decline.
Interrogation (2015)
A hard-hitting drama about police brutality and corruption in India that is essential viewing.
Tale of Tales (2015)
Continue reading →Three not-quite-interlocking tales bring us into a world of fantasy, fear and hope in this uneven but visually resplendent period film.
Spectre (2015)
Continue reading →Packed with action, but feels overdrawn and coming across as rote, this latest Bond flick serves up a familiar if disappointing fare.
Son of Saul (2015)
Continue reading →A Holocaust film shot with confronting immediacy in what is possibly one of the most shattering and intense of screen experiences in recent memory.
Bigger Splash, A (2015)
Continue reading →An alluring, and at times, erotically-charged work that sees some extremely fine acting by its quartet of star performers.
Lobster, The (2015)
Continue reading →Bizarre is the word from the latest by Lanthimos, whose uneven English-language debut intrigues and wanes in what is a morbid if deadpan comedy about loneliness and companionship.
Eternality Tan 