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As You Were (2014)

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Babylon (2022)

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Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

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Sans Soleil (1983)

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Bellissima (1951)

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Martin Eden (2019)

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Glass Onion (2022)

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Golden Globes 2023 Prediction

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Cure (1997)

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Subtraction (2022)

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Tag / 2018

July 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Mirai (2018)

  • Hosoda, Mamoru
  • 2018, Japan, Mamoru Hosoda
  • 1 Comment

Hosoda’s work here is generally delightful, but it is perhaps too slick and flashy to overcome its sometimes laboured storytelling about family and lineage. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Donbass (2018)

  • Loznitsa, Sergei
  • 2018, Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine
  • 1 Comment

A rare narrative feature from one of the world’s foremost documentarians of Soviet history, this vignette-style dark absurdist satire doesn’t pull its punches from depicting the sorry state of affairs in Russian-occupied Eastern Ukraine. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 30, 2021January 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Ayka (2018)

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  • 2018, Russia, Sergei Dvortsevoy
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An extraordinary work of hard-hitting social realism that recalls the Dardennes’ ‘Rosetta’ and Mungiu’s ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’, set in the harsh wintry conditions of Moscow as a young Kyrgyz woman abandons her baby to find work to pay off insurmountable debts. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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November 5, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Asako I & II (2018)

  • Hamaguchi, Ryusuke
  • 2018, Japan, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
  • 1 Comment

Excellent performances of nuance and subtlety aside, Hamaguchi’s work here is emotionally rich but its plot shifts remain unconvincingly executed. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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August 29, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ready Player One (2018)

  • Spielberg, Steven
  • 2018, Steven Spielberg, USA
  • 1 Comment

Don’t think too much—this is Spielberg channeling his geeky gamer self, and darn, it is enjoyable.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 20, 2021September 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Transit (2018)

  • Petzold, Christian
  • 2018, Christian Petzold, France, Germany
  • 2 Comments

Too overly-plotted, Petzold’s attempt at revising Casablanca for the modern age—and in his own oblique style and sensibility—doesn’t come out as deeply compelling as his best works.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 8, 2021October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Trial, The (2018)

  • Loznitsa, Sergei
  • 2018, Documentary, Russia, Sergei Loznitsa, Soviet Union
  • 2 Comments

It gets dull after a while, but the context—a Soviet fabricated show trial ordered by Stalin to frame and prosecute ‘anti-communists’ in the eyes of the public—is still an eye-opening look at character assassination on a national, ideological level, nearly a century ago.    

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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April 19, 2021March 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Isle of Dogs (2018)

  • Anderson, Wes
  • 2018, Germany, USA, Wes Anderson
  • 2 Comments

Wes Anderson’s quirky set-in-Japan dogs’ tale is breathtaking in its stop-motion animation detail, while accruing a rhythmic sense of movement and storytelling momentum from start to end.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 16, 2021September 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Knife + Heart (2018)

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  • 2018, France, Switzerland, Yann Gonzalez
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Yann Gonzalez’s decent sophomore feature continues his penchant for stylish, hallucinatory and provocative filmmaking in this serial killer mystery centering on a French gay porn producer.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 16, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Sisters Brothers, The (2018)

  • Audiard, Jacques
  • 2018, France, Jacques Audiard, USA
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The great Jacques Audiard’s first English-language film entertains with strong performances by Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly, tackling the Western genre with rare wit and verve.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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