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As You Were (2014)

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Sans Soleil (1983)

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Martin Eden (2019)

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Glass Onion (2022)

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Tag / 2019

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Martin Eden (2019)

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  • 2019, Italy, Pietro Marcello
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Largely satisfying as a personal-political journey of an Italian sailor trying to escape his working-class background by dreaming about being an intellectual writer.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 23, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Saturday Fiction (2019)

  • Lou, Ye
  • 2019, China, Lou Ye
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Effortlessly mounted and conceptually strong, Lou Ye’s latest starring Gong Li is a dreamlike, meta-layered tale of espionage as the Allies attempt to one-up the Japanese in WWII Shanghai.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 26, 2021August 26, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Apollo 11 (2019)

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  • 2019, Documentary, USA
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This is an extraordinary documentary about an even more astonishing feat of mankind—the landing on the Moon in 1969—primarily using archival footage, some never seen before, as it details the still mind-boggling journey, one suspenseful step at a time.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Collective (2019)

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  • 2019, Documentary, Romania
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This Oscar-nominated documentary pitting bold investigative journalism against dirty politics reveals how the state could be complicit in the killing of innocent citizens as this eye-opening exposé shows us the shocking depths of corruption in Romania’s beleaguered healthcare system.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 19, 2021October 27, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Hidden Life, A (2019)

  • Malick, Terrence
  • 2019, Germany, Terrence Malick, USA
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As beautifully-shot as any in Malick’s oeuvre, this three-hour long piece based on a true story of an Austrian farmer who refused to fight for the Nazis in WWII is somewhat a return to form for the American auteur whose work here might still come across as a tad flat.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Rolling Thunder Revue (2019)

  • Criterion Collection, Scorsese, Martin
  • 2019, Documentary, Martin Scorsese, USA
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Scorsese’s entertaining Bob Dylan documentary doesn’t really go very deep but it is an indelible time capsule as it tracks the legendary artiste’s defining 1975 tour across America.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 4, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

State Funeral (2019)

  • Loznitsa, Sergei
  • 2019, Documentary, Russia, Sergei Loznitsa, Soviet Union
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Edited entirely from restored archival footage of Stalin’s state funeral, this is a cinema of profound sadness and a towering achievement from one of the great screen chroniclers of Soviet history.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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May 5, 2021August 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Come and See (2019)

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  • 2019, Documentary, Thailand
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An (in)famous Buddhist temple is in crisis as religion meets politics at the heart of Thai society in this revealing documentary.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 20, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Young Ahmed (2019)

  • Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
  • 2019, Belgium, Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc, France
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The story of a radicalised young boy who desires to kill his schoolteacher is rendered with subtle but powerful strokes, making this one of the Dardennes’ most relevant films.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 2, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Sound of Metal (2019)

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  • 2019, USA
  • 4 Comments

A heavy metal drummer goes deaf in this heartfelt ‘finding thyself’-type film headlined by a standout performance from Riz Ahmed, and featuring innovative use of sound that is true to its subject matter.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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