Continue reading →A psychologically complex drama with an impressive narrative structure that pits several men against a centuries-old institution, in what is a riveting based-on-a-true-story take on paedophilia and the Church.
Tag / 2019
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
Continue reading →This droll, sometimes utterly amusing comedy of sight gags, makes certain sharp socio-political observations, but is ultimately too slight and inconsistent a film to really work.
Orphanage, The (2019)
Continue reading →A challenging film to execute tonally, this Afghan drama with surreal insertions of Bollywood-style song-and-dance routines is refreshing to take in.
Papicha (2019)
Continue reading →This invigorating if sometimes sensationalistic film hits powerful notes at times as it portrays a young Algerian woman fighting against gender oppression.
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Continue reading →Tarantino is on (vintage) form here in this unexpectedly restrained work that is also one of the finest pictures of 2019.
From Victoria Street to Ang Mo Kio (2019)
Continue reading →Made with love and warmth, this documentary with re-enactments tells us more about Singapore’s education history through the legacy of a Catholic missionary Chinese girls’ school.
Dead Don’t Die, The (2019)
Continue reading →It is occasionally funny, but it grows weary—and possibly pointless—after a while.
Divine Love (2019)
Continue reading →Gabriel Mascaro continues his rise as one of Brazil’s most audacious filmmakers with this provocative and confident take on religion, sex and bureaucracy, set in the not-so-distant future.
Lion King, The (2019)
The greater the realism, the greater the pretense of illusion it must strive for in this visually stunning, but ultimately vacuous, by-the-books retelling.
Zombi Child (2019)
Continue reading →An overall fascinating if strange concoction that tackles big ideas of history, politics and culture, but not always in any purposeful direction.
Eternality Tan 