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As You Were (2014)

January 23, 2023January 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Babylon (2022)

January 21, 2023January 22, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Sans Soleil (1983)

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Bellissima (1951)

January 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Martin Eden (2019)

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Glass Onion (2022)

January 11, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Golden Globes 2023 Prediction

January 9, 2023January 11, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Cure (1997)

January 8, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Subtraction (2022)

January 7, 2023 by Eternality Tan

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Tag / 2020

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

  • Szumowska, Malgorzata
  • 2020, Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland
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Interesting and meditative in its treatment of the metaphysical in the real world, this Polish work, however, is vague about what it wants to say as a mysterious Ukrainian massage therapist works his charm on a gated community of oddball residents. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 16, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Undine (2020)

  • Petzold, Christian
  • 2020, Christian Petzold, Germany
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Under Petzold’s assured hands, this modern interpretation of the Undine myth mostly works and benefits most from the sublime performances of Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 20, 2022November 25, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2020)

  • Jia, Zhangke
  • 2020, China, Documentary, Jia Zhangke
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Possibly the finest from Jia in recent years, this unexpectedly affecting documentary remarkably paints a portrait of China in the second half of the 20th century through the diverse oral histories of renowned literary figures. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Love After Love (2020)

  • Hui, Ann
  • 2020, Ann Hui, China
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Ann Hui’s latest period piece has a slow-burning elegance, but despite the array of world-class talents involved—Christopher Doyle, Ryuichi Sakamoto and the late Emi Wada—and adapted from an Eileen Chang text no less, it feels too thematically shallow to work.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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December 4, 2021 by Eternality Tan

True Mothers (2020)

  • Kawase, Naomi
  • 2020, Japan, Naomi Kawase
  • 1 Comment

Kawase’s naturalistic and graceful filmmaking is there for all to see, but she doesn’t quite pull off successfully an oddly-structured work about the sometimes fateful circumstances surrounding mothers and babies. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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July 23, 2021November 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Malmkrog (2020)

  • Puiu, Cristi
  • 2020, Cristi Puiu, Romania, Serbia
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Critics have called this a cine-symposium, and rightly so as Puiu’s latest is an ultra-dense and ultra-slow exercise that sees five individuals debate over their stubborn—and at times arrogant—views on religion, morality and mortality in thought-provoking but dullish fashion. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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June 29, 2021October 17, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Gunda (2020)

  • Others
  • 2020, Documentary, Norway, USA, Victor Kossakovsky
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Watching and listening to farm animals can be surprisingly cinematic in this immersive dialogue-free new documentary by Kossakovsky that seems to exist outside of time, even as it startlingly reminds us that these animals have fates they can’t control.   

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 27, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Softie (2020)

  • Others
  • 2020, Documentary, Kenya
  • 1 Comment

This entertaining Kenyan documentary about a political activist-cum-family man running for election is tightly-constructed and highly-illuminating as it explores how politics is synonymous with corruption and violence, but also the desire for change.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 26, 2021August 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

And Tomorrow the Entire World (2020)

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  • 2020, Germany
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The sum is lesser than its parts in this interesting but ultimately unconvincing Venice offering that deals with a group of anti-fascist youths who become increasingly violent in their moral fight against the rise of ultra-right ideologies in Germany.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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June 21, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Wolfwalkers (2020)

  • Moore, Tomm
  • 2020, Ireland, Tomm Moore
  • 5 Comments

The best animated film of 2020, Tomm Moore’s enthralling third feature is a masterful folkloric take on heroes and villains, humans and beasts, and the courage to change perceptions.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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