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Three Colors: White (1994)

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Family Life (1971)

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Love Eterne, The (1963)

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Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)

May 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Joyland (2022)

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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)

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Taxi Driver, A (2017)

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Afire (2023)

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Good Morning (1959)

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Lost and Beautiful (2015)

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Tag / 2021

April 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

New Old Play, A (2021)

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  • 2021, China
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Difficult to enjoy and too reliant on its theatrical artifice for three overlong hours, this esoteric and inscrutable drama tackles China’s 20th-century history through the memories of a dead theatre troupe member ready to enter the afterlife.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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December 16, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Box, The (2021)

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  • 2021, Lorenzo Vigas, Mexico, Venezuela
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The Venezuelan director’s sophomore fiction feature is so unrushed and assured that one immediately feels at ease immersing in a solid narrative about mistaken identity and the plight—and fate—of migrant workers in Mexico.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Tsugua Diaries, The (2021)

  • Gomes, Miguel
  • 2021, Miguel Gomes, Portugal
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An artistic and personal attempt to produce a film during the Covid pandemic, this meta-cine piece is calm and poetic, told via a playful reverse-chrono structure.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Buco, Il (2021)

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  • 2021, Italy, Michelangelo Frammartino
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Frammartino’s first feature in more than a decade, this dialogue-less wonder of a film is an immersive journey into one of the world’s deepest caves where Man must treat scientific discovery and human mortality with the same curious brushstroke. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 20, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Inu-Oh (2021)

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  • 2021, Japan, Masaaki Yuasa
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An animated shamisen rock ballad if there ever was one that features stunning visuals but a rather excessive and overlong midsection of performative songs that aren’t exactly musically memorable.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 27, 2022August 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Children of the Mist (2021)

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  • 2021, Documentary, Vietnam
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‘Bride kidnapping’ continues to exist in the Hmong’s cultural tradition as this beautifully shot, eye-opening Vietnamese documentary shows us with raw authenticity and empathy the life of a 12-year-old Hmong girl pushed towards the fate of a prospective marriage.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hit the Road (2021)

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  • 2021, Iran
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Tonally uneven and tries too hard to be captivating, Panah Panahi’s tragicomic debut feature is a mixed bag of a road movie, despite the picturesque cinematography and some genuine moments of human empathy.  

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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June 28, 2022July 14, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Crossing, The (2021)

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  • 2021, France
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Exquisitely hand-painted frame by frame, this French-language arthouse animation is bleak yet hopeful, about two young siblings who are forced to leave their home in order to flee from war and persecution in Eastern Europe.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (2021)

  • Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh
  • 2021, Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
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This Chadian film, about the taboos of teenage pregnancy and abortion in a restrictive patriarchal society, is an important story to be told, even though it feels too straightforwardly familiar a tale to resonate deeply. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Official Competition (2021)

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  • 2021, Spain
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A decent Spanish comedy that pokes fun at the film industry, acting and the creative process, benefiting from the wonderful charisma of its trio of actors.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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