Loosely based on the true story of a lesbian nun in 17th century Italy, Verhoeven’s largely compelling film (unfortunately banned in Singapore) ticks all the provocative checkboxes as he tackles religious hypocrisy and eroticism in the same effortless breath.
Kurzel’s contemplative take on the events that led to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre is powerful in its quiet sensitivity, featuring Cannes Best Actor winner Caleb Landry Jones in a chilling performance as the mass shooter.
A triptych of warm-spirited stories forms Hamaguchi’s worldly treatment of the serendipitous, in what is a perceptive work about connections and human relationships.
It may sometimes be a sensorial overload, but Hosoda’s invigorating reworking of the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ tale, now set in the virtual world of psychometric avatars, largely works and makes a point for the necessity of real human connection.
Royston Tan’s latest would make a strong double-bill with Kiarostami’s ’24 Frames’—a provocative and clever meditation on the ephemerality of mortal existence as captured through the meta-fictivity of his cinema.
Nightmares don’t get any more intense and slicker than in Edgar Wright’s latest genre-mashing effort—a fun, psychological thriller about a young woman who discovers that she can time-travel through her dreams.
The Oscar-winning directors of ‘Free Solo’ tackle with lucidity and suspense the incredible international rescue efforts of a group of Thai boys trapped deep in a flooded cave back in 2018.
Visually engaging, narratively sparse and occasionally surreal, this unique portrait of the lonely and the poor through the nearly silent interactions between a Nigerian man and four Vietnamese women ultimately peters out.
Probably a stretch to say that this is Malick meets Marvel, but Chloe Zhao delivers something different—a slower-paced, exposition-heavy actioner about creationism, existence and the ties that bind superheroes to their humanity.
Ho Wi Ding’s new feature, a seemingly complex intersecting lives psychological drama, tackles without moral judgment the desires of young Taiwanese adults who are desperate for intimacy and connection.
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