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One Second (2020)

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 by Eternality Tan

All Is Forgiven (2007)

February 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Matrix, The (1999)

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Orpheus (1950)

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Claire’s Knee (1970)

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Sisters Brothers, The (2018)

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Sign of Leo, The (1962)

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Mr. Jones (2019)

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La collectionneuse (1967)

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Entranced Earth (1967)

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Tag / Eric Rohmer

February 17, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Claire’s Knee (1970)

  • Criterion Collection, Rohmer, Eric
  • 1970, Eric Rohmer, France
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Arguably Rohmer’s most iconic ‘moral tale’—the plot of an older man’s fetish for a teenage girl’s bare knee makes for great philosophical musings about the nature of lust and love.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 14, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Sign of Leo, The (1962)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1962, Eric Rohmer, France
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Rohmer’s first feature might not have been as lauded as his counterparts’ more groundbreaking works, but its exploration of luck (or lack thereof) through one man’s misery was arguably the closest a French New Wave film had been to acknowledging its neorealist influences.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 12, 2021 by Eternality Tan

La collectionneuse (1967)

  • Criterion Collection, Rohmer, Eric
  • 1967, Eric Rohmer, France
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Lust and personal resolve collide in Rohmer’s first feature in colour, lensed with warmth and sensuality by Days of Heaven’s Nestor Almendros.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 5, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1987, Eric Rohmer, France
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The last of Rohmer’s ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series is a gratifying watch on what it means to fall in love—or break up—with friends and lovers. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Green Ray, The (1986)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1986, Eric Rohmer, France
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Probably the finest of Rohmer’s ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series—a sublime, psychologically rich work about the emotional struggles to be open to romantic relationships yet it is also about being free and finding thyself. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Full Moon in Paris (1984)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1984, Eric Rohmer, France
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A young woman tests the limits of her romantic relationship by concurrently experimenting with being ‘single’ in one of Rohmer’s bleaker offerings on the existential nature of love. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 2, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Pauline at the Beach (1983)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1983, Eric Rohmer, France
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Rohmer plays an elaborate, frolicky game of relationship misunderstandings and coverups in his third ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ series, as most of the characters try to make sense—with sheer incompetence—what the meaning of love is.   

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Good Marriage, A (1982)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1982, Eric Rohmer, France
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Rohmer’s second ‘Comedies & Proverbs’ film is one of his more straightforward affairs as it dissects with nuance why some people are obsessed with marriage, while others are simply disinterested.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Aviator’s Wife, The (1981)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1981, Eric Rohmer, France
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The film’s unconventional narrative structure and free-flowing dialogue stand out as Rohmer effortlessly delivers a relationship-spying story in the guise of a romantic comedy.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Summer’s Tale, A (1996)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1996, Eric Rohmer, France
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The romantic complications of a young man and three women are laid bare in this naturalistic and minimalist entry from Rohmer’s ‘Tale of the Four Seasons’ series.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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