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Last Metro, The (1980)

June 1, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Blade, The (1995)

May 26, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Exploring #23: Mike De Leon

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 by Eternality Tan

How to Divorce During the War (2026)

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Useful Ghost, A (2025)

May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Citizen Kane (1941)

May 11, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Everybody to Kenmure Street (2026)

May 6, 2026May 6, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 by Eternality Tan

April (2024)

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Exploring #22: Piotr Szulkin

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January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Officer and a Spy, An (2019)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2019, France, Roman Polanski
  • 1 Comment

Polanski doesn’t seem interested to push his film past the second gear, but it is a stately and handsome work about the Dreyfus Affair.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 27, 2020July 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Liberte (2019)

  • Serra, Albert
  • 2019, Albert Serra, France
  • 3 Comments

If you enjoy slow arthouse cinema that is also extremely perverse, then this new tableau-styled film by Albert Serra about libertinism in 18th century France may be your cup of tea.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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January 24, 2020March 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Swallows of Kabul, The (2019)

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  • 2019, France
  • 1 Comment

A painterly and potent animation that tackles the terrible oppression faced by women in Taliban-occupied Kabul in the late 1990s.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Venus in Fur (2013)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2013, France, Roman Polanski
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A mundane affair with two actors, or a strong exercise in building sexual tension?  Maybe both.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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January 19, 2020August 11, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Ghost Writer, The (2010)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2010, France, Germany, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 7 Comments

One of Polanski’s finest post-2000s efforts – this is a first-rate old-school mystery-thriller that sees the master filmmaker at the top of his game.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 11, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Synonyms (2019)

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  • 2019, France, Israel, Nadav Lapid
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At times frustrating to watch, this unorthodox work about national identity will impress and alienate in equal measure.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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January 5, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Truth, The (2019)

  • Kore-eda, Hirokazu
  • 2019, France, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
  • 1 Comment

Despite its seemingly modest if meta-cinematic setup, Kore-eda’s first film made in the West with big stars reveals layers of subtlety and emotions that creep up genteelly to the surface.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 21, 2019January 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Les Miserables (2019)

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  • 2019, France, Ladj Ly
  • 7 Comments

One of the 2019’s most powerful films, this confident feature debut by Ladj Ly serves a potent wallop of social injustices and street-level rage. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Things to Come (2016)

  • Hansen-Love, Mia
  • 2016, France, Mia Hansen-Love
  • 1 Comment

Backed by an effective if nuanced performance by the great Isabelle Huppert, this drama says quite a fair bit about how contemplation and self-reflection might help us to accept the curveballs that life throws at us.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Goodbye First Love (2011)

  • Hansen-Love, Mia
  • 2011, France, Mia Hansen-Love
  • 1 Comment

A poetic take on first love in its blissful ephemerality and enduring torment.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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