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Joyland (2022)

May 28, 2023 by Eternality Tan

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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Storm Over the Yangtze River (1969)

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Charcoal (2022)

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Castle of Purity, The (1973)

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Hsi Shih: Beauty of Beauties (1965)

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February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

#LookAtMe (2022)

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  • 2022, Singapore
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Even when it falls back into a kind of televisual style, Kwek’s work is always engaging as it tackles the thorny local LGBT issue with a kind of reactionary bite that is rare in Singapore cinema.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 23, 2023January 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

As You Were (2014)

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  • 2014, Singapore
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Meditative yet at times tonally dissonant, Liao’s work about the shifting temporalities of identity and memory is ultimately elusive.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Ajoomma (2022)

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  • 2022, He Shuming, Singapore, South Korea
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A promising and polished debut feature, this Singapore-Korean co-production has earnestness in abundance even if the storytelling doesn’t quite offer anything markedly revelatory.    

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 16, 2022May 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

12 Lotus (2008)

  • Tan, Royston
  • 2008, Royston Tan, Singapore
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This companion piece to ‘881’ is the lesser of the two – craft-wise it is pretty good, but characterisations are much less convincing here.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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December 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

881 (2007)

  • Tan, Royston
  • 2007, Royston Tan, Singapore
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One of the most crowd-pleasing Singaporean films of the 2000s, Royston Tan’s getai movie is both riotously funny and a tearjerking melodrama.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 6, 2021 by Eternality Tan

24 (2021)

  • Tan, Royston
  • 2021, Royston Tan, Singapore
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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.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 18, 2021 by Eternality Tan

I Want to Go Home (2017)

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  • 2017, Documentary, Japan, Singapore
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This heartfelt, partially-animated documentary centering on a Japanese man who lost his wife in the 2011 tsunami doesn’t have any pretensions and works because of its sincerity.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Tiong Bahru Social Club (2020)

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  • 2020, Singapore
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As a wacky satire on Singaporeans’ pursuit of (a regulated kind of) happiness, this genial comedy might just as well be science-fiction—or not. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

My Magic (2008)

  • Khoo, Eric
  • 2008, Eric Khoo, Singapore
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Khoo’s work here is a gritty ‘freak show’ first, and a heartfelt drama second.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 27, 2019July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Unteachable (2019)

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  • 2019, Documentary, Singapore
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Authentically depicting the academic struggles of several students from the Normal Technical stream in a Singapore neighbourhood school, this illuminating documentary is a must-watch for teachers, students and parents hoping for a pedagogical way forward.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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