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As You Were (2014)

January 23, 2023January 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Babylon (2022)

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Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

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Sans Soleil (1983)

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Bellissima (1951)

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Martin Eden (2019)

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Glass Onion (2022)

January 11, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Golden Globes 2023 Prediction

January 9, 2023January 11, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Cure (1997)

January 8, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Subtraction (2022)

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Tag / South Korea

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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October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Good, the Bad, the Weird, The (2008)

  • Kim, Jee-woon
  • 2008, Kim, Jee-woon, South Korea
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An outrageously fun kimchi western for the ages, this is one of the most accomplished action films from South Korea.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 14, 2022July 21, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Decision to Leave (2022)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2022, Park Chan-wook, South Korea
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Park’s latest Cannes winner charts an alluringly new direction for him—a layered if at times convoluted crime procedural that hides an elusive romantic drama about the perverse relationship between a conflicted investigator and a seductive murder suspect.      

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Broker (2022)

  • Kore-eda, Hirokazu
  • 2022, Hirokazu Kore-eda, South Korea
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It’s more of the same from Kore-eda, but transplanted into a Korean setting, in this heartening mid-tier drama about characters trying to remain human despite not always being on the good side of the law. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2002, Park Chan-wook, South Korea
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Favouring a gritty aesthetic, Park’s ‘revenge is a dish best served cold’ first instalment of his Vengeance trilogy is a brutal and convoluted tragedy of interlocking fates as a child kidnapping goes awry.   

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 29, 2022November 13, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Novelist’s Film, The (2022)

  • Hong, Sang-soo
  • 2022, Hong, Sang-soo, South Korea
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Rather underwhelming and at best a minor effort, Hong’s latest explores the nature of being an artist, be it writing, filming or performing, while also functioning as a genteel love letter to his star and muse Kim Min-hee. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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March 16, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hahaha (2010)

  • Hong, Sang-soo
  • 2010, Hong, Sang-soo, South Korea
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One of Hong’s longest films but certainly one of his finest as two friends share over drinks the bittersweet details of their own separate trips to the seaside town of Tongyeong, as the uncertainties of love and conflict control the narrativisation of their memories.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 25, 2022March 29, 2022 by Eternality Tan

In Front of Your Face (2021)

  • Hong, Sang-soo
  • 2021, Hong, Sang-soo, South Korea
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Structured like a diptych, Hong’s work here is more meditative than usual as his protagonist tries to find the grace and psychological clarity that have eluded her all her life.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 18, 2021December 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Lady Vengeance (2005)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2005, Park Chan-wook, South Korea
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The third part of Park’s ‘Vengeance’ trilogy explores sin, atonement and poetic justice in the only way he can—through an intricately-plotted narrative, strong visual flair and explicit violence. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 16, 2021September 17, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Woman of Fire (1971)

  • Kim, Ki-young
  • 1971, Kim Ki-young, South Korea
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Kim Ki-young reimagines his ‘Housemaid’ tale in colour in this stylish and devilish undertaking, featuring Oscar-winner Youn Yuh-jung in her acting debut.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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