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As You Were (2014)

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Tag / Spain

October 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Pacifiction (2022)

  • Serra, Albert
  • 2022, Albert Serra, France, Spain
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Serra’s latest ‘slow cinema’ effort is at times hypnotic and beguiling, though it isn’t always consistently rewarding as he weaves a tale set in Tahiti about a stagnating High Commissioner who becomes privy to the prospect of something unimaginably nightmarish happening to his beloved French Polynesian island. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 24, 2022July 26, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Death of Louis XIV, The (2016)

  • Serra, Albert
  • 2016, Albert Serra, France, Spain
  • 2 Comments

French New Wave icon Jean-Pierre Leaud lies bedridden for two hours in Albert Serra’s exquisite, slow-burning 18th-century take on the agonising final days of the famous Sun King, shot with such a high fidelity to history that one might mistake it for documentary authenticity. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Official Competition (2021)

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  • 2021, Spain
  • 5 Comments

A decent Spanish comedy that pokes fun at the film industry, acting and the creative process, benefiting from the wonderful charisma of its trio of actors.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 24, 2022November 13, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Alcarras (2022)

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  • 2022, Carla Simon, Spain
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This finely-tuned Berlinale Golden Bear winner recalls the spirit of Rohrwacher’s The Wonders, showcasing a close-knitted inter-generational Spanish family of peach farmers who face the threat of eviction from their land.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Parallel Mothers (2021)

  • Almodovar, Pedro
  • 2021, Pedro Almodovar, Spain
  • 2 Comments

A mid-tier Almodovar as he weaves a story of mothers and babies against a dark national history—it doesn’t always find a sure footing in terms of tone and theme, but the indelible performances and the auteur’s knack for creating suspense out of melodrama do help.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

  • Almodovar, Pedro, Criterion Collection
  • 1989, Pedro Almodovar, Spain
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Almodovar’s Stockholm syndrome drama will probably be cancelled if made today, but while it isn’t a home run by his provocative standards, it features two impressionable performances by Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 24, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Wasp Network (2019)

  • Assayas, Olivier
  • 2019, France, Olivier Assayas, Spain
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Even a master filmmaker can misfire big time in this shallow and messy star-studded stab at telling the narrative of the infamous ‘Cuban Five’.

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Rating: 2 out of 5.

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June 1, 2020February 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Skin I Live In, The (2011)

  • Almodovar, Pedro
  • 2011, Pedro Almodovar, Spain
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Not top-tier Almodovar, but he fashions an unsettling, and at times, outlandish treatment on both psychological and gender identities. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Anguish (1987)

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  • 1987, Bigas Luna, Spain
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A meta-horror film that sees the spectator as victim, constructed as a part-experimental, part visceral experience.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 8, 2020October 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Chimes at Midnight (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Welles, Orson
  • 1966, Orson Welles, Spain
  • 1 Comment

Arguably Orson Welles’ finest hour as a director and actor, this resurrected masterpiece remains to be one of cinema’s most extraordinary adaptations of Shakespeare. 

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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