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Hiroshima mon amour (1959)

March 6, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi’s Cane Sword (1967)

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First Cow (2019)

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Long Walk, The (2019)

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News of the World (2020)

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Golden Thread, The (1965)

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One Second (2020)

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All Is Forgiven (2007)

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Tag / Sweden

October 6, 2020 by Eternality Tan

About Endlessness (2019)

  • Andersson, Roy
  • 2019, Roy Andersson, Sweden
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Roy Andersson’s latest won’t turn heads, but it is a tender, and at times, world-weary look at the fallibility of human beings as they eke out a despairing existence. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, A (2014)

  • Andersson, Roy
  • 2014, Roy Andersson, Sweden
  • 3 Comments

It has its great moments, but Andersson’s ‘Living’ trilogy closes on a lacklustre and disappointing note.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

You, the Living (2007)

  • Andersson, Roy
  • 2007, Roy Andersson, Sweden
  • 4 Comments

The second instalment of Andersson’s absurdist ‘Living’ trilogy is a gentler but no less incisive take on the beauty and doldrums of human existence.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 27, 2020September 30, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

  • Andersson, Roy
  • 2000, Roy Andersson, Sweden
  • 4 Comments

This wholly inventive and constantly surprising first film of Andersson’s ‘Living’ trilogy is one of the finest contemporary examples of absurdist cinema.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Swedish Love Story, A (1970)

  • Andersson, Roy
  • 1970, Roy Andersson, Sweden
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There’s enough humour and ‘70s romantic schmaltz in Andersson’s first feature to make it a pleasing slice-of-life experience.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 23, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Parade (1974)

  • Criterion Collection, Tati, Jacques
  • 1974, France, Jacques Tati, Sweden
  • 2 Comments

Tati’s swansong is a delightful circus act (and quite literally, and dazzlingly so) as he implicates artists, entertainers and audience members alike in the performative.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 26, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Sacrifice, The (1986)

  • Tarkovsky, Andrei
  • 1986, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sweden
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4.5 stars

This is Tarkovsky channeling Bergman through his own unique visuals and esoteric style, and also a fitting end to his astonishing but short-lived career of cinematic gems.

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May 4, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Melancholia (2011)

  • von Trier, Lars
  • 2011, Denmark, Lars von Trier, Sweden
  • 3 Comments

4.5 stars

A bold work by Lars von Trier that is as much a unique cinematic experience as it is thought-provoking.

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April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 by Eternality Tan

New Land, The (1972)

  • Criterion Collection, Troell, Jan
  • 1972, Jan Troell, Sweden
  • 2 Comments

4 stars

The second part to “The Emigrants” may not be as exciting or perilous for its lead characters, but its chronicle of 19th century America as an unforgiving world is difficult to surpass.

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March 9, 2019March 9, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Border (2018)

  • Others
  • 2018, Sweden
  • 2 Comments

4 stars

One of the European discoveries of 2018, Ali Abbasi’s second feature is assured filmmaking that is fascinating and unsettling in equal measure.

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