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Celebration, The (1998)

January 30, 2026 by Eternality Tan

2,000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)

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Distant (2002)

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Palestine 36 (2025)

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Golden Globes 2026 Prediction

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Ikiru (1952)

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Exploring #18: Alice Rohrwacher

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Blue Moon (2025)

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Love in the Afternoon (1972)

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Love (2024)

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October 9, 2019November 21, 2023 by Eternality Tan

For Sama (2019)

  • Others
  • 2019, Documentary, Syria, UK
  • 5 Comments

As personal and harrowing a documentary can be, this powerful and heart-wrenching work captures a mother’s ‘video diary’ of the daily struggles in Aleppo, Syria, as the brutal 2016 siege by the Assad regime drew frighteningly near.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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September 1, 2019May 3, 2023 by Eternality Tan

In Fabric (2018)

  • Strickland, Peter
  • 2018, Peter Strickland, UK
  • 4 Comments

A clever take on the psychological-horror genre where the most sinister thing is a piece of cloth, but it is not tight enough to truly enthrall.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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August 18, 2019May 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

  • Jarmusch, Jim
  • 2013, Germany, Jim Jarmusch, UK
  • 3 Comments

This ‘anti-vampire’ movie sees Jarmusch bring his idiosyncratic style to the well-worn genre in refreshing and poetic ways.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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June 30, 2019October 4, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Jane Eyre (2011)

  • Fukunaga, Cary
  • 2011, Cary Fukunaga, UK
  • 2 Comments

Fukunaga’s second feature is a gloomy and brooding adaptation of the famous Charlotte Bronte novel.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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June 16, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Equus (1977)

  • Lumet, Sidney
  • 1977, Sidney Lumet, UK, USA
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4 stars

Some extraordinary performances are on show in this contentious if compelling psychological drama about passions and desires at the crossroads of religion and sex.

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May 26, 2019October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Spectre (2015)

  • Mendes, Sam, Popular
  • 2015, James Bond, Sam Mendes, UK, USA
  • 2 Comments

Packed with action, but feels overdrawn and coming across as rote, this latest Bond flick serves up a familiar if disappointing fare.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.
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May 26, 2019December 29, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Skyfall (2012)

  • Mendes, Sam, Popular
  • 2012, James Bond, Sam Mendes, UK, USA
  • 2 Comments

4.5 stars

Mendes focuses on drama, character, and nostalgia in this first-rate Bond film that is also arguably the most beautifully shot in the entire history of the franchise.

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May 15, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 1979, Terry Jones, UK
  • 1 Comment

4 stars

Theologically offensive on almost every level, but its wildly provocative (and hilarious) scenarios have a disarming charm to them in this excellent religious satire.

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May 12, 2019June 16, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Green Zone (2010)

  • Greengrass, Paul
  • 2010, Paul Greengrass, UK
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3.5 stars

A political war thriller, handled deftly in the hands of Paul Greengrass.

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May 12, 2019May 15, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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  • 1975, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, UK
  • 1 Comment

4 stars

The film that started it all, in this brilliant absurd brand of comedy and satire.

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