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2,000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Distant (2002)

January 19, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Palestine 36 (2025)

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Golden Globes 2026 Prediction

January 11, 2026January 12, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Ikiru (1952)

January 4, 2026January 12, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Exploring #18: Alice Rohrwacher

December 29, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Blue Moon (2025)

December 27, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Love in the Afternoon (1972)

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Love (2024)

December 15, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Interview: Guerrilla Metropolitana’s The Benefactress (2025)

December 10, 2025 by Eternality Tan

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October 1, 2022December 23, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Sexy Beast (2000)

  • Glazer, Jonathan
  • 2000, Jonathan Glazer, UK
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Glazerโ€™s stylish feature debut is quite sensationalโ€”a hilariously tense showdown between a laidback Ray Winstone and a foul-mouthed Ben Kingsley, the latter hoping to recruit the former, a โ€˜retiredโ€™ safecracker, for a final heist.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Caravaggio (1986)

  • Others
  • 1986, UK
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The great 17th-century Italian painter is given the screen treatment in Jarmanโ€™s idiosyncratic, if at times anachronistic, deconstruction of a brilliant but tormented figure, featuring an indelible supporting performance by Tilda Swinton in her acting debut.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 31, 2022November 25, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Aftersun (2022)

  • Others
  • 2022, UK
  • 2 Comments

This is one of 2022โ€™s finest films and an extraordinary feature debutโ€”as far as stories about father-daughter relationships are concerned, this incredibly nuanced drama finds that rare pitch-perfect tone of joy and melancholy that must be savoured. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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August 16, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Peeping Tom (1960)

  • Criterion Collection, Powell, Michael
  • 1960, Michael Powell, UK
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The picture that destroyed Powellโ€™s career, this disturbing work about a serial killer who perversely films his victims as they die is now regarded as a major influence on the modern slasher movie, and a provocative exploration of the ills of scopophilia.ย 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 30, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Matchstick Men (2003)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2003, Ridley Scott, UK, USA
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Ridley Scott directs a rare crime-comedy in this sentimental flick starring an underrated Nicolas Cage as a germophobic con artist who must contend with the unexpected appearance of his long-lost daughter.ย 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Small Back Room, The (1949)

  • Criterion Collection, Powell, Michael, Pressburger, Emeric
  • 1949, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, UK
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An explosives expert must fight a personal battle with alcoholism in this minor WWII effort from Powell and Pressburger, which features one of the most suspenseful bomb disarmament scenes in early black-and-white cinema.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Alien: Covenant (2017)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2017, Ridley Scott, UK, USA
  • 1 Comment

Scott’s follow-up to ‘Prometheus’ is a full-scale R-rated blockbuster that will thrill mainstream adult audiences, maybe even fans, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the sheer filmmaking prowess of the first two ‘Alien’ films.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 17, 2022May 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Servant, The (1963)

  • Losey, Joseph
  • 1963, Joseph Losey, UK
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A standout British film from the โ€˜60s, this hypnotic take on class and sex with tantalising bits of latent homosexuality, sees director Joseph Losey, writer Harold Pinter and actor Dirk Bogarde at the top of their game. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 14, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Martian, The (2015)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2015, Ridley Scott, UK, USA
  • 1 Comment

Ridley Scott is back in some style with this largely captivating stranded-in-Mars sci-fi adventure that is a potent mix of science and thrills.ย ย 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Steve Jobs (2015)

  • Boyle, Danny
  • 2015, Danny Boyle, UK, USA
  • 2 Comments

Boyle, Sorkin, Fassbender and Winslet deliver some of their best work in this talky if invigorating three-act โ€˜cinematic theatreโ€™ centering on the Apple co-founder.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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