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Touki bouki (1973)

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 by Eternality Tan

To Singapore, with Love (2013)

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Last Metro, The (1980)

June 1, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Blade, The (1995)

May 26, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Exploring #23: Mike De Leon

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 by Eternality Tan

How to Divorce During the War (2026)

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Useful Ghost, A (2025)

May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Citizen Kane (1941)

May 11, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Everybody to Kenmure Street (2026)

May 6, 2026May 6, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

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April 29, 2025June 9, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Queer (2024)

  • Guadagnino, Luca
  • 2024, Italy, Luca Guadagnino, USA
  • 1 Comment

Guadagninoโ€™s intoxicating adaptation of William S. Burroughsโ€™ novella about the sensual connection between two men exudes profound feelings that coalesce and ache the body, mind and soul, boasting what could be a career-best performance by Daniel Craig.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 18, 2025June 9, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Slacker (1990)

  • Criterion Collection, Linklater, Richard
  • 1990, Richard Linklater, USA
  • 1 Comment

Linklaterโ€™s breakthrough indie has the kind of anarchic energy that still feels relevant today, capturing America at the crossroads of stagnation and progress, as his camera roams from one character to another like a stream of consciousness. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 14, 2025June 9, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Black Bag (2025)

  • Soderbergh, Steven
  • 2025, Steven Soderbergh, USA
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Tightly structured, verbose and eschewing high-stakes action, Soderberghโ€™s deceptively genial chess game of a spy thriller conflates the professional and the personal as one half of a married couple working for the same intelligence agency is suspected of being treasonous. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 6, 2025June 9, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

  • Aster, Ari
  • 2023, Ari Aster, USA
  • 1 Comment

Aster reinvents his wheel of perverse creativity with this epic three-hour odyssey as a man (Joaquin Phoenix in a fantastic performance) suffering from chronic anxiety and the inability to take responsibility embarks on a Freudian journey of self-confrontation. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 27, 2025June 9, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Cameraperson (2016)

  • Criterion Collection
  • 2016, Documentary, USA
  • 1 Comment

A free-form experiment that sees the filmmaker putting together a feature out of decades of behind-the-scenes footage from around the worldโ€”its fragmented moments of joy, anger, trauma and empathy reveal a common humanity even as they refuse to mark time and its deconstruction. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 18, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Revenant, The (2015)

  • Inarritu, Alejandro Gonzalez
  • 2015, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, USA
  • 4 Comments

A visceral and elemental tale of survival and revenge by Team Inarritu-Lubezki, fronted by a physical, tour-de-force performance by DiCaprio.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 16, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Mickey 17 (2025)

  • Bong, Joon-ho
  • 2025, Bong, Joon-ho, USA
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Bongโ€™s latest may lack a distinct thematic through-train and the plot occasionally wobbles along, but its mix of sardonic wit and fun sci-fi action should please most audiences as an expendable man is sent on suicidal scouting missions and โ€˜reprintedโ€™ back again.ย 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 12, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Birdman (2014)

  • Inarritu, Alejandro Gonzalez
  • 2014, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, USA
  • 1 Comment

With the superb pounding drum score, and terrific performances by the cast, this latest effort by Mexican hotshot Inarritu is one of the most entertaining films of the year.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 8, 2025April 2, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Complete Unknown, A (2024)

  • Others
  • 2024, James Mangold, USA
  • 2 Comments

Nothing special from a storytelling standpoint, but its tick-the-boxes sincerity gives this Bob Dylan biopic the necessary foundation for a trio of exceptional Oscar-nominated performances from Timothee Chalamet, Monica Barbaro and Edward Norton. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 5, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Inside Man (2006)

  • Lee, Spike
  • 2006, Spike Lee, USA
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An atypical Hollywood bank robbery thriller by Spike Lee, as a criminal group executes a perfect heist in the watchful eyes of the police in this compelling piece headlined by Denzel Washington and Clive Owen.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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