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Memory and Temporality in The Edge of Daybreak (2021), Anatomy of Time (2021) and Memoria (2021)
Over the past two years, three directors from Thailand each released a film that explores the issues of memory and temporality. There was...
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May 31, 20228 min read


The Batman (2022): Review
According to the YouTube movie reviewer Jeremy Jahns, filmgoers’ opinions towards The Batman can be broadly divided into liking it or...
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May 6, 20224 min read


Director's Spotlight: Domee Shi
This was Domee Shi, a young animator/ story-boarder who a year earlier pitched the idea of Bao to her mentor – none other than Docter himsel
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Apr 15, 20226 min read


Being the Ricardos (2021): Married and successful, can you have it all?
I was struggling to write anything recreational for a while. Knee-deep in my final year of university, it’s really all I can think about....
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Feb 20, 20226 min read


Death on the Nile (2022): An Entertaining, but Undercooked Detective Story
Kenneth Branagh’s second adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel – a sequel to 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express – is an...
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Feb 16, 20223 min read


Best Songs of 2021
2021 has been a great year for music. Perhaps as the shock of the pandemic subsided and the reality of its longevity settled in, artists...
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Dec 30, 20215 min read


Social Mortality in Maborosi (1995)
In many ways, funerals are a strange ritual. Like birth, rites of passage, marriage and retirements, funerals mark a point of transition...
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Dec 17, 20216 min read


All 25 James Bond films ranked
It’s been a while since No Time to Die was released. While I actually saw the film on its premiere night, at the time, I felt I was not...
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Dec 15, 20219 min read


Our Favourite Modern Family Episodes
Scrolling through my Instagram Discover page aimlessly, I often came across this “fun fact” about individuals coping with depression or...
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Oct 22, 20216 min read


Our pick for the next James Bond
With Daniel Craig’s final bond film, No Time to Die, premiering in a few days, we think it’s a good time to take off our thinking hat and...
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Sep 27, 20215 min read


That Funny Feeling: Inside Bo Burnham's 'Inside' (2021)
(Image credit: Slate.com) Ever since its release on Netflix, I spent a lot of time thinking about Bo Burnham’s Inside (2021). Inside is...
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Aug 22, 20216 min read


The Role of Princesses in Japanese Cinema and History
Princess is a common archetype in cinema. Connoting both femininity and power, it is a symbol of archaic gender stereotype and...
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Jun 28, 20217 min read


Nobody (2021): A Short Film Review
This is probably the first enjoyable film we’ve seen this year. Apart from being genuinely well-made, this film is also much-needed...
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Jun 12, 20212 min read


The Father (2020): Time and ageing
When the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet (2020) dropped last year, one of the biggest expectations we had for the film was that...
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Jun 7, 20213 min read


Possessor (2020): Who are we when no one's watching?
There are many kinds of fear one may encounter in their life, but the most chilling kind may be the one where you’re afraid of yourself....
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Mar 27, 20216 min read


The White Tiger (2021): Film Review
One does not expect a good movie out of January, but this time Netflix delivers. The White Tiger (2021) is an adaptation of the Booker Prize
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Mar 17, 20213 min read


The Monster Lies Within
In this article, we break down the portrayal of "monsters" in movies such as Uncle Boonmee, the Wailing, and Colossal.
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Mar 10, 20218 min read


Individual Mortality in I'm Thinking of Ending Things
[SPOILER ALERT for I’m Thinking of Ending Things, BoJack Horseman & Synecdoche, New York] Death is a concept recognisable to all humans....
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Feb 22, 20219 min read


Malcolm & Marie (2021): Film Review
It is incredibly difficult to make a film composed solely of a conversation. Other than the obvious fact that the writing itself has to...
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Feb 18, 20213 min read


In the Mood for Love (And All of its Many Facets)
Disclaimer: This article has nothing to do with the film In the Mood for Love (2000), I just kinda stole the film's name... Wherever you...
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Feb 15, 20219 min read
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