Director duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s multiple Oscar winning Everything Everywhere All At Once is an amusing, heartwarming sci-fi action adventure. The story revolves around a weary Asian American woman who is unable to settle her taxes that leaves her personal and professional life in a mess. It is also a pastiche of comedy ...
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“Am I the abnormal one?” The question Mad World posits is one of reflection. Chun Wong’s debut feature tells the compelling story of Tung, a former financial analyst who gets hospitalized for bipolar disorder. Thrust into the care of his estranged father, Tung’s attempt to reintegrate into the society is startlingly devastating. It leaves us ...
“Am I the abnormal one?” The question Mad World posits is one of reflection. Chun ...
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A story about friendships, sibling love and life struggles, Jack Neo’s Homerun tugs at your heartstrings in so many ways. Set in 1965, Singapore, the film is a local adaptation of the award-winning 1997 Iranian film, Children of Heaven. It revolves around a pair of siblings, Chew Kiat Kun (Shawn Lee) and his younger sister, ...
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From The Goddess (1934) to So Long, My Son (2019), here are the best Chinese movies that should be on your watchlist. China has a long, powerful, and tumultuous history of filmmaking. The first film in China was made in the year 1905. Port city Shanghai became the hub for Chinese cinema in the 1920s. It ...
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In a recent lunch conversation with a friend of mine, we chanced upon the topic of opposition members of parliament in Singapore, a rarity in our one-party-ruled country. “It all started with J.B. Jeyaretnam and Chiam See Tong,” I remarked, to which my friend responded with a quizzical stare, “who are they?” His ignorance of ...
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Jia Zhangke’s 24 City is a modern elegy. Chronicling the life and times of generations of workers in the Chengdu district of Sichuan China through the gradual replacement of factory 420 by luxury apartment buildings, 24 Citytells the tale of an irreparable loss. The film lies in the grey area between a documentary and fiction. In ...
Jia Zhangke’s 24 City is a modern elegy. Chronicling the life and times of generations ...
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Dipankar Sarkar
