SGIFF 2018: Cannonball dir. Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen (Review)
Whimsical roadtrip to nowhere Experimental films are often a love/hate affair, leaving one either completely baffled, or bowled over by its form. Often, it leaves us reeling as the latter, […]
SGIFF 2018: Cities of Last Things dir. Ho Wai Ding + Kingdom dir. Tan Wei Keong (Review)
A heart wrenching film about the absurdity of life and an animated short about finding one’s place in the world opens the 29th SGIFF Last Wednesday, the 29th Singapore International […]
Review: Sink or Swim dir. Gilles Lellouche (French Film Festival 2018)
Synchronized swimming drama moves with its tale of friendship and camraderie. Gilles Lellouche’s Sink or Swim opens with a familiar quote, along the lines of a “square peg never being able […]
Review: Just A Breath Away dir. Daniel Roby (French Film Festival 2018)
Unusual premise couples with family drama to leave viewers breathless Last week, Daniel Roby’s Just A Breath Away opened the 2018 French Film Festival Singapore. The post-apocalyptic thriller film follows separated parents […]
667, Omnibus Film By Local Filmmakers, Screens Again This November at the SCCC
To celebrate the latest win of local filmmaker, Jun Chong, whose debut short film Ke《客》, was awarded the Best Asian Short at the 13th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, the […]
Preview: Singapore International Film Festival 2018 – Let The Magic In
The annual Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) makes its return this November for its 29th Edition. Taking place for 12 days from 28th November to 9th December, the festival continues […]
Preview: French Film Festival 2018
The French Film Festival returns this November with a lineup of cinema to thrill, chill and evoke laughter! A bumper crop of around 30 classic and contemporary films will be […]
Perspectives Film Festival 2018: An Interview with Festival Directors Claudia Loo and Lee Yi Jia
The Perspectives Film Festival returns for its 11th edition from 25th – 28th October 2018! Taking on the theme of ‘Instituitions’, Singapore’s longest running student-run film festival will examine stories […]
Review: Of Love and Law dir. Hikaru Toda (Love and Pride Film Festival 2018)
The trials and tribulations of a law firm run by an openly gay couple in Japan tugs at the heartstrings and leaves one with irrefutable hope for the future. Of […]
Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post dir. Desiree Akhavan (Love and Pride Film Festival 2018)
Gay conversion independent drama leaves audiences on a hopeful note Based off Emily M. Danforth’s novel of the same name, which in turn was based off the 2005 Zach Stark […]
Preview: Perspectives Film Festival 2018
The Perspectives Film Festival, Singapore’s first and longest student-run film festival, returns for its 11th edition from 25th – 28th October 2018! Taking place at the National Museum of Singapore and […]
Museum Musings: Something Above; Somewhere Beyond at FOST Gallery
FOST Gallery presents Something Above; Somewhere Beyond, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Sebastian Mary Tay. As Tay’s first major exhibition with the gallery, the exhibition brings together selected photographic works from four […]
Museum Musings: Painting With Light at the National Gallery Singapore
What exactly is the role of art in society? National Gallery Singapore’s second edition of Painting With Light, the gallery’s festival of international films on art, returns this October to answer exactly […]
Preview: Golden Village’s 10th Love and Pride Festival
In the wake of recent developments in LGBTQ acceptance all around the world, from India’s repeal of of the penal code to Australia’s allowance for same-sex marriage, Singapore has once […]
Preview: Open City Documentary Festival 2018 (London)
LONDON – The Open City Documentary Festival returns for its eighth edition next week, celebrating creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers while featuring 30 features and 48 shorts, 2 world premieres, 3 European premieres and […]
Crazy Rich Asians Is A Glamorous Affair with Plenty of Heart (Review)
Pitch perfect casting, a whole lot of fun and a sincerity beneath the lux veneer makes this film a winner in our hearts. Some years ago, Crazy Rich Asians would […]
