Film Review: ‘Anita’
A biopic tracing the life of Hong Kong singer, actress and social activist Anita Mui Director: Lok Man Leung Cast: Louise...
REVIEWS
Not Safe For TV Debuts Singapore’s First Chick Flick ‘Girl Back Home’
Produced with the support of Singapore Tourism Board's SG Stories Content Fund Season 2, online video channel Not Safe For TV...
SGIFF 2021 Review: ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’
A professor’s career and relationships unravel as she pits herself against institutional sexism at a medical college. Director: Abdullah Mohammad Saad...
SGIFF 2021 Review: ‘Scene UnSeen’
Comprising interviews, archival footage and animation, Scene UnSeen captures the pleasures and pains of Singapore’s underground music scene, as shared by icons from...
SGIFF 2021 Review: ‘Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’
Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret...
Film Review: ‘Aline’
The youngest of a hardworking French-Canadian couple's 14 children is propelled to global music superstardom. Director: Valérie Lemercier Cast: Valérie Lemercier,...
SGIFF 2021 Review: ‘Yanagawa’
With one dying of cancer and the other trapped in a dead-end marriage, a pair of brothers search for their long-lost...
Film Review: Beguiling Spy-Thriller ‘Saturday Fiction’ Misses The Mark Despite Spellbinding Performances
An actress gathers intelligence for the Allies in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Director: Lou Ye Cast: Gong Li, Mark Chao, Joe Odagiri Year:...
Film Review: Tan Pin Pin’s ‘Invisible City’ Uncovers Stories That Would Have Been Lost to the Sands of Time
Chronicling the ways people attempt to leave a mark before they and their histories disappear, 'Invisible City' director Tan Pin Pin...
Film Review: ‘I WeirDO’ Strikes the Perfect Balance Between Mainstream Rom-Com and Arthouse
Chen Po-Ching lives in isolation because of his obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). However, his mundane life turns around when he encounters...
Film Review: Crime Thriller ‘Andhadhun’ Entertains with Its Gripping Genre-Bending Plot
A series of mysterious events change the life of a blind pianist, who must now report a crime that he should...
Perspectives Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Strawberry Mansion’
In a world where the government records and taxes dreams, an unassuming dream auditor gets swept up in a cosmic journey...