Film Review: ‘Talentime’ Charms with its Sharp Romance and Family Drama and a Slew of Original Songs
A talent search competition has matched two hearts - that of Melur, a Malay-mixed girl and an Indian male student, Mahesh....
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Commentary: How Godzilla Trampled Over Whitewashing To Become A Global Icon
In recent decades, Hollywood’s long-standing habit of appropriating and whitewashing Asian stories have been rightfully called out. Adaptations of Asian films...
The Happy, The Sad, and The End: Why Endings in LGBTQ Films Matter
(Spoilers ahead for "Dear Tenant' (2020)", "Your Name Engraved Herein" (2020), and "Happy Together" (1997)) It’s no secret that LGBTQ films...
A Look Back At Sinema Media’s Past Decade
Starting out as an independent blog in 2006 by Originasian Pictures, Sinema.SG declared: Sinema gives a greater voice to all Singapore...
Film Review: ‘Rabun’ is a Heart-warming, Sincere Film that Celebrates Enduring Love and Marriage
An elderly couple move out of the city to a village, but this exuberant and affectionate pair find that life in...
Film Review: ‘Your Name Engraved Herein’ 《刻在你心底的名字》Is a Tender Queer Drama Held Back by a Plodding Pace
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma....
GIVEAWAY: Win a Pair of Complimentary Movie Passes to Biopic ‘Tesla’
Win a pair of complimentary passes to Tesla, an electrifyingly exciting biopic about the visionary inventor starring Ethan Hawke! Film trailer...
The Importance of Being Authentic: Writer and Host Jemimah Wei Says It Like It Is
Choosing to become a writer is simply not the most feasible nor practical profession in Singapore – something which Jemimah Wei...
Film Review: Hilarious and Compassionate, ‘Tokyo Godfathers’ Delights with a Phenomenal Christmas Tale
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set...
Staff Picks: Our Favourite Films of 2020
To say that the global pandemic has brought a sea-change to films would be an understatement. It’s been a year without...
Film Review: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Is a Joyous but Unnecessarily Convoluted Return for the Superheroine
Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman's next big-screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The...
Film Review: ‘Children of the Sea’ is a Gorgeous, Sublime Film that Boldly Plunges into Cosmic Themes
A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sea life around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow...