Film Review: ‘I Want to Go Home’ is a Heartfelt Look At a Man’s Undying Devotion To His Wife
On the 11th of March, 2011, Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife to the tsunami during the Great East Japan earthquake. Since...
Singapore
Film Review: Anthology film ‘1400’ Searches For Solace Amidst Singapore’s Red Light District
Four intertwined stories explore the notion of love in a hotel, how important love is, to what extremes we go to...
Interview: Calleen Koh, Wind of Change on the Local Cinematic Landscape
To Kill the Birds and the Bees is an animated short film that made waves at this year’s National Youth Film...
Film Review: ‘Mr Unbelievable’ is a Lively Throwback to a Simpler Time
In this spin-off of Chen Tianwen’s viral music video, a middle-aged getai singer attempts fame by adding English lyrics to Hokkien...
LASALLE Re-Stages Class of 2020’s Graduation Show at McNally Campus
Due to the pandemic outbreak last year, the LASALLE Show Exhibition, LASALLE College of Art's annual showcase for its graduating class,...
Programmer Viknesh Kobinathan on Asian Film Archive, the Retrospective series, and Abbas Kiarostami
The Asian Film Archive’s (AFA) Retrospective programme is a regular series that serves as a comprehensive filmic immersion into bygone eras,...
Film Review: Dystopian Teen Drama ‘Faeryville’ Leaves Bare the Thin Line Between Ideology and Extremism
Youthful idealism becomes an excuse for terror - when a new boy joins a clique of loser misfits in Faeryville College....
Interview: Actor Aric Hidir Amin, on His Leading Role in ‘Sacred Guardians: The Audio Drama’
For Aric Hidir Amin, acting boils down to one word: believability. For the last 15 years, the 36-year-old has been honing...
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Sacred Guardians: The Audio Drama’
The last time Sinema.SG spoke with tokuAsia, the team behind the Sacred Guardian Singa project, they were on the verge of...
Film Review: ‘The Songs We Sang’ Reminisces The Heights of Home-Grown Music in Singapore
The Songs We Sang is a documentary about Singaporean Mandarin Folk Music that was popular in the 1980s and 90s. It...
Film Review: ‘Konpaku’ Is a Bold and Tenacious Indie Horror Film Set at an Intriguing Cultural Cross Junction
Inspired by actual events, Konpaku tells the story of forbidden love between a Malay-Muslim man and a sensual Japanese succubus. Director:...
Film Review: ‘Wanton Mee’ Is a Delightful and Humbling Tour of Hawker Culture Dashed Only By a Shaky Plot
Chun Feng Koh, a middle-aged food critic whose career is starting to wear him out, decides to explore his life and...