Zen-Mind Filmmaking: Singapore Filmmaker-Educator Introduces A New Experiment and Movement
“It is not uncommon to hear of art inspired by Zen philosophy, from calligraphy to archery to architecture to gardening, but filmmaking is a complex process that is highly conditional…
Film Review #31: THE MENU
Written by Weng Leong Chu The Menu takes the cooking-programme genre to a whole new level as guests are forced to choose between guts and glory. The film is set…
Film Review #30: MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE
Written by Goh Kai En Despite its name, Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) is not a Christmas film, even if you consider unconventional classics like John McTiernan’s Die…
Film Review #29: A LAND IMAGINED
Written by Anna The shots in Yeo Siew Hua’s sophomore feature, A Land Imagined, have a dreamlike quality to them. In one shot, foggy mountains of sand extend into a…
Film Review #28: CHILDREN OF THE MIST
Written by Goh Yu Ke How do you do justice to the precarious story of a young girl’s life? It’s the surprisingly difficult question that director Hà Lệ Diễm grapples…
Film Review #27: BURNING DAYS
Written by Tan Mei Qi If you’ve ever had to watch or read any iteration of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, Burning Days (2022) will feel more than…
Film Review #26: RING WANDERING
Written by Elisabeth Fong There is a certain magic that happens when old pictures are colourised – the past suddenly becomes more recognisable, it becomes steeped in reality, and we…