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The Singapore International Film Festival opens with 'Lucky' Stars and Glamour
After a short disappearance, the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is back with a big bang. With international stars like Zhang Ziyi, Juliette Binoche and director John Woo just a metre...
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SGIFF Opening Film Review: Unlucky Plaza by Ken Kwek
Last night, the Singapore International Film Festival opened with two sold-out screenings of Ken Kwek’s debut feature Unlucky Plaza, a movie that sticks a cherry bomb in any notion that our fledgling...
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SGIFF Review: Southeast Asian Cinema: When the Rooster Crows by Leonardo...
Brillante MendozaWhile the West has been well-acquainted with cinema of East Asia, Chinese, Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese films, Southeast Asian cinema remains exotic on the film palette, with many...
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SGIFF Review - Ms J Contemplates Her Choice by Jason Lai
As the film opens, beautifully shot landscapes roll into view – we see a girl, standing only in her undergarments contemplatively towelling dry her just washed hair – the backdrop is strikingly bare....
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Review - 'Banting' by M Raihan Halim
Banting tells the story of a teenage girl who desires to break conservative barriers in pursuit of her unconventional passion in wrestling.Yasmin, played by Izyan Mellyna Ishak, knows that there are...
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SGIFF Review: Kabukicho Love Hotel
Contrary to what its R21 rating and director Ryūichi Hiroki's acclaim in the "pinku" genre of filmmaking might suggest, Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014) is much more concerned with feeling than flesh. The...
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SGIFF Singapore Panorama Shorts 1 Review: Royston Tan, Ang Geck Geck, Martin...
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:The Longest Distance Relationship (dir. Lee Sin Yee): In this crowd-pleasing documentary, four Singaporean filmmakers (one Taoist, one Buddhist, one Christian, one atheist) explore...
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SGIFF Review: Singapore Girl by Kan Lume
Kan Lume, who both directs and handles the camera for his films, has mastered the art of encounters, and very often awkward encounters. His previous films, from ‘the Art of Flirting’ to ‘Dreams from...
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SGIFF Review: Men Who Save The World by Liew Seng Tat
The traditional practice of literally moving a entire house, called Usung Rumah in Malaysia, on the shoulder of a group of men is the visual centrepiece in Malaysian Filmmaker Liew Seng Tat’s latest...
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Indian film holds 'Court' at the SGIFF Silver Screen Awards
Host Adrian Pang and Festival Chairman Mike Wiluan strike up a Bromance on stage at the Silver Screen AwardsThe 25th Singapore International Film Festival was a certainly the comeback festival...
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SGIFF Singapore Panorama Shorts 2 Review: Shuming He, Shane Lim, Edmund Teo,...
FEATURE REVIEW:November (dir. Shane Lim): Here’s the story: a teenaged couple fights because the guy has contracted herpes, and must bring his girlfriend to a clinic to get herself checked. This story...
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SGIFF Review: Canopy by Aaron Wilson
When one mentions or even thinks about Singapore, the first few qualities about her that comes to mind would be the tall man-made buildings, various tourist attractions as well as rigid traffic rules...
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SGIFF Review: Lang Tong by Sam Loh
Director Sam Loh has cleverly placed equally ample baits for both genders to watch his first feature film Lang Tong. Touted as Singapore’s first commercial R21 movie, it features enough boobs to make...
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SGIFF Review: Forma by Ayumi Sakamoto
Winning the Japanese Cinema Splash award and the FIPRESCI Prize, this film by director Ayumi Sakamoto caught the attention at the Tokyo and Berlin International Film Festivals. Finally, Forma had a...
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SGIFF Review: Red Amnesia by Wang Xiaoshuai
Wang Xiaoshuai commonly groups and hails under the loose collective of filmmakers known as the ‘Sixth Generation’ of the Cinema of China. His films tend to be known for their sensitive portrayal of...
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SGIFF Review: In the Absence of the Sun by Lucky Kuswandi
In the Absence of the Sun opens with the sound of Muslim calls to prayers (salat). It's probably the last prayer of the day and a signal to the start of the night, in which most of the film occurs. The...
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Production Talk on 'Lang Tong' with Sam Loh
What does mean to be Singapore's first commercial R21 movie with sexual content? And what does it take to make it happen? Porn as a genre is a rather hazy concept here in Singapore as it's illegal to...
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ShoutOUT!-- Singapore by Singapore: From myth to neon realism, Short films...
Presented by the Institute of Contemporary Arts SingaporeCurated by Silke Schmickl, curator and head of Lowave; and Nicole Brenez, film scholar and professor of cinema studies at the University of...
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SGIFF Review: Standing in Still Water by Ric Aw
Synopsis: STANDING IN STILL WATER reflects the lives of damaged Singaporeans, including a crippled young woman on the road of recovery; a man who sinks a dark secret to the bottom of the reservoir; the...
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Indian film holds 'Court' at the SGIFF Silver Screen Awards
Host Adrian Pang and Festival Chairman Mike Wiluan strike up a Bromance on stage at the Silver Screen AwardsThe 25th Singapore International Film Festival was a certainly the comeback festival...
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