Recent reviews

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  The Third Wife 2018

  ★★★★ Added

  I think it's really hard for me to evaluate this film from a more "objective" point of view (if that is even possible. I am invested by virtue of the film's plot, setting, and direction.

  BUT, I will say that it's a stunning debut that hits all the right notes visually, stylistically, and emotionally. More than anything, the film conveys that late 19th century rural Vietnam is both a brutal and beautiful place. I expected to be moved, and I was moved.

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  Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator 1967

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Nov 2018

  Kind of shock to watch this after watching WR: Mysteries of the Organism. Surprisingly tender and beautiful, with some amazing visual images that have a pretty painterly quality (given what I have seen from Makavejev thus far, but also painful.)

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  Tampopo 1985

  Watched 01 Sep 2018

  Asian Restored Classics by the Asian Film Archive at the National Museum

  Immediately rushed to a ramen place after watching this.

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  Yellow Earth 1984

  Watched 31 Aug 2018

  Asian Restored Classics by Asian Film Archive, National Museum of Singapore