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CultureAugust 14, 2020July 17, 2024

Film Of The Month: Beasts Clawing At Straws, A Bloody Good Korean Noir About Chasing Money

Blood money spurts to grisly new heights in Beasts Clawing At Straws, a delightfully dark comedy by South Korean director Kim Yong-hoon. Opening with …

CultureJuly 21, 2020July 25, 2024

Film Of The Month: Little Women Is An Emotional Coming-Of-Age About Standing Up For Oneself

If you haven’t read Louisa May Alcott’s famous 1868 novel, then you're in for a treat. Garnering rave reviews for her solo directorial debut in the in…

CultureJune 25, 2020July 25, 2024

Film Of The Month: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Explores A Queer Teen’s Journey of Sexual Discovery

Hollywood's treatment of LGBTQ+ characters has definitely progressed, from playing purely stereotypical token roles to being offered iconic lead roles. Yet while movies like Love, Simon are heart-warm…

CultureMay 23, 2020May 21, 2020

Film Of The Month: Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man Plays on The Unseen Horrors of Domestic Violence

Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe existed, there was the Dark Universe – the OG shared ecosystem where iconic monster…

EntertainmentApril 28, 2020May 18, 2020

Film Of The Month: Prophetic Docuseries ‘Pandemic’ Offers Hindsight And Hope in COVID-19 Times

Hindsight might be painfully 20/20, but the horrors of a global pandemic have been warned of by experts – and gone unheeded – for years. "It's a guara…

EntertainmentMarch 23, 2020May 18, 2020

Film Of The Month: Sorry We Missed You is Ken Loach Showing Us How The Gig Economy Is Broken

**The Projector has teamed up with indie distributor Anticipate Pictures to bring us Sorry We Missed You on Vimeo. Every pay-per-view goes toward helping Singapore's favourite indie cinema during this…

CultureFebruary 24, 2020July 25, 2024

Film Of The Month: Rian Johnson’s Whodunit ‘Knives Out’ Stabs Home With Social Satire

In Rian Johnson's razor-sharp whodunit Knives Out, the only decent people are the murdered man – and his alleged murderess. A wacky homage to Agatha C…

CultureJanuary 24, 2020July 25, 2024

Film Of The Month: Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Reflects The Dark Side Of Society

You’ve no doubt seen the name Parasite floating around social media. After all, the latest film by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho became the first…

EntertainmentDecember 16, 2019May 18, 2020

Film Of The Month: ‘I Lost My Body’ Is A Severed Hand’s Touching Quest Of Self-Discovery

We've all seen Paris through a thousand different lenses, but I Lost My Body (J'ai Perdu Mon Corps) offers what might be the most gripping perspective yet – literally. In this award-winning French ani…

EntertainmentNovember 25, 2019May 18, 2020

Film Of The Month: Untouchable – The Harvey Weinstein Exposé That Shook Hollywood

The decorated filmmaker and documentary veteran Ursula Macfarlane isn't new to breaching the sensitive and controversial, and her 2017 film storying o…

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Film Of The Month: Beasts Clawing At Straws, A Bloody Good Korean Noir About Chasing Money

Film Of The Month: Little Women Is An Emotional Coming-Of-Age About Standing Up For Oneself

Film Of The Month: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Explores A Queer Teen’s Journey of Sexual Discovery

Film Of The Month: Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man Plays on The Unseen Horrors of Domestic Violence

Film Of The Month: Prophetic Docuseries ‘Pandemic’ Offers Hindsight And Hope in COVID-19 Times

Film Of The Month: Sorry We Missed You is Ken Loach Showing Us How The Gig Economy Is Broken

Film Of The Month: Rian Johnson’s Whodunit ‘Knives Out’ Stabs Home With Social Satire

Film Of The Month: Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Reflects The Dark Side Of Society

Film Of The Month: ‘I Lost My Body’ Is A Severed Hand’s Touching Quest Of Self-Discovery

Film Of The Month: Untouchable – The Harvey Weinstein Exposé That Shook Hollywood

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