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Headshot (Indonesia, 2016)
The plotline for the Mo Brothers’ (Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel) Headshot may sound familiar: a man (Iko Uwais) found on a shore, wounded and unconscious, wakes up in a rural hospital unable to remember anything. His attending physician, Ailin (Chelsea Islan), gives him the name Ishmael. It is only after an incident involving his physician that…
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History Lessons
on Jerrold Tarog’s Heneral Luna
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Godzilla Resurgence (Japan, 2016)
It is not an easy task to be optimistic and think of another local (in case of the Japanese market) follow-up for Godzilla after the success of the Hollywood’s recent attempt to present the giant monster on big screen just two years ago. But the recent Japanese audience reaction towards Godzilla Resurgence seems to break the myth…
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Symphony of Development and the Ideology of Speed
on Walter Ruttman’s Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt and Railways
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The Tale of Two Oedipi*
on Mario Cornejo’s Apocalypse Child (2015). Partly edited to finally have a proper conclusion.
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A Suggestion and My First Step to Doubt
On Lav Diaz’ Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (2016)
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All in the Family
On Uchōten Kazoku (The Eccentric Family) (and partly, on mythology and reading)