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From the finales of Better Call Saul, Atlanta and Better Things; to new shows like Severance, The Bear and Pachinko; to ...
13/12/2022

From the finales of Better Call Saul, Atlanta and Better Things; to new shows like Severance, The Bear and Pachinko; to the returns of Barry, Reservation Dogs and Ramy - we run down the 30 best shows of 2022.

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From action blockbusters and insightful documentaries, to gory horror and arthouse dramas - we run down the 25 best film...
06/12/2022

From action blockbusters and insightful documentaries, to gory horror and arthouse dramas - we run down the 25 best films of 2022.

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Singapore International Film Festival - SGIFF is back in full force this year! If you’re unsure what to catch, check out...
28/10/2022

Singapore International Film Festival - SGIFF is back in full force this year! If you’re unsure what to catch, check out our recommendations.

We highlight some great films from Iran, Spain, Philippines, UK / US, Tunisia, South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, and more!

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Los Espookys is a sublime, spooky, surreal and supremely strange horror-comedy.Watch it on HBO or HBO GO.
18/10/2022

Los Espookys is a sublime, spooky, surreal and supremely strange horror-comedy.

Watch it on HBO or HBO GO.

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Netflix’s Blonde is hollow, reductive and exploitative to a ridiculously cruel degree. We picked some of Marilyn Monroe’...
04/10/2022

Netflix’s Blonde is hollow, reductive and exploitative to a ridiculously cruel degree. We picked some of Marilyn Monroe’s greatest performances for you to watch instead.

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Did you know that A24 has a television division? From Netflix's Mo and Hulu’s Ramy to HBO’s Irma Vep and Euphoria - we s...
12/09/2022

Did you know that A24 has a television division?

From Netflix's Mo and Hulu’s Ramy to HBO’s Irma Vep and Euphoria - we spotlight the arthouse distributor’s best small screen offerings.

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On the first edition of our guide to world cinema, we spotlight MUBI Malaysia’s Viva Nusantara! special - a fantastic co...
12/08/2022

On the first edition of our guide to world cinema, we spotlight MUBI Malaysia’s Viva Nusantara! special - a fantastic collection of films celebrating the ideals of Asian independence.

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Fire of Love, which tells the real-life story of how two obsessed volcanologists fell in love and chased their molten pa...
07/08/2022

Fire of Love, which tells the real-life story of how two obsessed volcanologists fell in love and chased their molten passion together is, hands down, the best documentary of 2022. Backdropped by jaw-dropping natural imagery, this is a riveting portrait of a charismatic couple who literally lived life on the edge of volcanoes.

Opens exclusively at The Projector on August 11 via Anticipate Pictures.

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Nathan Fielder is back! His latest show on HBO once again turns a parody of reality TV into a brilliant dissection of hu...
14/07/2022

Nathan Fielder is back! His latest show on HBO once again turns a parody of reality TV into a brilliant dissection of human nature.

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Top Gun: Maverick doesn’t just soar above the original, it’s genuinely the best and most exhilarating blockbuster in rec...
22/05/2022

Top Gun: Maverick doesn’t just soar above the original, it’s genuinely the best and most exhilarating blockbuster in recent memory.

(Opens May 26th in Singapore cinemas.)

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An egomaniacal boomer comedian and her entitled Gen Z writer go on the road to test out their new stand-up comedy routin...
12/05/2022

An egomaniacal boomer comedian and her entitled Gen Z writer go on the road to test out their new stand-up comedy routine - to disastrous results. Read our review of Hacks’ fantastic second season.

Stream on HBO GO or HBO Max.

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Two Oscar-nominated documentaries will be opening at The Projector this month! Read about why both are so extraordinary....
06/03/2022

Two Oscar-nominated documentaries will be opening at The Projector this month! Read about why both are so extraordinary.

1) FLEE a movie by Jonas Poher Rasmussen - an animated memoir of a child refugee’s escape from Afghanistan during the Taliban’s takeover.

2) Writing With Fire is a journalism documentary chronicling the brave reporters of India's only women-run newspaper, Khabar Lahariya.

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Norway's Oscar entry opens at The Projector on 24th February - and we think it's the best film of 2022 thus far! Read ou...
20/02/2022

Norway's Oscar entry opens at The Projector on 24th February - and we think it's the best film of 2022 thus far! Read our review of The Worst Person in the World.

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Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film opens in Singapore via Shaw Theatres and The Projector on 17th February. Read our review o...
13/02/2022

Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film opens in Singapore via Shaw Theatres and The Projector on 17th February.

Read our review of Parallel Mothers here.

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Steven Spielberg’s magnificent West Side Story is a genuinely thoughtful remake that retains the magic of the original. ...
05/01/2022

Steven Spielberg’s magnificent West Side Story is a genuinely thoughtful remake that retains the magic of the original. Read our review here.

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Here’s our list of the best TV shows of 2021! From sitcoms to anime to dramas to documentaries, these were top 40 series...
21/12/2021

Here’s our list of the best TV shows of 2021!

From sitcoms to anime to dramas to documentaries, these were top 40 series for the year.

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Netflix Oscar contenders, Singapore International Film Festival - SGIFF standouts and the final season of some of TV’s b...
16/12/2021

Netflix Oscar contenders, Singapore International Film Festival - SGIFF standouts and the final season of some of TV’s best series dominate our viewing recommendations this December.

Here’s why you should watch The Power of the Dog, The Lost Daughter, FLEE a movie by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, A Hero, Marvel Studios Spider-Man No Way Home, The French Dispatch, PEN15, Hawkeye, The Expanse, Aggretsuko, Station Eleven & more!

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Arthouse indie films and the 2nd seasons of some fantastic (yet underseen) shows dominate our viewing recommendations th...
28/11/2021

Arthouse indie films and the 2nd seasons of some fantastic (yet underseen) shows dominate our viewing recommendations this month.

Here’s why you should watch In My Skin, The Great, How to With John Wilson, Arcane, Hellbound, Spencer, Titane, The Rescue, The Humans, Memoria, Saloum, Terrorizers, Belle and more.

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Returning HBO shows and indie films headline our viewing recommendations this month!Here’s why you should watch Successi...
27/10/2021

Returning HBO shows and indie films headline our viewing recommendations this month!

Here’s why you should watch Succession, Maid, Insecure, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Card Counter, Introducing Selma Blair, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror & more.

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Adaptations of Frank Herbert, Arthurian myth and Haruki Murakami, a true crime podcast satire, religious horror, vampire...
28/09/2021

Adaptations of Frank Herbert, Arthurian myth and Haruki Murakami, a true crime podcast satire, religious horror, vampire housemates, and Korean action headline our viewing recommendations this month!

Here’s why you should watch What We Do in the Shadows FX, Midnight Mass, Only Murders in the Building, Drive My Car, Star Wars: Visions, S*x Education, Escape From Mogadishu, Dune Movie, Squid Game, The Green Knight, and more.

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A24 ’s retelling of the Arthurian legend “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is a strange and surreal magic-realist master...
19/09/2021

A24 ’s retelling of the Arthurian legend “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is a strange and surreal magic-realist masterpiece.

(Opens September 23 at The Projector and Shaw Theatres.)

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Returning sitcoms, a pro wrestling drama, a Native American comedy, a Tina Turner documentary and Nicolas Cage mourning ...
29/08/2021

Returning sitcoms, a pro wrestling drama, a Native American comedy, a Tina Turner documentary and Nicolas Cage mourning a truffle pig headline our August viewing recommendations!

Here’s why you should watch Reservation Dogs, The Other Two, Heels, PEN15, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Pig, Tina, CODA and more.

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Over the next couple of months, two classic masterpieces of science fiction literature – Foundation and Dune – will rece...
19/08/2021

Over the next couple of months, two classic masterpieces of science fiction literature – Foundation and Dune – will receive big-budget screen adaptations through an Apple TV+ series and a Dune Movie franchise respectively.

In anticipation, we broke down the many ways that Frank Herbert was inspired by Issac Asimov’s Foundation novels to create Dune.

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