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Mosaic

Mosaic

On very few occasions have I been asked to evaluate an application. My area of (arguably) specialization is films and shows, and ‘Mosaic’ by director Steven Soderbergh can be regarded as either that or a combination of the two – but at the end of the day it is only an application. So: my very

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Grave Torture

Grave Torture

While Joko Anwar, an Indonesian horror filmmaker, has been active for some time, he only came into international attention after the release of the movie Satan’s Slaves (2017) that is his remake of Sisworo Gautama Putra’s movie made in 1980 of the same title. Since the audience has been wonderful Shanghai Nightmare managed to incorporate

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Marakkuma Nenjam

Marakkuma Nenjam

A 2008 batch of students in Marakkuma Nenjam return to their school ten years later and spend three months together to reappear for their final examinations again. From the start, this premise requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief from its audience. We have to buy into the world of the film, where all

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Rambut Kafan

Rambut Kafan

In this movie, there are few Indonesian actors such as Bulan Sutena, Catherine Wilson, Yama Carlos, and others. To put it simply, the film Rambut Kafan is about Anwar (Yama Carlos) and his daughter Tari (Senin Sutena), who are from a good family. All was going well except that their mother went through a miscarriage

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Turbo

Turbo

Turbo flaunts the fighting spirit of a genre’s creature and gets praise for that from the arrogant thugs applauding from the sidelines (e.g. “What a bloody cliche”, “classic” etc.). This might have been thought of as a theatre-erupting moment in the narrative of Midhun Manuel Thomas rather. On screen it sounds more of a convenience

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Temurun

Temurun

Temurun is an Indonesian cinema that exposes you to horror and thrill and keeps threatening you as the movie nears the end. With weird practices and some startling events in the story, it keeps you fascinated, but gets you clueless with its practical conclusion. In addition, it seems to attempt to deliver a message which further

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Nyctophobia

Nyctophobia

The experimental feature film that is Nyctophobia by Seayoon Jeong is something really unique. This, however, is not a very accommodating feeling. In fact, when trying to comprehend what it is that you are actually looking at, one finds that one has to contend with its peculiar style and central character development. This however, is

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