Film & TV
A guide to every streaming service available in Singapore
Ever since Netflix popped up to disrupt the entertainment distribution model, streaming seems to have swiftly overtaken traditional mediums like...
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SXSW Film Festival 2021: 15 Outstanding Movies To Look Out For
For a second consecutive year, South by Southwest (SXSW) has gone virtual due to the ongoing global pandemic. For movie,...
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Disney’s first Southeast Asian princess soars in the stunning, exciting Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney’s growing canon of princesses of colour – which include Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Esmeralda, and Moana – has a new member in Raya (superbly voiced by Kelly Marie Tran)! In what has been hailed as a groundbreaking moment for the...
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Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher shake up The Crown in its riveting 4th season
Furnished with luxurious production values, elegant writing and impeccable performances – Peter Morgan’s royal family prestige drama has been the...
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The Haunting of Bly Manor is a chilling gothic romance, and a worthy follow-up to Hill House
Though not as lauded as Ari Aster or Jordan Peele or Robert Eggers, make no mistake, Mike Flanagan is one...
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Popwire Speaks With… Singaporean screenwriter and filmmaker Kirsten Tan
After first coming into prominence with award-winning short films like 10 Minutes Later, Fonzi, Sink, Cold Noodles and Dahdi in the late-2000s, Singaporean auteur Kirsten Tan truly broke out in 2017 with her remarkable debut feature Pop Aye. The unconventional...
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15 Great Films From Singapore
While Singapore may not have the biggest or most prolific film industry, make no mistake, quantity is not indicative of...
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9 ingenious narrative short films and TV episodes filmed in quarantine
Shadowed Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg’s (Lights Out, Shazam!) latest short horror film is a spooky, no-budget achievement. Shot in...
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Normal People is an achingly truthful and absorbingly intimate millennial love story for the ages
Based on Sally Rooney’s acclaimed 2018 novel, Normal People is a breathtaking adaptation of a transcendent Irish love story. Uncannily smart, emotionally sophisticated and seductively melancholy – this immaculate series presents a grand romance that is as immersive and intimate...
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Eliza Hittman’s teen abortion drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a quietly devastating gem
“Issue movies” are often fraught with editorializing or speechifying (check out any Aaron Sorkin work to see the worst offences)....
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