Archive for the ‘The Torch’ Category

Published on September 16th, 2009

You might have missed it, but one notable entry from Singapore made it into the 66th Venice Film Festival earlier »

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Published on July 12th, 2009

In 2008, SIFF successfully introduced a new section to its programming, called Singapore Panorama. That year, local film production was »

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Published on July 11th, 2009

Screening at SIFF under the Singapore Panorama section this year was another politically aware documentary feature called “Brother No.2” by »

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Published on June 22nd, 2009

It opens on a black screen and to traffic noise. A man returns home from work, sits down to read »

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Published on June 9th, 2009

Are you feeling blue? Depressed? Or is it rather black-and-white, with a little more contrast to show? The latter in »

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Published on March 19th, 2009

Some habits are practical and make for simple sense. There are others which it is simply a luxury to indulge »

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Published on March 1st, 2009

The Olive Depression is every bit your satire template in the mold of that memorable Zo Gang ridicule of Singaporean »

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Published on October 28th, 2008

Well now, everybody, it has been my honour and a pleasure indeed! Having some of you out there as my »

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Published on October 14th, 2008

Quality by itself is just a neutral term, neither positive nor negative per se, dependant always on what context it »

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Published on October 12th, 2008

Yes, there has been an impressive tide of local films washing over the silver screens islandwide these past two months, »

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Published on September 30th, 2008

A short film is an effort in concentration and hence, precision. Thus, above all else, it should be one thing: »

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Published on September 16th, 2008

I like to challenge people, as much as I do myself, on their beliefs and commonly accepted truisms. To me, »

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Published on September 2nd, 2008

Emotions arguably are the best a film can convey to its audience, inspiring laughter or sadness, causing horror or any »

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Published on August 19th, 2008

I am a passionate consumer, you guessed it, and so it is that I care about my value-for-money ratio when »

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