Paskalis Damar
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Review: Bebas (2019)
In the midst of the 1990s, 5 girls and a boy become good friends in high school and make some kind of gang. Hanging out, dancing around, fighting another girl... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Joker (2019)
It’s difficult not to notice that, oftentimes, Hildur Guðnadóttir’s sad, dismal cello-led composition sets the mood for Todd Phillips’ Joker. Read more
Posted on 03 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
BALINALE Review: Burning / 버닝 / Beoning (2018)
Lee Chang-dong’s Burning challenges audiences with a mesmerizing narrative, which feels surreal and actual. At times, it might resemble a murky thriller or... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
BALINALE Review: The King (2019)
Director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) distills Shakespeare’s historical epic, Henriad, into a 140-minute, star-studded movie. Read more
Posted on 24 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Ad Astra (2019)
Ad Astra sees director James Gray returning into a grandeur about larger-than-life ambitions and personal bonds. The story shares similar DNA with Gray’s... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
Around 37 years after the misunderstood Green Beret veteran, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), drew the first blood and then wreaked havoc in foreign lands, the... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Pretty Boys (2019)
Pretty Boys is an open letter to Indonesia’s entertainment industry delivered by the inside men, if not prodigies, of the said industry. The director, Teuku... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Bikeman / ไบค์แมน ศักรินทร์ตูดหมึก (2018)
What Prueksa Amaruji’s Bikeman offers is a familiar reflection of third-world country’s problem, where employment issues create the urban dream. Read more
Posted on 16 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Midsommar (2019)
When a Swedish production company, B-Reel, approached Ari Aster to make a straight xenophobic slasher back in 2015, the director was going through a difficult... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: It Chapter Two (2019)
Some might argue that the second half of Stephen King’s 1986 novel, It, is less intriguing than the other half. Such an argument becomes more concerning... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Twivortiare (2019)
Ever since the so-called Indonesian cinema revival back in the early 2000s, adult romance has somehow become a topic that mainstream movies attempted to avoid. Read more
Posted on 01 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Gundala (2019)
Gundala, based on a comic book series by Hasmi, is set to kick-start the ambitious Indonesian superheroes’ shared universe projected as ‘Jagad Sinematik... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Ready Or Not (2019)
Samara Weaving stars in a wedding night thriller, Ready or Not, which jokingly plays out an anti-marriage message. Helmed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Midway through the movie, Leonardo diCaprio’s character, Rick Dalton, would tell his co-star the synopsis of a pulp Western novel he reads. Read more
Posted on 27 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: EXIT / 엑시트 / Eksiteu (2019)
In his directorial debut, Lee Sang-geun builds a solid survival actioner on the foundations laid by classic action flicks like The Towering Inferno, Die Hard an... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Weathering with You / 天気の子 / Tenki No Ko (2019)
Reverberating the idyllic fantasy romance of Your Name that transcends time and space, Makoto Shinkai crafts another coming-of-age romance. Read more
Posted on 21 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Perburuan (2019)
The story of Perburuan spawns during the moment of captivity. Pramoedya Ananta Toer silently and secretly wrote the manuscript in his dark, damp cell during... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Bumi Manusia (2019)
Bumi Manusia a.k.a. This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer with other titles dubbed as Buru Quartet has long been sanctified as one of the most importan... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Divine Fury (2019)
Midnight Runners‘ director, Kim Joo-hwan returns with a new blockbuster that reunites him with the Runners’ star, Park Seo-joon. Read more
Posted on 17 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
In the first fifteen minutes of Dora and the Lost City of Gold, the titular character will remind audiences of how odd the original cartoon could be —from the... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES