Paskalis Damar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 578 )

• Love Unlike in K-Dramas (2024) Is Not Unlike K-Dramas

  

  Read Time:5 Minute, 39 Second “K-Dramas saved my life,” said Meira Anastasia (co-writing Ernest Prakasa‘s Imperfect) during the post-screening Q A in JAFF 2024. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Longlegs (2024) Speaks the Devil’s Tongue

  

  Read Time:7 Minute, 1 Second For a film about a serial killer hunt, Longlegs exudes a bit too much bizarreness. We catch a glimpse of the titular killer right... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Civil War (2024) Portrays an Unlikely Universal War

  

  Read Time:6 Minute, 54 Second With the recent rise of societal polarization and increased political tension in the US — especially during the Trump era, a film... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers (2024) Makes Cinema Horny Again

  

  Read Time:7 Minute, 24 Second Tennis means the world to Tashi Donaldson, née Duncan (Zendaya), a former tennis prodigy who became a coach and manager for her... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Three Hearts of Shogun (2024)

  

  Read Time:10 Minute, 14 Second Set in the pivotal moments of the Japanese Sengoku era, Shōgun sets the plot in motion ironically with the death of the last... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Heat-Seeking Ghost of Abusive Past in Baby Reindeer (2024)

  

  Read Time:6 Minute, 12 Second It must have been excruciatingly painful to relive the traumatic experience of being abused for a long time; let alone turn it int... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dua Hati Biru (2024) Shouldn’t Just Be a Sequel

  

  Read Time:6 Minute, 41 Second When fiction ends, everything embedded in it should technically end, too. All merits (or the lack of it), the characters, their... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• All Hell Breaks Loose in Joko Anwar’s Siksa Kubur (2024)

  

  Read Time:8 Minute, 30 Second In Grave Torture (2012), Joko Anwar ushers audiences into the realm beyond the living through minimum dialogues and a narrative... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Reflecting on the Best Films of 2023

  

  Read Time:8 Minute, 54 Second This blog was still fresh when I first started making the first entry of SINEKDOKS’s Best of series. The date was December 31 and... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Reflecting on the Best TV Shows of 2023

  

  Read Time:7 Minute, 43 Second From the deadpan hilarity of Cunk on Earth to the grim yet liberating adaptation of The Last of Us, this is the list of best TV... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2024 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Jalan Yang Jauh, Jangan Lupa Pulang (2023)

  

  Read Time:4 Minute, 40 Second Let’s start at the beginning. Nanti Kita Cerita tentang Hari Ini by Marchella FP isn’t necessarily a narrative book. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

  

  Read Time:5 Minute, 8 Second “This is not a safe space,” the tagline of Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies exaggerates. Those words, high on the film’s neon-li... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Mangkujiwo 2 (2023)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 34 Second With a grand sequence, Mangkujiwo 2 (2023) immediately expands the Kuntilanak universe with an ambitious intent. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Balada Si Roy (2023)

  

  Read Time:4 Minute, 24 Second The scent of nostalgia is thick in Fajar Nugros’ Balada Si Roy (2023) a.k.a. The Ballads of Roy. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bayi Ajaib (2023)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 12 Second Hailed by many as one of the finest Indonesian cult classics, Tindra Rengat’s Bayi Ajaib (1982) has inarguably traumatized... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2022: Films of the Year

  

  Read Time:11 Minute, 23 Second What has 2022 offered in terms of cinema? A sweet come-back is all I can think about. Some of the best films from 2022 (or ones... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Noktah Merah Perkawinan / The Red Point of Marriage (2022)

  

  Read Time:4 Minute, 5 Second It’s easy to denigrate Noktah Merah Perkawinan (The Red Point of Marriage – for the international Netflix release) for being what... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: M3GAN (2022)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 28 Second Coming from Jason Blum‘s production with James Wan serving as co-producer and co-writer, M3GAN turns out to be a killer combinatio... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: M3GAN (2023)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 28 Second Coming from Jason Blum‘s production with James Wan serving as co-producer and co-writer, M3GAN turns out to be a killer combinatio... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2022: Indonesian Cinema

  

  Read Time:8 Minute, 20 Second Welcome back to SINEKDOKS’ Best Of series – a compilation to honor the best films every year. For the 2022 edition, I’ll kick off... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES