Paskalis Damar
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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 (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 -
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 -
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 -
Review: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Deep in the marshland of North Carolina, a solitary young girl is accused of murdering a town’s heartthrob. Read more
Posted on 03 October 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Pinocchio (2022)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins We’ve finally come to a time when a live-action adaptation of Disney’s classic icon – helmed by Robert Zemeckis and spearheaded by... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Orphan: First Kill (2022)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Strip off the shocking twist in Jaume Collet-Serra‘s nasty late-aught thriller, Orphan (2009), and credit Isabelle Fuhrman less... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Retrospect by Sinekdoks, Vol. 2: Pop Goes the Nostalgia!
*Estimated Read Time: 7 mins Cinema went on a pop-culture pilgrimage during the first couple of weeks in April 2022. Each of the new release feels like walking... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Best of 2021: A Moviegoing Retrospective by Sinekdoks
*Estimated Read Time: 17 mins Here’s the recap of moviegoing in 2021. Cinemas were open for a while before they were closed, only to be re-opened again a few... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Bad Samaritan (2018)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Dean Devlin‘s Bad Samaritan offers a playful twist on the usual good Samaritan tropes with a light thriller. Read more
Posted on 23 April 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Percy (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Christopher Walken stars as a Saskatchewan farmer, Percy Schmeiser, in Clark Johnson‘s Percy. The screenplay, written by Garfield L. Read more
Posted on 17 April 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Moxie (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Amy Poehler‘s directorial effort, Moxie, brings back teenagers to the breakthrough movement of the bygone era fused with current... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES