Exposure
Welcome to NTU Film Society’s in-house publication.
Reviews of works, especially positive, that help an audience regard the film deeper.Op-eds or dissenting pieces that provide something different from the mainstream.Reviews, criticisms or pieces that view the art through a new, specific or varied lens.Essays that delve deeper into the theoretical aspects of film, often academic in nature.
Unravelling Myths: The Fall of Historical Giants in Fairytale (2022)
Guest Writer Khushi Pai reviews Fairytale (2022), Alexander Sokurov’s experimental adult animated fantasy which was screened at this year’s Perspectives Film Festival in Singapore.
PFF Film Review: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Guest writer Adrian Ho reviews Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, celebrating the charm and campy appeal of the kaiju film.
They Are Going To Love You: The Substance (2024)
Staff Writer Ezekiel Sen reviews Coralie Fargeat’s sensational “splatterfest”, The Substance, which won Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
Oddity (2024): An Odd Encounter Between Supernatural Horror and Realism
Honorary Financial Secretary Venesya Ko reviews Damian McCarthy’s horror film Oddity and finds a new kind of scariness.
Resistance and Resilience in Palestinian Cinema
Kuo Yi Quan reviews Tale of the Three Jewels (1990) and Palestine Under Siege (2023), two Palestinian films screened at NTU Film Society.
Show, Not Tell: Two by Satyajit Ray
Staff Writer Billy Steven Tay reflects on the iconic film, Two, by the late multi-hyphenate filmmaker Satyajit Ray and rethinks the age-old question: What makes a good story?
Empowering Creativity: Films from Pokka Coffee Short Film Competition 2023
President Daryl Cheong reflects on the drink that ties the world—coffee—and the winning films from Pokka Coffee’s Short Film Competition 2023 that raise a toast to it.
Music to Check Out If You Enjoyed All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Honorary General Secretary Shariffah Ili Hamraa recommends music for fans of the fictional titular songstress of Shunji Iwai’s All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001).
Past Lives: Change and the Choices Destiny Allows
Programmer Venesya Ko ruminates on Past Lives (2023), and the tender manner it portrays the complexities of human relationships over time.
SGIFF Film Review: Tótem
Content Creator Goh Cheng Hao reviews Lila Avilés’ film Totem (2023) which explores the plurality of illness through a child’s point of view.
SGIFF Film Review: Poor Things
Editor-in-Chief Rhea Chalak reviews a film with a lot of buzz surrounding it, especially in the Western film circuit: Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest black comedy Poor Things (2023).
SGIFF Film Review: Buddha Mountain
Editor-in-Chief Rhea Chalak reviews Chinese-language film Buddha Mountain (2010), directed by Li Yu and starring Fan Bing Bing.
SGIFF Film Review: The River That Never Ends
Content Creator Phyllis Chan reviews JT Trinidad’s short film the river that never ends (2022).
SGIFF Film Review: Evil Does Not Exist
Vice-President Fidel Tan reviews Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film Evil Does Not Exist (2023), following the themes of capitalist greed and gentrification in conflict with nature.
SGIFF Film Review: La Chimera
Content Creator Phyllis Chan reviews Alice Rohrwacher’s 2023 drama film, starring Josh O’Connor as a crumpled English archaeologist-turned-grave-robber.
The Undeniable Influence of The Blair Witch Project
Reagan Ng retrospects on the cult found-footage horror film, The Blair Witch Project (1999), and expounds on the undeniable influence it has had since.
Gerwig’s Barbie: A Ken out of Ken?
Kimberly Ler takes us on a whirlwind journey through summer’s blockbuster Barbie (2023), infused with witty and incisive commentary.
Rouge: The Eternal Moon of Autumn
Head Programmer Lee Peng Ming reviews Stanley Kwan’s Rouge (1987), the recent film of discussion at NTU Film Society, expressing why it had such a lasting impression on him.
PFF Film Review: Perfect Days
Editor-in-chief Rhea Chalak reviews Wim Wender’s latest drama Perfect Days (2023) starring Kōji Yakusho in the role of a humble toilet cleaner.
“The Exorcist: Believer”: David Gordon Green’s Attempt at Supernatural Horror
Treasurer Sri Sakthivell S/O Ragavel reviews the latest release in The Exorcist franchise, The Exorcist: Believer.