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.
PFF Film Review: The Shout
Content Creator Phyllis Chan reviews The Shout (1978), Jerzy Skolimowski’s British horror film based on a short story by Robert Graves.
Race and Masculinity in Surrounded (2023)
Mohamed Shafiullah explores the themes of Race and Masculinity in Anthony Mandler’s Western film Surrounded (2023), starring Letitia Wright as the subversive and pivotal hero.
“Summer Hours”, and What Follows After
Jeongrak Son reviews Oliver Assayas’ film, Summer Hours (2008), about a family dealing with the aftermath of a loved one’s loss.
The Aesthetics of Nostalgia in All About Lily Chou-Chou
Content Creator Goh Cheng Hao ruminates on Shunji Iwai’s 2001 cult-favourite film, All About Lily Chou-Chou, through the lens of the present fixation on the Y2K subculture.
Tarantino's Guns and Bhansali's Roses: Tension within Film
Suchittra Rao writes about two of her favourite scenes in film — Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) — and dissects the reasons that drive them to be so impactful.
水泥地里种花: Hong Kong Cinema & the Youth
Head Programmer Lee Peng Ming provides an honest and raw outlook on the portrayals of youth within Hong Kong in more recent films. He puts forward his recommendations, ratings, and reviews.
Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds
Editor-in-chief Rhea Chalak explores how the latest Nolan blockbuster Oppenheimer (2023) appears as a derivative of the famous and revered Hindu text, the Bhagavad-gītā.