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.
SGIFF Review: Stranger Eyes (2024)
Yeo Siew Hua’s newest feature film, Stranger Eyes, is as audacious and ambitious as the 35th Singapore International Film Festival, President Daryl Cheong writes.
If You Loved The Great Gatsby (2013), You’ll Love These Tracks
In this fun tribute to the iconic film by Baz Luhrmann, Staff Writer Angelica Ng compiles culturally significant tracks from familiar artists.
Gladiator II (2024): A Spectacle of Epic Proportions
Are you not entertained? Staff Writer Mohamed Shafiullah reviews the long-awaited sequel, Gladiator II (2024).
The Durians of The Paradise of Thorns (2024) Leave You With a Bitter Taste
Honorary Financial Secretary Venesya Ko reviews the queer Thai drama, The Paradise of Thorns (2024).
Timeless Loop: A Decade of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Staff Writer Tan Yan An reflects on the film Edge of Tomorrow (2014), directed by Doug Liman and written by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.
Pierce (2024): Fencing, Familial Love, and False Accusations
Staff Writer Tan Yan An reviews Nelicia Low’s Pierce (2024), starring Liu Hsiu-Fu and Tsao Yu Ning.
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.
An Audience’s Dance into Madness in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Staff Writer Angelica Ng reviews the recent premiere of Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), the much-awaited sequel of Joker (2019).
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.
Film Review: Megalopolis (2024)
Staff writer Jeffrey Chay reviews Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis (2024).
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?
Film Review: The Wild Robot (2024)
President Daryl Cheong reviews DreamWorks’ latest film The Wild Robot — a testament to the spirit of kindness and a deserved Oscar frontrunner.
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.
Film Review: Speak No Evil (2024)
President Daryl Cheong and Honorary Financial Secretary Venesya Ko collaboratively review James Watkin’s 2024 take on the 2022 Danish film, Speak No Evil (2022).
Sound and Music in Cuckoo (2024)
Honorary Financial Secretary Venesya Ko reviews incoming horror flick Cuckoo (2024), which sees Euphoria alum Hunter Schafer in her first lead role in a feature film.
Film Review: Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Vice-President Rhea Chalak reviews the upcoming Lanthimos triptych, Kinds of Kindness (2024).
Gillo Pontecorvo says: Arise, Wretched of the Earth!
Through an incisive comparison of Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 La Bataille D’Algers and Frantz Fanon’s 1961 Wretched of the Earth, Umar Al Khair Bin Zainal Muttakin pens a powerful essay about colonialism, rooted in both the past and the present.