The Rock, the Roll and the Relationship Between Culture and Identity in the Local Music Scene - Sinema.SG

There’s something about the smell of leftover cigarettes and old air-conditioners in a dusty room, followed by the continual sound of bass beating in your eardrums as you wait in front of a small platform, surrounded by instruments — although most times, only the microphone and drum set are present. Slowly, members from the band you are anticipating show up with their guitar bags, preparing their amps and testing out chords on their guitars. 


Tucked away in small areas like Lithe House or stu...

Film Review: ‘Guimoon: The Lightless Door’ Brings Asian Horror To Another Level With Its Stylised Approach - Sinema.SG

A paranormal investigator discovers a door to another world in a community centre that was once stricken by mass murder.


Director: Sim Deok-geun


Cast: Kim Kang-Woo, Kim So-Hye, Lee Jung-Hyoung, Hong Jin-Gi


Year: 2021


Country: South Korea


Language: Korean


Runtime: 86 mins


Film Trailer:


Train to Busan, a highly-acclaimed zombie apocalypse film grossed $93.1 million worldwide. Ever since then, the horror genre in South Korea has grown increasingly popular, with more horror f...

Film Review: ‘I Want to Go Home' is a Heartfelt Look At a Man’s Undying Devotion To His Wife - Sinema.SG

On the 11th of March, 2011, Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife to the tsunami during the Great East Japan earthquake. Since that fateful day, he has been diving in the sea every week in search for her.


Director: Wesley Leon Aroozoo


Cast: Yasuo Takamatsu 


Year: 2017


Country: Singapore, Japan


Language: Japanese 


Runtime: 61 minutes 


Film Trailer:


“His reply was simple. He dives because that is the only way to feel close to Yuko again.” That is a line from Wesley Leon Aroozoo’s...

Film Review: Marvel Blockbuster ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Delights With Its Boundary-Breaking Approach - Sinema.SG

Shang-Chi, the master of unarmed weaponry-based kung fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organisation.


Director: Destin Daniel Cretton


Cast: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Fala Chen 


Year: 2021


Country: United States


Language: Mandarin, English


Runtime: 132 minutes


Film Trailer:


Following the widespread recognition of 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians, it seems that there is a place for Asian American actors in t...