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Breakout filmmaker Royston Tan recruited a cast of teens from actual housing     project gangs in Singapore to perform in his powerfully realistic snapshot of    contemporary urban life. From rampant drug use to unthinking violence, the       characters in Tan's hard-hitting drama are in many ways reminiscent of the     figures in Larry Clark's Kids. "Visually exciting and hyper-modern"      (Chicago Filmmakers).                                                    Royston Tan---Singapore---2003---93 mins.
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Eric Khoo's careful study of isolation and the longing for love in Singapore     is comprised of short vignettes involving an elderly man feeding his ailing      wife, two teenage girls forging a relationship via text messaging, a security    guard deeply in love with a businesswoman, and more. Reminiscent of the cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-Liang, this strikingly minimalist, stunningly beautiful film succeeds almost entirely without dialogue, using rhythm,        imagery, body language, and text to convey its stories. "I was in tears by the   end, which is fairly rare" (Manohla Dargis, New York Times). In English, Hokkien, and Mandarin with English subtitles.                                  Eric Khoo---Singapore---2005---92 mins.
MEE POK MAN
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A slow-witted noodle shop vendor working in a crime-ridden section of            Singapore falls in love with a prostitute looking for a way out from under the   control of her vicious pimp. When she is left battered on the side of a road,    the lonely Mee Pok Man tries to save her, taking her home with him and         attempting to care for her even after the dark reality of the situation sets   in. "...an authentic tragedy of erotic obsession or the blackest of black      comedies...cool tender and stoic, even in the face of extreme perversity"        (Tony Rayns, Time Out). Shown at several major film festivals, Eric      Khoo's debut feature helped introduce the world to a burgeoning new            Singaporean cinema. In Cantonese and Hokkien with English subtitles.           Eric Khoo---Singapore---1995---105 mins.
PERTH
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Directed by Singapore-born Djinn, this gritty drama tells the tale of Harry      Lee, a disillusioned, middle-aged taxi driver with dreams of retiring to         Perth. Considering his failed familial bonds, his sole kinship with another      cabbie, and his redemptive feelings for a much younger Vietnamese prostitute,  Perth owes much to Taxi Driver, right down to Lee's suffocatingly  pessimistic view of his surroundings and the downright bloody conclusion.      "Gutsy and evocative . . . brave and honest filmmaking" (Sight and            Sound). In English, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Hokkien, and Malay with English   Djinn---Singapore---2004---111 mins.
THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT
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In 1977 Singapore, a fanatical Bruce Lee fan discovers a new obsession when a    low-budget knock-off of Saturday Night Fever plays at the local theater.   Inspired, he sets out to win a disco dancing competition. "A surprisingly        polished and refreshingly offbeat romantic comedy, That's the Way I Like    It is also a significant milestone for the miniscule Singapore film         industry, evidencing a level of technical sophistication that could herald the coming of a 'New Wave' not unlike the Hong Kong renaissance of the 1980s"        (Wade Major, Box Office Magazine). Also known as Forever Fever. In Glenn Goei---Singapore---1998---92 mins.
VOODOO NIGHTMARE- RETURN PONTIANAK
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In this Singaporean answer to The Blair Witch Project, an Asian-American   woman, haunted by dreams of her separation from her mother as a child, returns   to the Malaysian village where she was born. Three American friends accompany    her on the two-day hike through the jungle, where they are hunted by an        ancient, vengeful spirit. Inspired by a Polynesian legend, this frightening    feature was shot in English on digital video. Hiep Thi Le (Oliver Stone's      Heaven and Earth) stars.                                                   Djinn---Singapore---2001---85 mins.