NOBODY KNOWS
Viu/4 Stars
Kim Seo-hyung is the heart and (tortured) soul here. She is detective Cha Young-jin, who has made it her life's mission to nail the perpetrators behind the death of her high-school friend Choi Soo-jung, found with wounds reminiscent of those suffered by Jesus during the Crucifixion, making her Victim No. 8 in the so-called stigmata serial murders.
Kim commands not just attention but also sympathy as the outwardly strong cop who is tormented by guilt.
While its pace slackens somewhat in the middle, Nobody Knows is nevertheless a classy detective drama about lost boys, religious fanaticism and a woman's determined quest for redemption.
New episodes of Nobody Knows are available on Viu every Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ho Ai Li
I DREAM OF SINGAPORE (NC16)
78 minutes/Pay-per-view at Vimeo
Singaporean film-maker Lei Yuan Bins fourth film is a documentary that follows the lives of a group of migrant workers here
In real life, these are men whose lives are now under scrutiny following the coronavirus outbreak at their dormitories.
Lei tracks Ethan Guo from the non-profit Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) as he helps injured Bangladeshi Feroz.
The director moves between fiction and non-fiction work, with each one bearing his trademark poetically
ambiguous style that leaves space for the viewer to find meaning.
All pay-per-view proceeds will go to TWC2 and independent cinema The Projector, which is now closed as part of Covid-19 containment efforts.
There will be a Facebook Live talkback session (www.facebook.com/TheProjectorSG) featuring a speaker from TWC2 and guests on Sunday at 5pm.
RENT IT AT: vimeo.com/ondemand/idreamofsingapore WHEN: Till Sunday PRICE: US$9.99 (S$14). Each rental allows for a 24-hour viewing window
John Lui
BAD EDUCATION (M18)
105 minutes/HBO and HBO Go from Sunday/4 Stars
In this white-collar true-crime story, Allison Janney (the biopic I, Tonya, 2017) is cast perfectly as Pam, a school administrator in New York in the earRead More – Source
NOBODY KNOWS
Viu/4 Stars
Kim Seo-hyung is the heart and (tortured) soul here. She is detective Cha Young-jin, who has made it her life's mission to nail the perpetrators behind the death of her high-school friend Choi Soo-jung, found with wounds reminiscent of those suffered by Jesus during the Crucifixion, making her Victim No. 8 in the so-called stigmata serial murders.
Kim commands not just attention but also sympathy as the outwardly strong cop who is tormented by guilt.
While its pace slackens somewhat in the middle, Nobody Knows is nevertheless a classy detective drama about lost boys, religious fanaticism and a woman's determined quest for redemption.
New episodes of Nobody Knows are available on Viu every Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ho Ai Li
I DREAM OF SINGAPORE (NC16)
78 minutes/Pay-per-view at Vimeo
Singaporean film-maker Lei Yuan Bins fourth film is a documentary that follows the lives of a group of migrant workers here
In real life, these are men whose lives are now under scrutiny following the coronavirus outbreak at their dormitories.
Lei tracks Ethan Guo from the non-profit Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) as he helps injured Bangladeshi Feroz.
The director moves between fiction and non-fiction work, with each one bearing his trademark poetically
ambiguous style that leaves space for the viewer to find meaning.
All pay-per-view proceeds will go to TWC2 and independent cinema The Projector, which is now closed as part of Covid-19 containment efforts.
There will be a Facebook Live talkback session (www.facebook.com/TheProjectorSG) featuring a speaker from TWC2 and guests on Sunday at 5pm.
RENT IT AT: vimeo.com/ondemand/idreamofsingapore WHEN: Till Sunday PRICE: US$9.99 (S$14). Each rental allows for a 24-hour viewing window
John Lui
BAD EDUCATION (M18)
105 minutes/HBO and HBO Go from Sunday/4 Stars
In this white-collar true-crime story, Allison Janney (the biopic I, Tonya, 2017) is cast perfectly as Pam, a school administrator in New York in the earRead More – Source
