No Such Thing As ★★★★★

Ticket Price: Free

04 Dec 2023, Mon | 7:00PM - 8:30PM / 90 min

Oldham Theatre

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“Everyone’s a critic!”—a cry of exasperation that has become a fitting adage of our times where it is easier than ever to express opinions on social media and news sites. For as long as films have been made, critics have always stood ready to level their charges. In this discussion, we untangle the evolving role of the film critic today and the impact of film criticism in shaping how we view, talk, and think about films.

With the proliferation of different styles and formats of film criticism, how does a critic remain critically relevant? Join us for an evening of insightful conversations about whether we really are all critics.

Moderator

Phoebe PUA,

Singapore
Mentor, Youth Critics Programme

Panellists

Mark PEREGRINO

Singapore
Creative Producer and Film Enthusiast

Mark Peregrino, or more commonly known online as Mick Pilgrim, is a creative producer by trade and a film enthusiast by heart. His videos review the latest movie releases and feature recommendations covering Asian Cinema and lesser known titles.

Sara MERICAN, Singapore

Film Journalist, Critic
and FIPRESCI member

Sara Merican is a film journalist and critic from Singapore. She has written features and reviews for Sight and Sound, The Hollywood Reporter, Forbes.com, The Telegraph, NME and ContentAsia. She is an international voter for the Golden Globes (2023, 2024) and a member of FIPRESCI. She previously worked as a programmer for the Singapore International Film Festival and has served on the critics’ jury at the Venice Film Festival 2022.

Eternality TAN, Singapore

Film Critic, Educator and Programming Director of the Singapore Film Society

Eternality Tan is the Vice-Chair and Programming Director of the Singapore Film Society and an Adjunct Lecturer of Film Studies at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information (NTU), DigiPen Singapore Institute of Technology, Nanyang Polytechnic and Shelton College International. He is a prolific film critic with over 15 years of experience, having written more than 2,600 reviews on his award-winning site: eternalitytan.com. He was previously a Film Analyst as part of Netflix’s Contingent Talent. He holds a Master of Education from the National Institute of Education, furthering his passion for melding film and education together.

Müge TURAN, Turkey

Film Writer, Editor and Film Curator
FIPRESCI Award Jury

Müge Turan has worked as writer and editor of such publications as Time Out Istanbul and Empire. She has been working as film curator of the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art since 2008. As a member of FIPRESCI, she has served on film festival juries in Toronto, Dubai, Thessaloniki and Cannes. She continues writing about films and is also a PhD candidate in Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto, where her special field is sound in cinema.

Joyce YANG, Hong Kong

Film critic and member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society
FIPRESCI Award Jury

Joyce Yang is a film critic and a member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. She has served as a jury member for the FIPRESCI Prize at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the Hong Kong Fresh Wave Awards, the Hong Kong ifva Awards, and the CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival, among others. Recent volumes she has co-edited include The Iconoclastic Classics: Chiu Kang Chien’s Four Screenplays for Films by Stanley Kwan (2018), Rewriting the Classics: Chiu Kang Chien’s Screenplays in His Later Years (2021), and Memoir of Hong Kong Film Production Managers from the 1980s (2022).

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