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DRIFTING CLOUDS | Dir. Aki Kaurismaki | 1996 | Finland | Comedy/Drama | 97 mins | PG

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D for De Sica & Dardennes
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2013) ^
DANCE DANCE DRAGON (Kat Goh, 2012)
DANCE OF REALITY, THE (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 2013) - Perspectives FF ' 16
DANGEROUS METHOD, A (David Cronenberg, 2011)
DANISH GIRL, THE (Tom Hooper, 2015)
DARJEELING LIMITED, THE (Wes Anderson, 2007) - Criterion Collection
DARK CITY (Alex Proyas, 1998) ^

DARKEST HOUR (Joe Wright, 2017)
DARK KNIGHT, THE (Christopher Nolan, 2008) ^^
DARK KNIGHT RISES, THE (Christopher Nolan, 2012) ^
DARK SHADOWS (Tim Burton, 2012)
DAS BOOT (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981) ^
DAUGHTER OF THE NILE (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1987) - Retrospective '16
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Matt Reeves, 2014)

DAYS OF BEING WILD (Wong Kar-Wai, 1990) ^ - Perspectives FF '17
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Terrence Malick, 1978) ^ - Criterion Collection
DEADPOOL (Tim Miller, 2016)

DEADPOOL 2 (David Leitch, 2018)
DEAREST SISTER (Mattie Do, 2016) - Singapore International FF '16 / Horror FF '17
DEATH AT A FUNERAL (Frank Oz, 2007)
DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino, 2007)
DECAMERON, THE (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1971) 
- Retrospective '14 / Criterion Collection
DEEP BLUE SEA, THE (Terence Davies, 2011)
DEEP END (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1970) ^ - World Cinema Series '11
DEER HUNTER, THE (Michael Cimino, 1978) ^
DEFIANCE (Edward Zwick, 2008)
DEFINITELY, MAYBE (Adam Brooks, 2008)
DEKALOG: ONE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^^ - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: TWO (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^ 
- Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: THREE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: FOUR (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: FIVE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^ - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: SIX (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^ - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: SEVEN (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^ - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: EIGHT (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^ - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: NINE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^^ - Criterion Collection
DEKALOG: TEN (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ^ - Criterion Collection
DELIVERANCE (John Boorman, 1972)
DEPARTURES (Yojiro Takita, 2009) ^^
DESCENDANTS, THE (Alexander Payne, 2011) ^
DESPICABLE ME (Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud, 2010)
DESPICABLE ME 2 (Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud, 2013)
DEVIL'S BACKBONE, THE (Guillermo del Toro, 2001) - Criterion Collection
DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP (Jiang Wen, 2000) - Witness to War: Remembering 1942 '18
DHEEPAN (Jacques Audiard, 2015) ^ - French FF '15 / Criterion Collection
DIABOLIQUE (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955) ^ - Criterion Collection
DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, THE (Marielle Heller, 2015)
DICTATOR, THE (Larry Charles, 2012)
DISAPPEARANCE (Ali Asgari, 2017) - Singapore International FF '17
DISCONNECT (Henry Alex Rubin, 2012)
DISOBEDIENCE (Sebastian Lelio, 2018)
DISTRICT 9 (Neil Blomkamp, 2009) ^
DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, THE (Julian Schnabel, 2007) ^
DJANGO UNCHAINED (Quentin Tarantino, 2012) ^
DOCTOR STRANGE (Scott Derrickson, 2016)
DOGTOOTH (Giorgos Lanthimos, 2009)
DON JON (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013)
DON'T LOOK NOW (Nicolas Roeg, 1973) ^ - Criterion Collection
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wilder, 1944) ^^
DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE, THE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991) ^ - Criterion Collection
DOUBT (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) ^
DOWN BY LAW (Jim Jarmusch, 1986) ^ - Criterion Collection
DRAG ME TO HELL (Sam Raimi, 2009) ^
DRAGON ARRIVES!, A (Mani Haghighi, 2016) - Singapore International FF '16
DRAGON INN (King Hu, 1967) ^ 
- Singapore Chinese FF '14 / Criterion Collection
DREAMERS, THE (Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003) ^
DREDD (Pete Travis, 2012)
DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma, 1980) ^ - Criterion Collection
DRIFTING CLOUDS (Aki Kaurismaki, 1996) ^ - Finnish FF '18
DRIVE (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011) ^
DROP, THE (Michael R. Roskam, 2014)
DRUG WAR (Johnnie To, 2013)
DUEL (Steven Spielberg, 1971)
DUNKIRK (Christopher Nolan, 2017) ^
DUPLICITY (Tony Gilroy, 2009)
DUST IN THE WIND (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1986) ^ - Retrospective '16


E for Eisenstein
EARLY SPRING (Yasujiro Ozu, 1956) ^ 
- Criterion Collection (Eclipse Series)
EASY A (Will Gluck, 2010)
EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (Lee Ang, 1994) ^
EDGE OF HEAVEN, THE (Fatih Akin, 2008) ^ - German FF '08
EDGE OF TOMORROW (Doug Liman, 2014) ^
EDUCATION, AN (Lone Scherfig, 2009) ^
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (Tim Burton, 1990)
ELEGY (Isabel Coixet, 2008)
ELENA (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2011) ^ - Singapore Film Society '13
ELEPHANT MAN, THE (David Lynch, 1980) ^
ELITE SQUAD (Jose Padilha, 2008)
ELLE (Paul Verhoeven, 2016) ^
EL TOPO (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970) 
ELYSIUM (Neil Blomkamp, 2013)
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (Ciro Guerra, 2015) ^ - SIFA O.P.E.N. '16
EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Steven Spielberg, 1987)
ENDER'S GAME (Gavin Hood, 2013)
ENDLESS POETRY (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 2016) - Perspectives Film Festival '16
END OF WATCH (David Ayer, 2012)
ENEMY (Denis Villeneuve, 2013)
ENOUGH SAID (Nicole Holofcener, 2013)
ENTER THE DRAGON (Robert Clouse, 1973)
EPIC (Chris Wedge, 2013)
ERASERHEAD (David Lynch, 1977) ^ - Criterion Collection
ERIN BROCKOVICH (Steven Soderberg, 2000) ^
ERNEST & CELESTINE (Stephane Aubier et al, 2012) 
- French Animation FF '14
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry, 2004) ^
EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Jan Troell, 2008) ^ - Criterion Collection
EVERYONE WANTS SOME (Richard Linklater, 2016)
EVIL DEAD (Fede Alvarez, 2013)
EVIL DEAD (Fede Alvarez, 2013) - Guest Review by Tan Yuan Qing
EVIL DEAD, THE (Sam Raimi, 1981) ^
EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN (Sam Raimi, 1987)
EXECUTION IN AUTUMN (Lee Hsing, 1972) - Singapore Chinese FF '15
EX MACHINA (Alex Garland, 2015) ^ - The Projector '15
EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS (Ridley Scott, 2014)
EXPENDABLES 2, THE (Simon West, 2012)
EXTERMINATING ANGEL, THE (Luis Bunuel, 1962) -Criterion Collection
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (Stephen Daldry, 2011)
EYES WIDE SHUT (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) ^


F for Fassbinder, Fellini & Ford 
FACES PLACES (Agnes Varda, 2017) - Anticipate Pictures

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004) ^
FAIR GAME (Doug Liman, 2010)
FAIRY TALE KILLER (Danny Pang, 2012)
FALLEN ANGELS (Wong Kar Wai, 1995)
FAMILY, THE (Luc Besson, 2013)
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson, 2009) ^ - Criterion Collection
FANTASTIC PLANET (Rene Laloux, 1973) ^ 
- Perspectives FF '16 / Criterion Collection
FANTASTIC WOMAN, A (Sebastian Lelio, 2017) - Darpan Global
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (Chen Kaige, 1993) ^
FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes, 2002) ^
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (Thomas Vinterberg, 2015) 
FARGO (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)
FAST FIVE (Justin Lin, 2011)
FAT GIRL (Catherine Breillat, 2001) - Criterion Collection
FAULT IN OUR STARS, THE (Josh Boone, 2014)
FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION JAILHOUSE 41 (Shunya Ito, 1972) - Scum Cinema '15
FENCES (Denzel Washington, 2016)
FEW BEST MEN, A (Stephan Elliott, 2011)
F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles, 1973) - Criterion Collection
FIGHTER, THE (David O. Russell, 2010) ^
FILL THE VOID (Rama Burshtein, 2012) 
- Israel FF '13
FILTH (Jon S. Baird, 2013)
FINDING DORY (Andrew Stanton & Angus MacLane, 2016)
FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton, 2003) ^
FIRE AT SEA (Gianfranco Rosi, 2016) ^ - SIFA O.P.E.N. '16
FIRES ON THE PLAIN (Kon Ichikawa, 1959) 
- Japanese FF '14 / Criterion Collection
FIREWORKS (Takeshi Kitano, 1997) ^
FIRST BLOOD (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
FIRST MAN (Damien Chazelle, 2018) ^
FIRST NAME: CARMEN (Jean-Luc Godard, 1983) 
FISH TANK (Andrea Arnold, 2009) ^ - Criterion Collection
FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, A (Sergio Leone, 1964)
FITZCARRALDO (Werner Herzog, 1982) ^ 
- German FF '10
FLAVOUR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE, THE (Yasujiro Ozu, 1952) - Japanese FF '18

FLIGHT (Robert Zemeckis, 2012)
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2007) - Retrospective '16
FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu, 1959) ^ - Criterion Collection
FLORIDA PROJECT, THE (Sean Baker, 2017) - Singapore International FF '17
FLOWER GIRL, THE (Choe Ik Kyu & Pak Hak, 1972) - World Cinema Series '13
FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1998) ^ - Retrospective '16
FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS, THE (Roberto Rossellini, 1950) ^ - Criterion Collection
FLOWERS OF WAR, THE (Zhang Yimou, 2011)
FLY, THE (David Cronenberg, 1986) ^
FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE, THE (Tsui Hark, 2011)
FOLLOWING (Christopher Nolan, 1998) - Criterion Collection
FOOD, INC. (Robert Kenner, 2009)
FOOTNOTE (Joseph Cedar, 2011) 
- Israel FF '12
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone, 1965)
FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, THE (Rob Minkoff, 2008)
FORCE MAJEURE (Ruben Ostlund, 2014) ^
FOREVER ENTHRALLED (Chen Kaige, 2008)
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (Nicholas Stoller, 2008)
FOUR LIONS (Christopher Morris, 2010)
FOXCATCHER (Bennett Miller, 2014) ^ - Singapore Film Society '15
FRANKENWEENIE (Tim Burton, 2012)
FRANTZ (Francois Ozon, 2016) - Alliance Francaise Cine-Club '17
FRENCH CANCAN (Jean Renoir, 1954) ^ - Alliance Francaise '15 / Criterion Collection
FRENZY (Alfred Hitchcock, 1972)
FROM AFAR (Lorenzo Vigas, 2015)
FROZEN (Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee, 2013)
FRUITVALE STATION (Ryan Coogler, 2013)
FUGITIVE, THE (Andrew Davis, 1993)
FUNNY GAMES U.S. (Michael Haneke, 2008)
FUNNY PEOPLE (Judd Apatow, 2009)
FURIOUS 7 (James Wan, 2015)
FURY (David Ayer, 2014)

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