<h1>Daniel Eng</h1>

Daniel Eng

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Disclosure Day: Signs pointing to Empathy

Disclosure Day: Signs pointing to Empathy

Disclosure Day is Spielberg's foray into combining many of the ideas he has explored throughout his career: adventure, aliens, government cover-ups, journalism, and everyday people being thrust into something beyond themselves are all heavily featured. The film...

TJFF: Our Bodies and Other Shames

TJFF: Our Bodies and Other Shames

Sheva, Sarah, and Tali were inseparable as children, but their long-lasting friendship has fluctuated over time. A decade after their friendship ended, they reunite for one night in the Brooklyn of their youth, forcing them to confront the events that tore them apart....

After the Party: Familial Dread

After the Party: Familial Dread

In the New Zealand series, After the Party, we follow Penny (Robyn Malcolm), a woman whose life was altered after a family gathering about five years ago where family lines were torn and loyalties tested. While still living a relatively normal life, her world is...

Silent Friend: The Spirit of Nature

Silent Friend: The Spirit of Nature

Silent Friend is a quietly ambitious film about three people at three different points in time, united by their connection to plants and their fascination with the world around them. The first segment, set in the modern day and shot digitally, follows a neuroscientist...

The Bearded Girl: More than your Appearance

The Bearded Girl: More than your Appearance

On the brink of inheriting the position of The Bearded Woman—matriarchal leader of an outcast community of circus performers—a young woman defies her overbearing mother and runs away instead. Free from the expectations and responsibilities at home, she seeks romance...

Mother Mary: What Haunts Your Art?

Mother Mary: What Haunts Your Art?

In the aftermath of a mental breakdown and a struggling tour, world-renowned pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) teams up with her original costume designer and friend Sam Anslem (Michaela Coel), who is in need of a dress. But as Sam goes through her artistic process...

Dreams: Artistic beauty, political horror

Dreams: Artistic beauty, political horror

Dreams follows American socialite Jennifer (Jessica Chastain), whose father runs a prestigious international arts collective. Jennifer’s affair with Mexican ballet dancer Fernando (Isaac Hernández) convinces her to cross the border to be with him. As it becomes clear...