<h1>Daniel Eng</h1>

Daniel Eng

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Stories told well

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Stories told well

Dec 26, 2023

Have you seen the latest Wes Anderson movie? For the first time, his new work required the funds of everyone's favorite subscription series, Netflix. In some ways, this makes his content more accessible. I was able to download the longest of the four short films he's...

Anyone But You: A RomCom for Gen Z Adults

Anyone But You: A RomCom for Gen Z Adults

Dec 22, 2023

Another year, another rom-com with the weight of having to revive a mostly dead theatrical genre. While it likely won't bring the genre back to its former glory, Anyone But You delivers a solid film worthy of attention from some of its well-timed jokes and star-making...

Citizen Minutes – Issues that hit home

Citizen Minutes – Issues that hit home

Oct 13, 2023

Citizen Minutes often feels both relatable and universal. That's its strength. The doc pulls shorts from many unique and diverse communities to look at the issues and triumphs they've made in their groups and as individuals. The films are all short documentaries that...

She Came to Me: A Glass Onion of Melodrama

She Came to Me: A Glass Onion of Melodrama

Oct 8, 2023

Writer-director Rebecca Miller's She Came to Me finds melodrama at every angle, using its talented cast to paint thin portraits of people whose lives should be very simple and nice, but they simply aren't. Steven (Peter Dinklage) is considered a genius-level,...

TIFF ’23: Green Border

TIFF ’23: Green Border

Sep 17, 2023

In this harrowing contemporary humanist drama, auteur Agnieszka Holland becomes the second Polish film of TIFF to look at the banality of evil but shows us how it's happening in the present. Shot in a very draining black and white verite documentary style, Green...

TIFF 23′: Sing Sing

TIFF 23′: Sing Sing

Sep 16, 2023

A cleanly presented film, whose story will likely stir up both empathetic and artistic energies, Sing Sing sees the power of theatre come to life in what many consider the darkest havens of America. Sing Sing Correctional Facility boasts an arts rehabilitation program...