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Kaiser Khan is Founder & Editor of Celluloid and founder of Elite Digital AI Solutions Ltd, which owns CelluloidScore.com. An entrepreneur and cultural producer, he sets the site’s answer-first editorial standard and transparent four-input Celluloid Score.
Founder & Editor, Celluloid · Elite Digital AI Solutions Ltd
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960 reviews published on Celluloid
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★★★★½
José Padilha's Elite Squad (2007) endures as a defining action landmark from Brazil, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Worth watching for context — influential even where opinions split.
★★★★☆
Alper Mestçi's Siccîn (2014) endures as a defining horror landmark from Turkey, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) endures as a defining family landmark from United States, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine (1993) endures as a defining drama landmark from China, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★★
Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump (1994) endures as a defining drama landmark from United States, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★☆
Shuchi Talati turns a teenage romance at a strict Himalayan boarding school into a sly examination of inherited shame, with a mother-daughter rivalry that gives the coming-of-age formula real bite.
Essential viewing — among the finest films in Indian cinema.
★★★★½
Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One (2023) endures as a defining action landmark from Japan, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah (2008) endures as a defining crime landmark from Italy, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) endures as a defining comedy landmark from Germany, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★☆
Gundala garapan Joko Anwar bukan film superhero yang ingin menyenangkan semua orang — ia film soal ketimpangan kelas yang kebetulan punya tokoh berkekuatan petir.
Layak ditonton — pembuka jagat Bumilangit yang berani bersuara politis.
★★★★☆
Riri Riza's Habibi Amina (2019) endures as a defining drama landmark from Indonesia, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★½☆
Biyi Bandele's Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) endures as a defining drama landmark from Nigeria, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Chris Columbus's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) endures as a defining fantasy landmark from United Kingdom, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Zhang Yimou's Hero (2002) endures as a defining action landmark from China, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers (2004) endures as a defining action landmark from China, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil (2010) endures as a defining thriller landmark from South Korea, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★☆
Ernest Prakasa's Imperfect (2019) endures as a defining comedy landmark from Indonesia, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) endures as a defining romance landmark from China, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Eugenio Derbez's Instructions Not Included (2013) endures as a defining comedy landmark from Mexico, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Worth watching for context — influential even where opinions split.
★★★★½
Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975) endures as a defining thriller landmark from United States, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Kemi Adetiba's King of Boys (2018) endures as a defining crime landmark from Nigeria, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle (2004) endures as a defining comedy landmark from China, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Strongly recommended — a staple of its national cinema.
★★★★½
Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) endures as a defining drama landmark from Italy, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.
★★★★½
Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine (1995) endures as a defining drama landmark from France, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.
Essential viewing — a certified classic.