Even though Singapore’s hawker food is widely beloved and part of the quintessential local diet, no film has ever featured hawker culture centre stage until King of Hawkers, which was released in February 2024—six decades since pioneer hawkers cooked their way to our hearts.
Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ works are best described as an exploration of the dark side of human nature. If you are familiar with his past works like Lobster (2015) or The Killing of a Scared Deer (2017), you would expect nothing short of absurdity from his latest feature, Poor Things.
When I think of the Y2K era, one of the first things that comes to mind is the various teen comedy and drama films, all chronicling the typical American high school experience.