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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Citizenfour (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : A close, gripping look into one big expose
Thanks to the rapid development of communication and information technologies, we can freely exchange or share information and opinions with many other people around the world, but then there are also dark possibilities in this technological advance. Through its close … Continue reading
My prediction on the 87th Annual Academy Awards
We used to complain that the Oscar season became too predictable, but now we are grouching about how the Oscar season in this year has become the most unpredictable one compared to previous seasons. In the beginning, Richard Linklater’s masterpiece … Continue reading
The Tribe (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : A tribe of deaf criminals
Ukrainian film “The Tribe” attempts its audacious storytelling experiment right from its very first scene. While there are sounds on its soundtrack, there is no spoken dialogue in the film as it observes the interactions between its main characters who … Continue reading
Finding Vivian Maier (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4): A nanny who was also a photographer
The photos shown in Oscar-nominated documentary “Finding Vivian Maier” are something to watch and appreciate for the mood and feelings they evoke. Mostly shot in black and white, they vividly capture the places and people of bygone eras, and then … Continue reading
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : It could have been awesome, maybe
One of my fond memories involved with an arthouse movie theater near my KAIST campus, which is gone now, is involved with a double feature showing of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “El Topo” (1970) and “The Holy Mountain” (1973). The promotional leaflet … Continue reading
A Most Violent Year (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A gloomy, fateful pastiche of crime movies
In “The Godfather” (1972), crime comes to look more like business at the end of its story. In case of “A Most Violent Year”, a dark, tense drama about an ambitious New York business man trying not to lose everything … Continue reading
Winter Sleep (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : Dormant in his own hypocrisy
The first thing to draw my attention in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s new film “Winter Sleep” is the rocky, mountainous landscape of Cappadocia, Turkey. While making wonderful sights for tourism in their weathered appearances, those soft rocks, which were formed from … Continue reading