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Daily Archives: January 19, 2020
For Sama (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A harrowing personal chronicle from Aleppo
Documentary film “For Sama”, which won the Golden Eye award when it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival early in last year and was also nominated for Best Documentary Oscar on last Monday, presents to us a harrowing personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Mother and daughter, Real-life figure, Real-life story, War
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1917 (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): An intense epic genre exercise
Sam Mendes’s new film “1917” is an intense epic genre exercise which will surely impresses you a lot with its astounding technical achievement on the screen. As continuously following a long, perilous journey across the battlefields of World War I, … Continue reading
Richard Jewell (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A plight he didn’t deserve
I feel rather ambivalent about Clint Eastwood’s latest film “Richard Jewell”, which engaged me with some good things to be appreciated while also distracting me with a few bad things to be noticed. After discussing with myself for a while … Continue reading
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): A painter and her challenging model
French film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is almost pure and perfect in its haunting romantic period drama with complex thoughts and emotions churning and swirling below its seemingly plain surface. Although the movie is quite more restrained than … Continue reading
By the Grace of God (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Against unjust silence
French film “By the Grace of God”, which won the Jury Grand Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival early in last year, shook me hard with its sobering and harrowing tale loosely based on a real-life sexual abuse scandal … Continue reading