Daily Archives: January 22, 2024

Rise (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): How she starts over

French film “Rise”, which is incidentally another foreign film which belatedly comes to South Korean early in this year, is an amusing and touching story about one young ballet dancer’s struggle for starting over after one big setback in her … Continue reading

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Il Buco (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Inside and outside the hole

“Il Buco”, which means “the Hole” in Italian, is surprisingly compelling in its dry and distant approach to its main subject. Simply following the discovery and exploration of a certain deep hole in the cave region of Pollino in Southern … Continue reading

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