Daily Archives: April 28, 2024

Challengers (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Are they ready to serve?

Posted on April 28, 2024 by kaist455

Luca Guadagnino’s new film “Challengers” is quick, deft, and passionate in its every serve, and I like that a lot. Electrifyingly and humorously bouncing along one very complicated situation among its three main characters, the movie alternatively amuses and thrills … Continue reading →

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They Shot the Piano Player (2022) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The disappearance of Francisco Tenório Júnior

Posted on April 28, 2024 by kaist455

How much I actually came to learn about Francisco Tenório Júnior? That was a lingering question left in my mind after I watched animated docudrama film “They Shot the Piano Player”, which was mainly about the real-life disappearance and presumed … Continue reading →

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The Breaking Ice (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A quiet triangle in one cold Chinese city

Posted on April 28, 2024 by kaist455

“The Breaking Ice”, which was selected as the Singaporean entry for Best International Film Oscar in last year, is a somber but poignant drama about three different young people who happen to be stuck together during several cold winter days … Continue reading →

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Unknown Narrative (2023) ☆☆(2/4): A jumbled dream movie

Posted on April 28, 2024 by kaist455

South Korean independent film “Unknown Narrative” could be named “Unfathomable Narrative” instead. It is supposed to be your average dream movie reminiscent of many other similar films such as David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” (2001), but any of its variously confusing … Continue reading →

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A Traveler’s Needs (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Hong and Huppert meet again

Posted on April 28, 2024 by kaist455

Isabelle Huppert, who recently had her 71st birthday in last month, is one of the most interesting movie actresses I have ever seen. With that consistently distinctive persona of hers, she has steadily fascinated and impressed us for more than … Continue reading →

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