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Daily Archives: October 20, 2024
Tokyo Twilight (1957) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A bleak family melodrama from Ozu
Yasujirō Ozu’s final black and white film “Tokyo Twilight” is quite bleak compared to many of his gentler movies. Yes, as I observed in my recent review on “Tokyo Story” (1953), there is always a subtle sense of sadness and … Continue reading
Saving a Dragonfly (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Painfully personal
South Korean documentary film “Saving a Dragonfly” is painfully personal at times. It initially looks like as an innocuous personal project recording what was the most important period in the director and her classmates’ last high school year, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged College, Documentary, High School, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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