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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Ripples (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): The ripples in her mind
Japanese film “Ripples”, which happens to be released in South Korean theaters in this week, is a distant but occasionally amusing character study to observe. Although you may not like its rather neurotic heroine that much, you will also observe … Continue reading
A Real Pain (2024) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): A tour about pain
“A Real Pain” really amused and touched me more than once, and that is quite an achievement in my trivial opinion. While it initially seems fairly simple as a familiar buddy road comedy-drama film, the movie is often surprisingly funny … Continue reading
Nosferatu (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A grim and intense remake
Robert Eggers’ new film “Nosferatu” is something he has been destined to make. After all, his three previous films, “The Witch” (2015), “The Lighthouse” (2019), and “The Northman” (2022), are all intensely gothic in one way or another, and his … Continue reading
Let the Right One In (2008) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A vampire girl on the next door
Is there any vampire movie as sad and poignant as the 2008 Swedish film “Let the Right One In”? This is a hauntingly chilly romance horror tale of loneliness and desperation, and I am glad to report to you that … Continue reading
My Best, Your Least (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her pregnant student
South Korean film “My Best, Your Least” handles its rather sensitive social subject with more sensitivity and thoughtfulness than I expected, and I appreciate that. Mainly revolving around a complex teacher and student relationship, the movie powerfully delivers its important … Continue reading
Efterskole, Going to the Wonderland Korea (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their freedom to look to the side
While watching South Korean independent documentary film “Efterskole, Going to the Wonderland Korea”, I could not help but reflect on how I was often driven by myself and my parents to do more and more study during my childhood and … Continue reading
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Anselm (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Inside Anselm Kiefer
Wim Wenders’ latest documentary film “Anselm” is as unconventional as you can expect from him. As he did in his previous documentary film “Pina” (2011), Wenders presents the artistry of his human main subject with considerable interest and thoughtfulness, and … Continue reading
About Dry Grasses (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Stuck in a remote snowy region
You should have some patience in case of the works of Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan. I saw “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia” (2011), “Winter Sleep” (2014), and “The Wild Pear Tree” (2018), and they are quite long in … Continue reading
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A brilliant mind surrounded by lots of books
When I was young and wild during the 1990s, I voraciously consumed any book good enough to intrigue my innocent and curious mind. At first, it was just a bunch of science books which were the origin of my current … Continue reading
Piece by Piece (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Merely pleasant and amusing
Morgan Neville’s new documentary film “Piece by Piece” is merely pleasant and amusing despite some novelty in the presentation of its main human subject. As that figure in question suggests early in the documentary, it surely sounds cool to present … Continue reading
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