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Tenzing (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): A solid biographical drama about Tenzing Norgay
“Tenzing”, which was released on Apple TV on last Friday, is a solid biographical drama about Tenzing Norgay, a famous Sherpa who succeeded with Sir Edmund Hilary in their 1953 ascent of Mount Everest. While this is your average clean-cut … Continue reading
Re-Animator (1985) ☆☆☆(3/4): A trashy fun with some goriness
Stuart Gordon’s 1985 film “Re-Animator” has a trashy fun with some goriness to be savored and admired, and its morbid sense of humor remains fairly intact even after more than 40 years. As an outrageously gruesome mix of horror and … Continue reading
Ordet (1955) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): A sublime religious drama by Carl Theodor Dreyer
I was fortunate enough to encounter Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1955 film “Ordet” without any background knowledge on the movie itself. Around 2006, I was just a young moviegoer willing to watch and absorb any interesting movie out there as soon … Continue reading
Purple Swallow (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Whatever she tries to write…
South Korean independent film “Purple Swallow” often feels like closely and patiently watching someone struggling a lot to concoct and then develop a rather vague story idea again and again. At first, it simply observes the artistic frustration of its … Continue reading
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): A rather elusive but undeniably funny comedian
Netflix documentary film “Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald”, which was released a few days ago, looks into one rather baffling but undeniably funny comedian. While he was probably one of the funniest comedians working in Saturday Night Lives during … Continue reading
Whalefall (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): A terrifying survival drama inside a big whale
“Whalefall” is a terrifying survival drama mostly unfolded inside a big whale, and it does its job better than I expected. When I watched its trailer several weeks ago, I wondered whether the movie can actually work in terms of … Continue reading
Who Is Martin Mull? (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): From a comedian to a painter
Netflix documentary “Who Is Martin Mull?”, which was released in last week, introduces us to an American entertainer who had an interesting life and career which deserves to be known more to us. Like some of you, I did not … Continue reading
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My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The desperate but intimate chronicle of the journalistic defiance in Moscow
Documentary film “My Undesirable Friends: Part Ⅰ- Last Air in Moscow” is a desperate but intimate chronicle of the journalistic defiance in Moscow during the early 2020s. While it is often alternatively depressing and infuriating to watch a bunch of … Continue reading
The Last First: Winter K2 (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): A deadly expedition at K2
Documentary film “The Last First: Winter K2”, which was released on Apple TV on last Friday, focuses on a bunch of mountaineers who attempted to make the first successful winter ascent of K2, the second-highest mountain on the Earth, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Mountain, Mountaineer, Mountaineering, Real-life people, Real-life story
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Look Back (2026) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A collaboration between two talented girls
“Look Back”, another new film from Hirokazu Kore-eda in this year after “The Sheep in the Box” (2026), is a little but compelling story about friendship and artistic collaboration. Based on the 2021 one-shot manga of the same name by … Continue reading
