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Category Archives: Movies
Strange Way of Life (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little western tale by Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar’s short film “Strange Way of Life”, which is incidentally his second English-language work after his previous short film “The Human Voice” (2020), is a little gay western as colorful and melodramatic as you can expect from its genre … Continue reading
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nuggets (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): The chickens are back…
Netflix animation film “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nuggets”, which was released a few days ago, is the latest work from Aardman Animations, which has given us a series of charming and entertaining animation films ranging from “Wallace & Gromit: … Continue reading
Leave the World Behind (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Is this the end?
Netflix film “Leave the World Behind”, which was released a few week ago, is a very familiar type of thriller which does not bring anything new or fresh into its genre territory. This is a fairly competent product on the … Continue reading
Joyland (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A queer drama from Pakistan
Pakistani film “Joyland”, which was selected as the Pakistani submission to Best International Film Oscar in last year (It was subsequently included in the shortlist, by the way), is a sensitive mix between family drama and queer story. Although the … Continue reading
Batman (1989) ☆☆☆(3/4): That indelible darkness
The most timeless part of Tim Burton’s “Batman” is that indelible darkness of its superlative Oscar-winning production design by late Anton Furst. Burton and Furst created one of the most visually striking cities in the movie history which deserves to … Continue reading
Ikiru (1952) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): To live for the rest of his life
Not long after I watched Akira Kurosawa’s great film “Ikiru” for the first time around 20 years ago, I read a review written by one anonymous but prominent South Korean critic who argued that “Ikiru” is the funniest film ever … Continue reading
A Letter from Kyoto (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Three sisters and their aging mother
South Korean film “A Letter from Kyoto” is a little family drama revolving around the relationships among three sisters and their aging mother. As these four different women cope with each own daily matters along the story, the movie slowly … Continue reading
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10 movies of 2023 – and more: Part 3
Now here are 11 South Korean films of this year.
10 movies of 2023 – and more: Part 2
And here are the other 5 movies in my list – with other films good enough to be mentioned.
