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Tag Archives: Abuse
Sugarcane (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An investigation into one tragic past in Canada
Documentary film “Sugarcane”, which is currently available in Disney+ in South Korea, is alternatively chilling and heartbreaking with its emerging big picture of one tragic past in Canada. As already known to many of us via recent news reports a … Continue reading
Small Things Like These (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): He can’t possibly ignore what he saw…
“Small Things Like These” presents a somber but intense drama about one ordinary person who happens to face a very difficult moment of choice. He can simply look away from an ongoing injustice in his little town, but he also … Continue reading
Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Facing his old trauma and abuser again
“Exhibiting Forgiveness” looks into the deep trauma of a man still haunted and tormented by his abused childhood. When that painful past of his suddenly returns to him, he has no choice but to face and deal with those old … Continue reading
Memoir of a Snail (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A melancholic but funny animation film
Australian animation feature film “Memoirs of a Snail” is deeply melancholic but also undeniably humorous and touching. While often being quite sad and moody just like its heroine throughout the story, the film also shows a lot of wit, style, … Continue reading
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Monster (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): “Who is the monster?”
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film “Monster” seems rather disturbing and frustrating at first and then becomes something much more compelling and powerful than expected. As moving from one viewpoint to another along the plot, the movie gradually and sensitively delves into … Continue reading
Her Hobby (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): How they bond together
South Korean film “Her Hobby” is a little country noir thriller revolving around one unlikely solidarity between two very different women. As one gets empowered thanks to some help and encouragement from the other, the movie gradually reveals the seedy … Continue reading
Alice, Darling (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Away from her toxic relationship
“Alice, Darling” is a little but increasingly tense psychological drama about a young woman struggling with her toxic relationship with her abusive boyfriend. She desperately wants to look away from what she has suffered, but her mind and body do … Continue reading
Magnolia (1999) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): One Day in the Valley
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia” still knocks me down although it has been almost 25 years since it came out in 1999. Masterfully and electrifyingly juggling many different narratives unfolded in the San Fernando Valley, California during one particularly eventful day, … Continue reading
The Assistant (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Her toxic work environment
It may take some time for you to discern the insidiously virulent work environment surrounding the helpless heroine of “The Assistant”, a small but biting independent film which is inarguably one of the most notable movies of the ongoing #MeToo … Continue reading
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their one day
Canadian film “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open” presents a series of continuous moments between two different female characters who happen to encounter each other on one day. As austerely but sensitively focusing on strained and tentative interactions … Continue reading
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