Tag Archives: Cowboy

Brokeback Mountain (2005) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A classic tale of star-crossed romance 

Posted on July 1, 2025 by kaist455

Ang Lee’s 2005 film “Brokeback Mountain” has endured the test of time pretty well during last 20 years to my little surprise. While I regarded it as a major breakthrough in several aspects at that time, I also wondered whether … Continue reading →

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Strange Way of Life (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little western tale by Pedro Almodóvar

Posted on December 19, 2023 by kaist455

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 →

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The Rider (2017) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): The tale of a young rodeo cowboy

Posted on May 13, 2018 by kaist455

“The Rider”, a small independent film which was recently shown at the Jeonju International Film Festival, is a quiet but mesmerizing work of haunting beauty and aching poetry. Calmly and closely looking into a plain young hero and how he … Continue reading →

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