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Tag Archives: Documentary
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
Blink (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Before their kids become blind
Documentary film “Blink”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, is the story of one loving family who decide to have a very special trip around the world. As the parents sincerely try to help their four children … Continue reading
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Scorsese on Powell and Pressburger
In my trivial opinion, you must stop and then listen if you ever encounter Martin Scorsese lecturing on movies. While he is surely one of the greatest filmmakers of our time, he is also one of the most knowledgeable movie … Continue reading
Sandstorm (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A sandy league of their own
South Korean documentary film “Sandstorm” reminds me that there are still many things I don’t know much about. Looking around several female athletes quite passionate about their respective professional athletic careers, the documentary attempts to illuminate its rather obscure main … Continue reading
Occupied City (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): The past and present of one European city
Steve McQueen’s documentary film “Occupied City” is an ambitious piece of work alternatively interesting and demanding. For more than 4 hours, the documentary simply shows and tells the old past of a heap of different spots in Amsterdam of the … Continue reading
The Voices of the Silenced (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The chronicles of Zainichi Koreans
Documentary film “The Voices of the Silences”, which won the Mecenat Award for Best Documentary when it was shown at the Busan International Film Festival in last year, is about one defiant old Korean Japanese woman and her old but … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Filmmaker, Korean Japanese, Mother and daughter
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Music by John Williams (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The title itself is already enough for us, you know
Documentary film “Music by John Williams”, which is currently available on Disney+, looks over the long, illustrated career of one of the best film composers of our time. Since he rose to prominence around the late 1960s, John Williams has … Continue reading
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Tagged Composer, Documentary, Film Music, Movie, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): As he tours with his colleagues
Documentary film “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, follows how Bruce Springsteen and his longtime colleagues prepared his world tour during 2023 ~ 2024. Although there is not … Continue reading
Faye (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Faye on Dunaway
HBO documentary film “Faye” looks into the life and career of Faye Dunaway, a legendary Hollywood actress who has had a fair share of fame and notoriety during last six decades. While she was indeed quite difficult to work with … Continue reading
Martha (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Martha presented by Stewart
Netflix documentary film “Martha”, which was released in last week, tries to present some human sides of Martha Stewart. While she does not reveal anything particularly revealing about herself or her career, the documentary is mostly watchable as following the … Continue reading
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Tagged Businesswoman, Celebrity, Documentary, Homemaker, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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