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Tag Archives: Family
Romería (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Getting to know about her dead parents
Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón‘s latest film “Romería” is about an adolescent girl getting to know more about her dead parents right before entering her adult life. While it initially looks like a typical mix between family drama and coming-of-age tale, … Continue reading
Nutcrackers (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Stuck with his sister’s orphaned children
David Gordon Green’s 2024 film “Nutcrackers”, which is currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, was an interesting experience for me. At first, I winced more than once along with its hero as observing how he struggles to handle those … Continue reading
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A Mummy flick a la “The Exorcist”
“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” is supposed to be one thing at the beginning but then turns out to be some other thing in the end, and I enjoyed that to some degree. While it does not bring anything particularly new … Continue reading
Renoir (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Detached and confused
Chie Hayakawa’s latest film “Renoir” takes some time for letting us grasp what and how it is about. At the beginning, you may often be baffled about where the story and its quirky young heroine are going, but you will … Continue reading
A Little Prayer (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A little family issue of his and his family
“A Little Prayer” is a simple but intimate drama film which comes to show more much depth and complexity than expected. Via a series of little but revealing human moments among them, we get to know more and more about … Continue reading
Paris, Texas (1984) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): A haunting road movie by Wenders
Wim Wenders’ 1984 film “Paris, Texas”, which was shown along with his several other works at selected South Korean theaters during last two weeks, initially drew my attention with all those haunting shots distinctively American in my humble opinion. We … Continue reading
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A subpar remake with some interesting variations
“The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”, which is the remake of the 1992 film of the same name and currently available on Disney+ in South Korea, tries some interesting variations, but the result is uneven and superficial on the whole. … Continue reading
Crooklyn (1994) ☆☆☆(3/4): A childhood in Brooklyn in the 1970s
Spike Lee’s 1994 film “Crooklyn” is a little but charming family drama which is often interesting for its semi-autobiographic elements. Written by Lee and his two siblings Joie Susannah Lee and Cinqué Lee, the movie certainly feels quite personal in … Continue reading
There’s Still Tomorrow (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her small but significant step toward female independence
Italian film “There’s Still Tomorrow” is a little but pleasant mix of old and new stuffs to be appreciated. Although this seemingly modest female movie may feel quite typical in terms of story and characters, the movie cheerfully swings back … Continue reading
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Things change, so they change
I must confess that I observed British TV drama series “Downton Abbey” as frequently going back and forth between amusement and annoyance from the beginning to the end. This is basically your average British upstairs/downstairs class drama, and I could … Continue reading
