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Thelma & Louise (1991) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two friends on the run
Ridley Scott’s 1991 film “Thelma & Louise”, which happens to be released in South Korean theaters in this week, remains fresh and vibrant besides being one of the best female drama films from the 1990s. While it looks like a … Continue reading
Mimang (2023) ☆☆1/2 (2.5/4): Three different meanings via three acts
South Korean independent film “Mimang” presents the three different meanings of its title via the three acts loosely connected together. Although I am not sure about whether it works as well as intended by its filmmaker, it is engaging to … Continue reading
Wicked (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): When they were friends…
“Wicked”, which is actually based on the first half of the popular Broadway musical of the same name, is as colorful and spirited as expected. While this is your average bloated musical film, it is thankfully buoyed by the good … Continue reading
The Room Next Door (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Being next to her dying friend
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature film “The Room Next Door”, which recently won the Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival, is somber but elegantly compelling to work to be cherished. While it is an inherently elegiac melodrama … Continue reading
Moving On (2022) ☆☆1/2 (2.5/4): Fonda, Tomlin, and a bit more
“Moving On”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, is enjoyable whenever it is driven by the good chemistry between two legendary actresses at the center of the film. They are more than 80 at present, but these … Continue reading
Io Capitano (2023) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An arduous immigrant odyssey across Africa
“Io Capitano”, which was recently nominated for Best International Film Oscar, follows one arduous journey across the African continent taken by the two young main characters at the center of the story. What we are going to see here is … Continue reading
The Dream Songs (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two girls on one day
The emotional power of South Korean film “The Dream Songs” mainly depends on how much you know about a certain disastrous incident which shook the whole South Korean society on April 16th, 2014. I think the story itself will still … Continue reading
The Eight Mountains (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A friendship among mountains
The best thing of “The Eight Mountains” is the cinematography by Ruben Impens, who gives some of the most stunning landscape shots I have ever seen during this year. Although I was a bit tired due to watching and then … Continue reading
Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A bit too bitter under its sweet surface
“Sitting in Bars with Cake”, which is currently available on Amazon Prime, leaves a rather uneven taste on me. While it attempts a sincere mix of comedy and drama, its titular subject is often curiously put aside as the movie … 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
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