Tag Archives: Friendship

All the Long Nights (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): As they help and support each other

Posted on September 27, 2024 by kaist455

Japanese filmmaker Shô Miyake’s latest film “All the Long Nights” is a calm and somber character drama between two different troubled people who come to help and support each other more than expected. Although it feels predictable at times, the … Continue reading →

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We Grown Now (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their childhood in Cabrini-Green, 1992

Posted on September 12, 2024 by kaist455

“We Grown Now” is a little but intimate coming-of-age drama about growing up in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood of Chicago in 1992. Mostly sticking to the viewpoint of two young African American boys living there during that time, the movie often … Continue reading →

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Victory (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Let’s cheer for them!

Posted on August 24, 2024 by kaist455

South Korean film “Victory” cheerfully and exuberantly dances and jumps around a number of familiar genre elements, and, what do you know, I liked it more than expected. While it will surely remind you of a bunch of similar films … Continue reading →

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The Imaginary (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): The adventure of one imaginary boy

Posted on July 9, 2024 by kaist455

Japanese animation film “The Imaginary”, which was released on Netflix in last week, will delight anyone who has enjoyed and admired those fabulous animation films from Studio Ghibli. While it does not surpass the better works of Studio Ghibli, the … Continue reading →

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Challengers (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Are they ready to serve?

Posted on April 28, 2024 by kaist455

Luca Guadagnino’s new film “Challengers” is quick, deft, and passionate in its every serve, and I like that a lot. Electrifyingly and humorously bouncing along one very complicated situation among its three main characters, the movie alternatively amuses and thrills … Continue reading →

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I vitelloni (1953) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A group of village slackers

Posted on October 9, 2023 by kaist455

Federico Fellini’s “I vitelloni”, which means “The slackers” in Romagnol slang, is a dry but funny comedy drama film about a group of young but pathetic village slackers. Although it may not be one of Fellini’s best works in my … Continue reading →

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The Eight Mountains (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A friendship among mountains

Posted on September 24, 2023 by kaist455

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 →

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Joy Ride (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Asian Girls Trip

Posted on September 5, 2023 by kaist455

The arrival of “Joy Ride” is sort of inevitable in my trivial opinion. After boys had all those raunchy funs in numerous R-rated comedy films such as “Superbad” (2007) and “The Hangover” (2009) during last two decades, girls also went … Continue reading →

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You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): A mildly pleasant product from the Sandler family

Posted on September 2, 2023 by kaist455

Probably because I am a South Korean nerd who was mostly occupied with getting good grades except when reading a book or watching a movie, many of American coming-of-age drama or comedy films feel like alien stories from very different … Continue reading →

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Queer My Friends (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Following her gay friend’s struggle

Posted on August 14, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean documentary film “Queer My Friends” follows the personal struggle of one young South Korean gay man who simply wants to be alive and true to himself. Although his story is presented mainly via the rather distant viewpoint of … Continue reading →

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