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Tag Archives: Friendship
Memoir of a Snail (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A melancholic but funny animation film
Australian animation feature film “Memoirs of a Snail” is deeply melancholic but also undeniably humorous and touching. While often being quite sad and moody just like its heroine throughout the story, the film also shows a lot of wit, style, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Animation Film, Brother and Sister, Family, Friendship, Orphan
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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
Look Back (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two young collaborators
Japanese animation film “Look Back”, which has been enjoying a considerable success in South Korean theaters since it was released two months ago, is a small but poignant coming-of-age drama about the friendship between two young and talented collaborators. Although … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation Film, Artist, Coming-of-age drama, Friendship, Graphic novel, Manga, Student
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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
Love in the Big City (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Two Roommates in the city
South Korean film “Love in the Big City” looks and feels typical at first. Yes, the unlikely friendship between a gay man and a heterosexual woman is not exactly an unconventional story material these days, but the movie has its … Continue reading
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Tagged Freind, Friendship, Homosexaulity, Romance, South Korean Film
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Will & Harper (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): On the road with his transgender friend
Netflix documentary film “Will & Harper”, which was released on last Friday, follows a little road journey of one famous American comedian and his transgender friend. Simply focusing the frank and earnest interactions between them, the documentary gives us a … Continue reading
All the Long Nights (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): As they help and support each other
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
We Grown Now (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their childhood in Cabrini-Green, 1992
“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
Victory (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Let’s cheer for them!
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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Tagged Comedy, Friendship, High School, High Shcool, South Korean Film, Sports
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The Imaginary (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): The adventure of one imaginary boy
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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