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Tag Archives: Homosexuailty
Of an Age (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Of a Romance
Australian film “Of an Age” works best whenever its two main characters dance around their mutual attraction. While both of them become more aware of their developing feelings along the story, they hesitate to step forward for each own reason, … Continue reading
Beach Rats (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Bright summer days of a sexually confused lad
Calmly and closely observing bright summer days of its sexually confused hero, “Becah Rats” gives us a palpable sense of uncertainties surrounding him. While not so sure about his sexuality, he casually lets himself drifted around drug and sex, and … Continue reading
The Duke of Burgundy (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : Sex, fetish, and insects
Sometimes I watch movies with my mother, and she had to endure many challenging films thanks to my insatiable interest in various kinds of movies. During one late winter night of 2012, I happened to revisit David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” … Continue reading
Stranger by the Lake (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Lust, Sex, and….
Right from its first act, “Stranger by the Lake” strikes us with its frank, direct presentation of nudity and sex. While naked male bodies are usual sights as required by its story and background, the movie never pulls its punches … Continue reading
The Normal Heart (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): Their fight against a plague – and the system
HBO TV movie “The Normal Heart” is frequently blatant in its melodramatic approach, but there is a big heart palpitating with emotional truths inside its story, and we cannot ignore what it wants to tell us. We can clearly see … Continue reading
In the Family (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A simple story about one family matter
Slowly and delicately drawing attention and care from the audiences, “In the Family”(2011) comes to us as a simple story about one family matter. Never disrupting its slow but steady pace throughout its long running time(169-minute), it gives us a … Continue reading
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A small fight against AIDS
Sometimes people are changed through sudden incidents in their lives, and the life of Ron Woodroof, the real-life hero of “Dallas Buyers Club”, was particularly dramatic. After finding that he became an AIDS patient, his life was turned upside down … Continue reading
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Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : This Girl’s Life
Although it has been mainly known for its very frank depiction of sex scenes since its premiere at the Cannes Film festival in this May, “Blue is the Warmest Color” is a lot more than that. This is a close, … Continue reading
The Kids Are All Right (2010) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Everybody all right?
“The Kids Are All Right” is quite conventional inside in contrast to what it seems on the surface. We see a unconventional family at the beginning, but we begin to see the dynamics within this family is not so different from the one within conventional families. The family has problems familiar to us, the drama of conflicts and hurts is unfolded in a way we expected, and, in the end, everyone is almost all right as we have seen in many family dramas. However, the movie is more than that. It is not just conventionally unconventional; it is also emotionally honest story with lots of heart.
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