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Tag Archives: Homosexuality
The Heiresses (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): As she tentatively steps out of her hermetic life
“The Heiresses”, which was selected as Paraguay’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 2019 Academy Awards in last year, is a small but impressive drama about a plain middle-aged woman happening to struggle alone during the absence … Continue reading
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): At a conversion center
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post”, which won the Grand Jury Prize for US Drama at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, is about a young sexually confused girl who happens to be pushed into a bad place cruelly … Continue reading
The Happy Prince (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): Last years of Oscar Wilde
“The Happy Prince” is a somber and melancholic drama about last years of Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish poet and playwright who was fallen to the bottom of misery and destitution just because of his love. While it is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Homosexuality, Playwright, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Love, Simon (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): Conventional but Notable
“Love, Simon” reminds me again of how things have been changed a lot for queer films these days. After the considerable success of “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), LGBTQ characters have become more common in American films during recent years, and now … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolescence, Comedy, Coming-of-age drama, High School, Homosexuality, Romance
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Thelma (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her power awakens
“Thelma”, which was chosen as Norway’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in last year, is a calm but unsettling experience. Firmly sticking to its young heroine’s increasingly agitated state of mind, the movie constantly unnerves us throughout … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Coming-of-age drama, Homosexuality, Horror, Lesbian, SF, Supernatural power
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Disobedience (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): A somber drama of love and faith
Good adult drama is something we do not encounter everyday, and I am glad to report to you that “Disobedience”, the latest film of Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio, is an engaging adult drama to be appreciated for its mood, storytelling, … Continue reading
In Between Seasons (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): With her son’s boyfriend
South Korean “In Between Seasons” is a mild but sensitive drama which respects and cares about its two main characters who have been close to each other but then suddenly come to confront an invisible gap between them. As carefully … Continue reading
The Cakemaker (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A baker and his lover’s wife
Israeli-German film “The Cakemaker” is a sensitive and tentative drama which engages us via the quietly nervous and uncertain situation between its two different main characters. As watching them slowly approaching to each other step by step, we come to … Continue reading
The Wound (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A queer drama film from South Africa
South African film “The Wound”, which was selected as South Africa’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in last year, is exceptional in many aspects. While intriguing us a lot with its vivid anthropological observation of a tribal … Continue reading
God’s Own Country (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): An unadorned gay romance in countryside
As watching “God’s Own Country”, I thought about how much we have been accustomed to queer movies since “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) came out. After the considerable critical and financial success of that haunting gay romance drama, there came many other … Continue reading
