Tag Archives: Homosexuality

Freeheld (2015) ☆☆(2/4): A mediocre drama based on one real-life love story

Posted on July 2, 2016 by kaist455

If “Freeheld” had been made around 20 years ago, it would have looked a bit better and bolder as a movie willing to tell a story about sexual minority people and their equal rights. While its story is based one … Continue reading →

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The Handmaiden (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Pretty, Kinky, and Naughty

Posted on June 3, 2016 by kaist455

South Korean film “The Handmaiden” is a droll, morbid exercise in sensuality and perversity. Besides being a sumptuous erotic melodrama which tantalizes and enthralls our eyes with its ornate moods and details, this is also a delightfully twisted thriller which … Continue reading →

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Spa Night (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A somber, tentative gay drama in Koreatown

Posted on May 7, 2016 by kaist455

“Spa Night” puts itself in the middle of an ethnic community area in LA both familiar and foreign to me. As this small exceptional independent movie let me assess its specific, intimate details with curiosity and amusement, I was involved … Continue reading →

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Grandma (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A day with her pregnant granddaughter

Posted on April 10, 2016 by kaist455

To be frank with you, it took some time for me to notice Lily Tomlin. I encountered her for the first time when I happened to watch “All of Me” (1984) on TV during the early 1990s, but they showed … Continue reading →

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Boulevard (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Goodbye, Mr. Williams

Posted on August 18, 2015 by kaist455

Mainly because of Robin Williams’s death in last year, “Boulevard” comes to us as a bittersweet experience. Although this somber melancholic character drama will be likely remembered as a minor work in his long career, it is nice to see … Continue reading →

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Dear White People (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A witty college comedy on race and identity

Posted on May 2, 2015 by kaist455

“Dear White People” is a witty college comedy ready to talk openly about its rather sensitive social subject which, to be frank with you, I am not that familiar with. While there are a number of scenes I had to … Continue reading →

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The Skeleton Twins (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Estranged Twins’ reunion

Posted on February 10, 2015 by kaist455

While not flinching from the dark, gloomy side of its story, “The Skeleton Twin” works as an intimate and humorous story about the rocky relationship between two estranged siblings who respectively struggle with each own personal problems. As observing their … Continue reading →

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Love is Strange (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : More than longtime companions

Posted on January 28, 2015 by kaist455

  “Love is Strange” is a small intimate drama about two good people who have loved and lived with each other for almost 40 years and then suddenly have to deal with a trouble suddenly coming into their happy life. As … Continue reading →

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Pride (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Together they stood

Posted on January 10, 2015 by kaist455

 “Pride” is a crowd-pleasing comedy film inspired by a real-life story of one unlikely alliance between two social groups who could not possibly be more different from each other. There seemed to be nothing common between these two groups at … Continue reading →

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Tom at the Farm (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : His lover, His brother, and His mother

Posted on December 20, 2014 by kaist455

 It just looked like a simple visit at first – but then it is gradually turned into something which is very twisted to say the least. Xavier Dolan’s “Tom at the Farm” is a darkly fascinating psychological thriller with quiet … Continue reading →

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