Tag Archives: Husband and Wife

Phoenix (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : The past is still there for her and others

Posted on July 19, 2015 by kaist455

The war is over, but the past is still there for her and others. Christian Petzold’s “Phoenix”, a quiet but compelling period drama revolving around disguise and manipulation with a touch of film noir, is reticent about the dark period … Continue reading →

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San Andreas (2015) ☆☆1/2 (2.5/4) : Earth trembles – but the Rock abides

Posted on June 6, 2015 by kaist455

Earth trembles, cities are destroyed, and various characters struggle to survive in front of a catastrophe about to swallow them all – and I have seen such sights like them many times before. This does not always mean a bad … Continue reading →

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While We’re Young (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : While they are not that young

Posted on May 17, 2015 by kaist455

   Getting older does not always mean getting wiser. I am now over 30, and I got a Ph.D degree at last early in this year with a job ready for me, but I still do not know well which next … Continue reading →

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Headhunters (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : When a hunter gets himself hunted

Posted on May 5, 2015 by kaist455

Norwegian film “Headhunters” is a tense, exciting thriller movie which will grab you tightly through its many gripping moments of pure fun and suspense. The movie is usually one or two steps ahead of us as relentlessly driven by its … Continue reading →

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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014) ☆☆☆ : After the separation

Posted on April 19, 2015 by kaist455

Although it has nice moments of insights and emotions, “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them” may leave you some impression of being incomplete and underdeveloped, and, as some of you already know, there is a good reason for that. In … Continue reading →

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Force Majeure (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : Trouble in family vacation

Posted on March 16, 2015 by kaist455

Swedish film “Force Majeure”, which is probably the funniest and smartest film I have seen during this month, handles its intimate but edgy drama with wits and elegance to savor and admire. Like many good stories, it presents fully established … Continue reading →

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Leviathan (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : A moody, fatalistic social drama from Russia

Posted on March 16, 2015 by kaist455

Reticent and foreboding right from during its first scene, Russian film “Leviathan”, which was recently Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film early in this year, is shrouded in a moody, fatalistic aura of ill fortune. Even when things seem to … Continue reading →

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A Most Violent Year (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A gloomy, fateful pastiche of crime movies

Posted on February 15, 2015 by kaist455

 In “The Godfather” (1972), crime comes to look more like business at the end of its story. In case of “A Most Violent Year”, a dark, tense drama about an ambitious New York business man trying not to lose everything … Continue reading →

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Winter Sleep (2014) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : Dormant in his own hypocrisy

Posted on February 14, 2015 by kaist455

 The first thing to draw my attention in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s new film “Winter Sleep” is the rocky, mountainous landscape of Cappadocia, Turkey. While making wonderful sights for tourism in their weathered appearances, those soft rocks, which were formed from … Continue reading →

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Selma (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A March to Equality

Posted on February 11, 2015 by kaist455

Focusing on one of the monumental moments during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, “Selma” instantly takes us to that turbulent era viewed from Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists. While being a complex portrayal of its hero, … Continue reading →

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