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The Infiltrators (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Their risky fight against ICE

Posted on December 20, 2020 by kaist455

“The Infiltrators”, which won the Audience award and the NEXT Innovator award when it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early in this year, is an uneven but engaging mix of fiction and documentary. Although the overall result is … Continue reading →

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I’m No Longer Here (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): Adrift between Monterrey and NYC

Posted on June 30, 2020 by kaist455

“I’m No Longer Here”, which was released on Netflix in US and several other countries a few months ago, gives us a vivid glimpse into a Mexican subculture probably quite unfamiliar to many of you. Although I must point out … Continue reading →

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Le Havre (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A small tale in one French port city

Posted on December 18, 2011 by kaist455

It is now late December, and it is getting colder here in South Korea. The shabby arthouse theater I visited in the last evening was a cold place with a very few audiences at that time(Besides me, there were only … Continue reading →

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Biutiful (2010) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A dying man struggling in his seedy world

Posted on October 2, 2011 by kaist455

Sometimes the movie which is not the director’s best film has one of best performances in the actor’s career. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Biutiful” is not as successful as planned: a thin premise is extended a little too much, and I … Continue reading →

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