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Tag Archives: Immigrant
Spa Night (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): A somber, tentative gay drama in Koreatown
“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
Chinese Take-Away (2011) ☆☆☆(3/4): When things happen to him
The opening scene of Argentine film “Chinese Take-Away” looks so absurd that you will not believe that, as shown during the end credits, this darkly comic moment is actually inspired by a truly bizarre real-life incident. Yes, such incidents like … Continue reading
Dheepan (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : New identity, new place, and new family
Can they adapt themselves to their new identities? Can they settle together in a world new and alien to them? And, above all, can they accept each other as someone more than an accomplice? Through three strangers who happen to … Continue reading
Goodbye Solo (2008) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : An unlikely friendship between two different people
Through its simple but thoughtful storytelling, “Goodbye Solo” slowly draws us into its intimate human drama. At the beginning, we are put right into the ongoing conversation between its two main characters, and they cannot possibly look more different from … Continue reading
The Salvation (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Western Revenge
“The Salvation” looks and feels like an authentic American western film, and you will probably be surprised to know that it was actually made by a Danish director in South Africa. Drive by its terse storytelling coupled with harsh, remorseless … Continue reading
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) ☆☆(2/4) : A sweet but mellow cuisine conflict
“The Hundred-Foot Journey” is a sweet but mellow cuisine conflict which gets clumsily overcooked during its first half and then gets tediously undercooked during its second half. I like some ingredients of its main course, and it is surely … Continue reading
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The Immigrant (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4): A rich, somber classic melodrama from a bygone era
Right from its evocative opening shot, “The Immigrant” takes us into the era when many poor, desperate people struggled hard in a world which was not as generous to them as they hoped. They might have some bright hopes about … Continue reading
Haemoo (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Voyage of the Desperate
South Korean film “Heamoo” feels so real at times that it did not take much time for me to get involved in its shabby main characters and their dark, harrowing drama. I could sense their gloomy life with no bright … Continue reading
Monsieur Lazhar (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A substitute teacher in charge of the class in grief
The terrible incident suddenly happens in one Canadian elementary school during the mundane but shattering opening sequence of “Monsieur Lazhar.” While the students enjoy the free time outside the building, one of the schoolteachers is found dead, hanging herself up … Continue reading
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