Tag Archives: Motel

Drown (2022) ☆☆(2/4): At an old motel

Posted on May 14, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean film “Drown” disappoints me in more than one aspect. Mainly revolving around an old motel run by its increasingly unreliable hero, the movie attempts a moody psychological thriller filled with anxiety and confusion, but it often falters due … Continue reading →

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Voyeur (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): The confession of a voyeur

Posted on February 25, 2018 by kaist455

Netflix documentary film “Voyeur” gives us a fascinating story coupled with considerable morbidity and absurdity. Here are two different men who happened to get associated with each other after one tried to approach to the other with a story to … Continue reading →

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The Florida Project (2017) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Their young innocence in hard reality

Posted on January 14, 2018 by kaist455

Full of a vivid, palpable sense of life, “The Florida Project” is simply unforgettable. While constantly recognizing a hard reality surrounding its young heroine and other characters around her, the movie also finds precious moments of joy and happiness as … Continue reading →

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The Motel Life (2012) ☆☆☆ (3/4): Two brothers in sad, bleak life of loneliness

Posted on April 15, 2015 by kaist455

“They set along the blacktop in the gun-metal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other’s world entire.”  –  from “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy As watching two brother characters of “The Motel Life”, I was reminded of the close … Continue reading →

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