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The Other Side of the Wind (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): Now here comes his last completed film
I feel rather ambivalent about “The Other Side of the Wind”, Orson Welles’ last completed film which was finally released on Netflix this Friday. While I am not so sure about whether it is as successful as intended, I observed … Continue reading
De Palma (2015) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): From the master of macabre
Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow’s documentary film “De Palma” is as informative and entertaining as you can expect from the illustrious career of Brian De Palma, who surely deserves to be called “the Master of the Macabre” for many of … Continue reading
Right Now, Wrong Then (2015) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): Or Vice Versa
South Korean film “Right Now, Wrong Then” is another small piece of delight and amusement from Hong Sang-soo, one of the most prolific filmmakers in South Korea. Like Woody Allen, he makes one or two films per year, and watching … Continue reading
My Mother (2015) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): This is where her mother is going to leave
It is always sad and painful to see your loved one going away from you forever, and Nanni Moretti’s new film “My Mother” calmly and sensitively depicts the emotional matters its heroine and her family members have to deal with after they … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Filmmaking, Mother and daughter, Movie Director, Terminal Illness
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Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A bloody filmmaking to die for
I could not enjoy well the first part of Japanese black comedy film “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” because nearly all of its characters are too hysterical or delusional or idiotic in each own way. They frequently look and … Continue reading
Renoir (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A model and two artists
While he was lucky enough to enjoy artistic success when he was alive, Pierre-Auguste Renoir(1841-1919), a French painter who was one of the prominent impressionists during the late 19th century, unfortunately got a serious health problem during his later … Continue reading
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Tagged Model, Movie Director, Muse, Painter, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (2012) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Loser filmmakers’ comic struggle
I enjoyed small funny moments in South Korean mockumentary film “Cheer Up, Mr. Lee”, and that was why I was relatively let down by what was shown around its ending. I know the characters in the movie are not that … Continue reading