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Tag Archives: Painter
The Danish Girl (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Which girl, you mean?
Unlike most of us who are fine with our sexual identity, some people are not comfortable with their body, and many of them are willing to go outside our conventional definition of sexuality. Regardless of whether we approve of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Husband and Wife, Painter, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Transgender
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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
Big Eyes (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Behind those big eyes
What is the standard of good art? Or is there really such a standard like that? Mostly shying away from these interesting questions evoked by its fascinating real-life story, Tim Burton’s new film “Big Eyes” takes a rather plain, earnest … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Courtroom, Husband and Wife, Painter, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Mr. Turner (2014) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : That sublime beauty amidst his mundane life
Mike Leigh’s “Mr. Turner” is an atypical biography drama about the life and career of a flawed but talented artist. Rather than focusing on the highlights of his career like average biography movies would, this somber film slowly lets us … Continue reading
Tim’s Vermeer (2013) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Recreating a Vermeer
Whenever the camera looks closely at Johannes Vermeer’s paintings in fascinating documentary “Tim’s Vermeer”, you cannot help but marvel at their vivid colors and details – and their verisimilitude which almost approaches to the level of modern photography. This Dutch … 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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The Mill and the Cross (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Into one famous painting and its era
Watching “The Mill and the Cross” sometimes feels like attending a 1.5-hr visual lecture at art museum. Focusing on one famous painting from the renaissance era, the movie presents its historical background and its small but crucial details to us … Continue reading
The Trouble with Harry (1955) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : Shovelling on one fine autumn day
While he has been called “the Master of Suspense”, Alfred Hitchcock has also been called “the Master of the Macabre”, and that title is exemplified well by his delightful black comedy “The Trouble with Harry”(1955), On the surface, it looks … Continue reading
