Tag Archives: Poet

To My River (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): The daily life of a poet

Posted on April 14, 2019 by

South Korean independent film “To My River” grows on me more as I reflect on it more. As a dry but sensitive character drama about life and poetry, it requires some patience from time to time, but it gradually comes … Continue reading →

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Hotel by the River (2018) ☆☆☆(3/4): One day of an aging poet guy

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

South Korean film “Hotel by the River”, the latest work from Hong Sang-soo, relatively feels more melancholic and reflective than Hong’s previous works. While there are several amusing moments of low-key humor as you can expect from his film, the … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Passion (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The life and poetry of Emily Dickinson

Posted on November 26, 2017 by

While she is now regarded as one of the great American poets during the 19th century, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) did not get much recognition during her lifetime. Although she wrote nearly 1,800 poems, only a few of them were published … Continue reading →

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The Poet and the Boy (2017) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Poetry and sexual confusion

Posted on October 5, 2017 by

South Korean film “The Poet and the Boy” is a familiar story to the bone. Here is an artist struggling with his lack of inspiration, but then there comes an unexpected possibility of romance, and he is both confused and … Continue reading →

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Paterson (2016) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A bus driver poet in Paterson

Posted on May 27, 2017 by

Several days ago, I went to the Iksan campus of Chonbuk National University for meeting several colleagues of my previous workplace. After meeting them and then having a little chat with them, I waited outside for a bus to the … Continue reading →

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Neruda (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): An unconventional biopic inspired by Pablo Neruda

Posted on May 26, 2017 by

“Neruda” is not a conventional biopic at all. While mainly focusing on one crucial point in Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s life, the movie freely mixes fact and fiction for giving us a wider view on not only the poet himself … Continue reading →

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Grandma (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : A day with her pregnant granddaughter

Posted on April 10, 2016 by

To be frank with you, it took some time for me to notice Lily Tomlin. I encountered her for the first time when I happened to watch “All of Me” (1984) on TV during the early 1990s, but they showed … Continue reading →

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DongJu: The Portrait of A Poet (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4): The short life of a Korean poet

Posted on February 21, 2016 by

Wishing not to have so much as a speck of shame toward heaven until the day I die, I suffered, even when the wind stirred the leaves. With my heart singing to the stars, I shall love all things that … Continue reading →

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Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4): Eight different styles inside one package

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

“Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet” is a lovely animation feature film decorated with eight different styles in one package. Supervised by Roger Allers, the co-director of “The Lion King” (1994), eight different animation artists freely wield each own cell animation style … Continue reading →

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The Sessions (2012) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : He just wants to lose his virginity…

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

 Mark O’Brien’s life is one of those moving life stories we encounter from time to time. After he contacted polio when he was 6, he spent most of his life as a paralyzed man depending on iron wrong, but he … Continue reading →

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