Tag Archives: Pregnancy

Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): Does she really want this?

Posted on August 28, 2025 by kaist455

“Huesera: The Bone Woman” is a creepy supernatural horror film about a young pregnant woman under one sinister influence. Quite reminiscent of a number of recent female body horror films associated with pregnancy, the movie distinguishes itself via its distinctive … Continue reading →

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Delivery (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A comedy about unplanned pregnancy

Posted on November 27, 2024 by kaist455

South Korean comedy film “Delivery” wants to generate some laughs from unplanned pregnancy, and that was fine with me at the beginning. Sure, it is true that anything can be comic material, but the movie does not work as well … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Twilight (1957) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A bleak family melodrama from Ozu

Posted on October 20, 2024 by kaist455

Yasujirō Ozu’s final black and white film “Tokyo Twilight” is quite bleak compared to many of his gentler movies. Yes, as I observed in my recent review on “Tokyo Story” (1953), there is always a subtle sense of sadness and … Continue reading →

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Birth (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): A hell called pregnancy

Posted on November 26, 2023 by kaist455

South Korean film “Birth” was often difficult to watch for me. Because I saw its trailer a few weeks ago, I braced myself even before the screening was started, and, boy, it turns out to be as grimly intense as … Continue reading →

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Happening (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): It’s happening to her…

Posted on March 13, 2022 by kaist455

French film “Happening”, which won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival, often feels like a hard empathic gut-punch. Firmly sticking around its young heroine who happens to be in a very unfortunate situation, the movie gradually … Continue reading →

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Together Together (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little witty comedy about surrogate mother

Posted on February 22, 2022 by kaist455

I have some strong opinions on the gender ethical issues involved with surrogate mother, but I enjoyed a number of witty comic moments in “Together Together”. While never overlooking the complex nature of its two main characters’ relationship, this little … Continue reading →

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Parallel Mothers (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Two mothers’ complicated situation

Posted on February 16, 2022 by kaist455

Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film “Parallel Mothers” is another fascinating work to be added to his long and illustrious career. Because, like many of Almodóvar’s notable works such as “Talk to Her” (2002), the movie engages us to a surprising degree … Continue reading →

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Ten Months (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A little big matter of hers

Posted on October 16, 2021 by kaist455

South Korean film “Ten Months” gives us a painfully funny and honest tale of one certain aspect of womanhood in the South Korea society. Duly sliding up and down along with its unlucky heroine whose life is turned upside down … Continue reading →

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Anything for Jackson (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Satanist couple in trouble

Posted on July 31, 2021 by kaist455

“Anything for Jackson” is a little horror film which turns out to be more morbid, humorous, and bizarre than expected. While unfolding its devious plot mainly via the viewpoint of an insidious old couple who seems be ready for doing … Continue reading →

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Climbing (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her and Her

Posted on June 18, 2021 by kaist455

South Korean animation film “Climbing” is a dark and unnerving psychological thriller revolving around certain kinds of female fear. While you may often scratch your head for grasping what is exactly happening to its rather unreliable heroine, the film steadily … Continue reading →

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