Tag Archives: Real-life figure

Nouvelle Vague (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A lightweight reenactment of the Nouvelle Vague era

Posted on December 8, 2025 by kaist455

Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague”, which was released on Netflix in US several weeks ago, is a lightweight reenactment of how Jean-Luc Godard made one of the greatest films in the cinema history during a few weeks of 1959. While it … Continue reading →

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The Color of Pomegranates (1969) ☆☆☆(3/4): The life of an Armenian poet

Posted on December 1, 2025 by kaist455

In my humble opinion, a good movie can reach to your heart and mind, no matter how vague and elusive it is in what and how it is about. In case of Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film “The Color of Pomegranates”, … Continue reading →

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Blue Moon (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): He is surely blue…

Posted on November 28, 2025 by kaist455

“Blue Moon”, which is incidentally one of the Richard Linklater’s two movies released during this year, is a biographical drama film packed with a lot of insight and personality. Mainly focusing on one particularly complicated night of a famous American … Continue reading →

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Being Eddie (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Safely being Murphy

Posted on November 17, 2025 by kaist455

Netflix documentary film “Being Eddie”, which was released on last Wednesday, will not impress you that much, especially if you are familiar with all those safe celebrity documentaries during last several years. Although its titular figure seems quite ready to … Continue reading →

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Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): After a terminal diagnosis

Posted on November 16, 2025 by kaist455

Documentary film “Come See Me in the Good Light”, which was released on Apple TV+ a few days ago, is about one loving couple coping with the impending end of their long relationship due to a terminal illness. As following … Continue reading →

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Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Remembering his famous parents

Posted on October 26, 2025 by kaist455

Documentary film “Stiller & Miller: Nothing Is Lost”, which was released on Apple TV+ a few days ago, presents an intimate personal perspective on the life and career of one famous American husband-and-wife comedy team. Although their life and career … Continue reading →

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My Missing Aunt (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her erased aunt

Posted on October 24, 2025 by kaist455

South Korean independent documentary film “My Missing Aunt” presents a modest but intimate personal story to tell. Looking into how one promising young woman was unjustly erased by her own family, it makes some sharp point on the sexist influence … Continue reading →

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Mr. Scorsese (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The portrait of a master filmmaker

Posted on October 20, 2025 by kaist455

Dear Roger Hello, how have you been on the other side during last 12 years? Whenever I came across something really good or interesting, my mind always comes to wish you were here with us as a fellow audience, and … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Neighbor (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): One neighborhood dispute

Posted on October 18, 2025 by kaist455

Netflix documentary film “The Perfect Neighbor”, which was incidentally released yesterday, focuses on one small neighborhood dispute which led to a devastating outcome for everyone involved with that. Mainly driven by a series of archival footage clips, it does not … Continue reading →

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Reds (1981) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An epic left-wing period drama by Warren Beatty

Posted on October 14, 2025 by kaist455

While revisiting Warren Beatty’s 1981 film “Reds” at last night, I observed how it stays focused on ideas and emotions behind its grand and ambitious attempt to illustrate the life and career of its real-life left-wing American journalist hero. Yes, … Continue reading →

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