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Tag Archives: Real-life figure
Mr. Jones (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The price of reporting a truth
Agnieszka Holland’s new film “Mr. Jones” is an earnest period drama about a young reporter who struggled to maintain his professional integrity after coming to learn of a terrible injustice behind the Soviet Union government in the 1930s. While it … Continue reading
The Man Standing Next (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): It’s really hard for him to stand next to his big boss…
South Korean film “The Man Standing Next” is a slick and competent period drama film which does not go further than what I and many other South Korean audiences already know. Based on one of the major historical incidents in … Continue reading
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Tagged Assassination, Dictatorship, President, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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Evaporated (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Since his daughter was vanished
South Korean documentary film “Evaporated” is shrouded in somber desperation and frustration right from the beginning. Closely observing a father’s longtime search for his vanished daughter, the documentary calmly and sensitively observes that overwhelming psychological burden on not only him … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Father and daughter, Missing, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Giving Voices (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Young students channeling August Wilson’s legacy
Netflix documentary film “Giving Voices”, which was released in last week, follows a number of different participants of one significant annual cultural event commemorating and enlivening the legacy of one of the greatest American playwrights in our modern time. Simply … Continue reading
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Tagged Acting, Documentary, Playwright, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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45365 (2009) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Welcome to Sidney, Ohio
I still fondly remember when I took a train from Chicago to Urbana-Champaign, Illinois in the morning of April 20th, 2010. I was going there for attending the 2010 Ebertfest along with many others including late critic Roger Ebert, and … Continue reading
Spaceship Earth (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Behind Biosphere 2
Matt Wolf’s documentary film “Spaceship Earth” presents a fascinating story behind Biosphere 2, an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. The documentary is often amusing during its first half as delving into an interesting tale surrounding … Continue reading
A Hidden Life (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A meditative resistance
Terrence Malick’s latest film “A Hidden Life” is a meditative drama film which calmly and austerely explores its religious/spiritual themes via the real life of one ordinary man who chose to stick to his belief despite being aware of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Religion, War, World War II
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Rewind (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Rewinding to the abuse in his past
Sasha Joseph Neulinger’s first feature documentary film “Rewind” is often uncomfortable and disturbing to watch for good reasons. Calmly digging into his traumatic childhood past via a series of old home video clips shot around that terrible period, the documentary … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Filmmaker, Real-life figure, Real-life story, sexual abuse
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City Hall (2020) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): Of a city and its government
I must confess that I cannot help but become very, very, very nervous whenever I have to watch and review the latest work from Frederick Wiseman, a great documentary filmmaker who has never stopped in his long, illustrious career although … Continue reading
Fatima (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little more thoughtful than you may expect
“Fatima” is a little more thoughtful than you may expect from its religious story subject. As your average agnostic atheist, I naturally observed its faith-based drama with some degree of skepticism from the very beginning, but it engaged me enough … Continue reading
