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Tag Archives: Real-life incident
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020) ☆☆☆1/2: A harrowing Bosnian war drama
Bosnian film “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, which was recently nominated for Best International Film Oscar, is an unforgettable war drama which takes us into one of the most tragic incidents in the Bosnian War. As told to us at the beginning … Continue reading
Collective (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A sobering Romanian documentary on massive systemic corruption
Romanian documentary film “Collective”, which was nominated for Best Documentary Oscar as well as Best International Film Oscar early in this month, is often sobering in its phlegmatic but angry chronicle of outrage and frustration toward alarming systemic corruption. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Corruption, Journalist, Medical care, Public service, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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Totally Under Control (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Totally out of control
Documentary film “Totally Under Control” is alternatively sobering and infuriating for several good reasons. While it is disturbing to see the exponential spread of COVID-19 virus in US during last year, it is also exasperating to watch how this serious … Continue reading
Kingdom of Silence (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): A journalist who cared about his country
Showtime documentary film “Kingdom of Silence” glimpses into the life and career of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose brutal murder at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Istanbul, Turkey shocked many of us in October 2018. Mainly revolving around the … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Journalist, Murder, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story
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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
La Llorona (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little spooky horror film from Guatemala
“La Llorona”, which was selected as the Guatemalan entry for Best International Feature Film Oscar in this year, is a little spooky horror film which reflects one dark historical past via its effective ghost story. Filled with unnerving ambiance from … 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
Bad Education (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): When all begin to fall down for him and his school
HBO TV movie “Bad Education”, which won an Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie a few months ago, is a compelling true crime drama about the largest public school embezzlement in American history. Believe or not, it happened at a school … Continue reading
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Tagged Embezzlement, High School, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Reporter
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The Perfect Weapon (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): It has already been started
HBO documentary film “The Perfect Weapon” gives us a very urgent message on certain very dark sides of our ongoing cyber age. As our digital technology is more advanced day by day, our human society have come to depend more … Continue reading
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): An angry and passionate courtroom drama by Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin’s new film “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, which was released on Netflix in last week, is an angry and passionate courtroom drama which takes us into one of the most infamous court trials in US during the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activist, Courtroom drama, Real-life figure, Real-life incident
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