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Tag Archives: Real-life story
Nouvelle Vague (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A lightweight reenactment of the Nouvelle Vague era
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
Blue Moon (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): He is surely blue…
“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
Being Eddie (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Safely being Murphy
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
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): After a terminal diagnosis
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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Tagged Real-life figure, Real-life story, Documentary, Poet, Terminal Illness, Poem
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Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Remembering his famous parents
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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Tagged Comedian, Couple, Documentary, Family, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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My Missing Aunt (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Her erased aunt
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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Tagged Documentary, Family, Real-life figure, Real-life story, South Korean Film
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Reds (1981) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): An epic left-wing period drama by Warren Beatty
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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Tagged Communism, Husband and Wife, Journalist, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story, Socialism, Writer
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The Lost Bus (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): It works whenever it is on fire
Paul Greengrass’ latest film “The Lost Bus”, which was released on Apple TV+ on last Friday, works whenever it is on fire. Based on one real-life story associated with the 2018 Camp Fire in California, the movie is as clichéd … Continue reading
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Tagged Bus Driver, Disaster, Real-life figure, Real-life incident, Real-life story, Teacher, Wildfire
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Lee (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): What she recorded with her camera
Lee Miller was surely a remarkable woman to remember. Despite sexism and many other obstacles in front of her, this exceptional American woman willingly pursued her professional passion during the World War II, and her numerous photographs shot during that … Continue reading
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Tagged Journalist, Photographer, Real-life figure, Real-life story, World War II
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Oslo (2021) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The negotiations behind the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.
HBO TV movie “Oslo” cannot help but look rather naïve to me, considering how things have alarmingly gotten worse between Israel and Palestine since it came out four years ago. Yes, as dramatically presented in the film, there was a … Continue reading
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