Tag Archives: Romance

Nothing Serious (2021) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): No string attached, right?

Posted on November 25, 2021 by kaist455

As your average seasoned moviegoer, I usually find myself getting bored while watching romantic comedy films. Unless they are equipped with enough charm and appeal to hold my attention, many of romantic comedy films do not engage me that much … Continue reading →

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Love Affair(s) (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The things they say – and the things they do

Posted on November 21, 2021 by kaist455

French film “Love Affair(s)” is a funny and intelligent comedy about that complicated thing called love. As a bunch of supposedly smart and sensible characters trying to handle their unexpected romances and the accompanying personal complications, the movie busily and … Continue reading →

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Perhaps Love (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): It’s complicated among them

Posted on November 17, 2021 by kaist455

South Korean comedy film “Perhaps Love” caught me off guard for several solid moments for laughs and chuckles. Cheerfully hopping among a number of different colorful comic characters, the movie frequently shines with considerable wit and humor, and then it … Continue reading →

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Our Midnight (2020) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Their midnight stroll

Posted on November 14, 2021 by kaist455

South Korean independent film “Our Midnight” gives one of the most haunting visual presentations of Seoul I have ever encountered during last several years. Although many of those locations shown in the film are not that familiar to me, they … Continue reading →

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All Hands on Deck (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): A comic summer story of three different lads

Posted on October 9, 2021 by kaist455

French film “All Hands on Deck”, which received the Honorable Mention FIPRESI Prize when it was shown in the Panorama section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival early in last year, is a small but crisp summer comedy about … Continue reading →

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I’m Your Man (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Is he really the one for her?

Posted on September 19, 2021 by kaist455

German science fiction film “I’m Your Man”, which was recently selected as the German entry for Best International Film Oscar, cheerfully and thoughtfully plays with its familiar but endlessly compelling story promise. Although it understandably falters a bit as reaching … Continue reading →

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Annette (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): Leos Carax back in action

Posted on August 25, 2021 by kaist455

Leos Carax’s latest film “Annette” may be another case of style-over-substance, but what a wild and ambitious genre exercise it is. Exultantly gliding from one solid musical number to another as your typical sung-through musical film, the movie confidently reaches … Continue reading →

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Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): His little mental secret

Posted on August 22, 2021 by kaist455

“Words on Bathroom Walls” is another typical coming-of-age drama about a troubled adolescent romance, but it is more thoughtful and sincere than expected. While it handles its story and characters well with considerable care and attention, the movie does not … Continue reading →

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Luxor (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): As she wanders around in Luxor

Posted on August 20, 2021 by kaist455

“Luxor” is a slow and tentative romance drama which suggests a lot with its distinctive local atmosphere to remember. Although the movie does not tell that much about the old past between its two main characters, what is subtly and … Continue reading →

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Jumbo (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): She falls in love with a machine (no kidding)

Posted on August 20, 2021 by kaist455

French film “Jumbo” pushes its preposterous romantic situation all the way, and I admire that even though I often observed its heroine’s peculiar romantic feeling with amusement and skepticism from the distance. Sure, you may have some doubt on her … Continue reading →

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