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Tag Archives: South Korean Film
Citizen Pane (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Six little satires both painfully and realistically funny
South Korean omnibus film “Citizen Pane” presents six little satires painfully and realistically funny in each own way. All of them surely have something to say about the current social issues of the South Korean society, and I must tell … Continue reading
Dream Palace (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): The price of her compromise
South Korean independent film “Dream Palace” is about one ordinary woman’s increasingly grim and stressful situation which is frighteningly realistic at times. As having been quite frustrated with the deeply flawed system and society, she willingly chooses to make some … Continue reading
Sprinter (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Desperate Sprinters
South Korean independent film “Sprinter” tells the parallel stories of three different sprinters competing for the national team selection for each own desperate reason. Although their individual stories may feel rather plain and generic, the movie juggles these three different … Continue reading
Trans (2021) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little but ambitious high school SF mystery drama
There were several times when I wondered whether I really understood everything in South Korean independent film “Trans”, a deliberately baffling high school SF mystery drama about an intriguing possibility of technological transcendence beyond singularity. I must confess that I … Continue reading
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Next Door (2022) ☆1/2(1.5/4): “Why don’t you just call the police first, you idiot?”
Yesterday, I went to my dentist uncle for my routine scaling and a bit of dental treatment, and I had to deal with the possibility of physical stress and pain although everything turned out to be fairly fine on the … Continue reading
Drown (2022) ☆☆(2/4): At an old motel
South Korean film “Drown” disappoints me in more than one aspect. Mainly revolving around an old motel run by its increasingly unreliable hero, the movie attempts a moody psychological thriller filled with anxiety and confusion, but it often falters due … Continue reading
Dream (2023) ☆☆(2/4): A coach for a bunch of homeless soccer players
South Korean film “Dream” is definitely not for me. As a sports drama film, it is so generic that I was not surprised or moved enough in any possible way. As a tearjerker, it is so artificial that any of … Continue reading
On the Sand House (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): Now she is stuck with her family business…
South Korean independent film “On the Sand House” is a modest but sensitive character drama about one deeply frustrated young woman. It is clear that she has yearned to get out of her world for restarting her life as soon … Continue reading
Archaeology of Love (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Recovering from a toxic relationship
South Korean independent film “Archaeology of Love” is a haunting character drama revolving around one toxic relationship and its aftermath. As dryly but sensitively observing its ordinary heroine’s emotional struggle along the story, the movie lets us understand and empathize … Continue reading
In Water (2023) ☆1/2(1.5/4): In Blur (or Bullsh*t, perhaps)
When my late mentor/friend Roger Ebert was going to review Ingmar Bergman’s great film “Persona” (1966) not long after he became the film critic of Chicago Sun-Times, he did not know what to write first, but then he simply began … Continue reading
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