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Tag Archives: Terminal Illness
We Live in Time (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Scenes from their romance
“We Live in Time”, which belatedly arrived in South Korean theaters in last week, looks around the ups and downs in the relationship between its two main characters. While we get the overall picture of their relationship in advance via … Continue reading
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): His last few years
Documentary film “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Dairies” presents the last few years of Ryuichi Sakamoto, a prominent Japanese composer/musician who died on March 28th, 2023. Considering the two other recent documentaries “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda” (2017) and “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus” (2023), the documentary … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Muscian, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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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 Documentary, Poem, Poet, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): His remarkable online life
Netflix documentary film “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”, which was released on last Friday, looks into the bountiful online life of one Norwegian gamer who died when he was only 25. Although he did not reveal himself that much to … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Gamer, Online game, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Being with his grandma for money
Thai film “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies”, which was recently selected as the official submission of Thailand to Best International Film Oscar, is alternatively humorous and poignant in its gentle mix of human comedy and drama. While you … Continue reading
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): The First Days of the End
“A Quiet Place: Day One” is inherently redundant, but it is mostly competent enough to hold our attention at least. As the prequel to John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” (2018) and the following 2020 sequel, it does not have anything … Continue reading
For Love and Life: No Ordinary Campaign (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): So they step forward…
Documentary film “For Love and Life: No Ordinary Campaign”, which was released in Amazon Prime in last week, presents an extraordinary story about a bunch of people trying to make some change in the American healthcare system for themselves as … Continue reading
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Tagged Activist, Documentary, Husband and Wife, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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Ikiru (1952) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): To live for the rest of his life
Not long after I watched Akira Kurosawa’s great film “Ikiru” for the first time around 20 years ago, I read a review written by one anonymous but prominent South Korean critic who argued that “Ikiru” is the funniest film ever … Continue reading
The Eternal Memory (2023) ☆☆☆(3/4): If we knew them more…
Chilean documentary film “The Eternal Memory”, which won the Grand Jury Prize when it was premiered at the World Cinema Dramatic Competition of Sundance Film Festival early in this year, simply observes the small and big struggles of an Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Documentary, Husband and Wife, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Terminal Illness
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Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A bit too bitter under its sweet surface
“Sitting in Bars with Cake”, which is currently available on Amazon Prime, leaves a rather uneven taste on me. While it attempts a sincere mix of comedy and drama, its titular subject is often curiously put aside as the movie … Continue reading
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