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Tag Archives: World War I
The Choral (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A chorus during wartime
“The Choral”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, is a mildly somber period drama about one little choral performance during wartime. Although it feels meandering at times due to its rather thin and unfocused narrative, the movie … Continue reading
Benediction (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The final film by Terence Davies
“Benediction”, which is now the last film by Terence Davies after he died a few days ago, is a melancholic collection of personal memories from a real-life British poet who had a fair share of bitter anger and sadness as … Continue reading
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): All Grim and Intense Here
Netflix film “All Quiet on the Western Front”, which was recently selected as Germany’s submission for Best International Film Oscar, is relentlessly grim, muddy, and intense throughout its 147-minute running time. I surely understand that this is not supposed to … Continue reading
Foxhole (2021) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Three different wars
“Foxhole” is a modest war movie which presents three different wars and then clumsily tries to make some universal statements from them. Although I do not think it works as well as intended, there are several effective moments to be … Continue reading
1917 (2019) ☆☆☆(3/4): An intense epic genre exercise
Sam Mendes’s new film “1917” is an intense epic genre exercise which will surely impresses you a lot with its astounding technical achievement on the screen. As continuously following a long, perilous journey across the battlefields of World War I, … Continue reading
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A vivid, evocative WWI documentary
Peter Jackson’s documentary film “They Shall Not Grow Old” is an extraordinary work you should not miss. Via its astounding technical enhancement of archival footage clips shot during World War I, it vividly and compellingly shows us what it was … Continue reading
Frantz (2016) ☆☆☆(3/4): Secrets, Lies, and Life
Sometimes lie is less inconvenient than truth, and François Ozon’s new movie “Frantz” presents that tricky fact of life via its somber period melodrama. Although it is not wholly successful in making its points especially during the second half and … Continue reading
War Horse (2011) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4) : A horse going through the horrors of war
While watching “War Horse” on this Thursday evening, I recalled what one South Korean blogger wrote a few years ago. According to him, there are two kinds of manipulative drama films. Both of them try to tug our heartstrings, but … Continue reading
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