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Category: World Cinema

Art House…

Movie #72 2022: Oldboy (2003)

8 Sep 20225 Sep 2022
Can you believe this movie has been sitting in my DVD collection for 18 months and I only watched it last week? Even though I knew that it is critically…
Awards Season…

Movie #35 2022: Drive My Car (2021)

8 Apr 20224 Apr 2022
Drive My Car is a tough one for me to review. There's a lot going on within it... but also seemingly very little? In fact, I'm not entirely sure what…
Art House…

Movie #20 2022: Petite Maman (2021)

1 Mar 202219 Feb 2022
Ahhhh, that's better. After a slew of 3 Q films, I've finally come across something exceptional. Of course, I'd expect no less of Céline Sciamma, who completely floored me when…
Cerebral…

Movie #216 2021: The Wailing (2016)

6 Nov 20216 Nov 2021
Everyone's obsessed with Squid Game, aren't they? Don't know if you've noticed. I get it: it's pretty good. But something tells me that most of the people who are really…
Animation…

Movie #167 2021: Your Name. (2016)

30 Jun 202120 Jun 2021
In the western world, Studio Ghibli is by far and away the most famous name in Japanese animation. Unless you count Pokémon, of course. Enter new kid on the block,…
Art House…

Movie #124 2021: Caché (2005)

11 May 20214 May 2021
After an onslaught of big blockbusters and sweet animated movies (with the exception of a little Danish gem), it was time to cleanse my palate with some poncey French filmmaking.…
Awards Season…

Movie #59 2021: Minari (2020)

7 Mar 202120 Feb 2021
This is it: the ultimate movie for dreamers. Why are there not more American movies on this topic?! Minari focuses on a family of immigrants from Korea whose children (born…
Animation…

Movie #36 2021: Castle in the Sky (1986)

11 Feb 20211 Feb 2021
Yeah, I watched two animated films in a row. And what? To be fair to my choices, this could not be more different to Balto, so pipe down. Castle in…
Drama…

Movie #28 2021: Still Walking (2008)

3 Feb 202126 Jan 2021
Here’s the truth: I loved Like Father, Like Son so much that I couldn’t wait to watch another one of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s other films. And so I came to this…
Drama…

Movie #26 2021: Like Father, Like Son (2013)

1 Feb 202125 Jan 2021
You know when some directors just hit different? That’s Hirokazu Kore-eda. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter if he speaks a different language linguistically, because the language he speaks spiritually is universal.…

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