Recent reviews

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  Still Walking 2008

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2025

  visually stunning. quiet, gripping story. there were times i audibly gasped at what unfolded on screen

  film portrays a day in the life of a family in japan. past resentments spill over and take hold, but so too does the acceptance. i love seeing such flawed characters on screen — it feels raw and real in a way, and i hope one day to write like that

  my favorite scene right now is that image of the kids, their hands…

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  Secret Sunshine 2007

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2025

  a realistic portrayal of grief, faith & the ways we wear ourselves thin trying to make meaning out of senseless meaningless events. a heavy movie but would watch again just to see Jeon Do-yeon’s incredible performance one more time

  appreciated this quote from the director — “Many audiences many people seem to think that my films have a message. but I don’t enjoy sending a message, I don’t want that. I want to ask questions of the audience — questions about our lives and the world we live in. I think any true form of art is about asking questions” — Lee Chang-dong

Popular reviews

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  Distance 2001

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Oct 2024

  kore-eda explores themes of grief, alienation and memory in “distance”, a meandering film that spans a single day as family members of cult members who committed mass suicide gather to honor the third anniversary of their loved ones’ deaths.

  the film covers themes of estrangement from the larger moments — as the family members reminisced about how their relatives became increasingly committed to their cause— to the smaller moments between the people gathered together as they made their way through…

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  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024

  ★ Watched 17 Sep 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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