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“Father Mother Sister Brother” (Jim Jarmusch, 2025) – 7/10
Modern people, never-changing family issues, and Jim Jarmusch’s genius in both simplicity and depth. Father Mother Sister Brother uses somewhat mundane scenes of everyday family lives to make us reminisce that people need people and, sometimes, that’s all there is… Continue reading
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“Blossoms Shanghai” Episodes 1-3 (Wong Kar-wai, 2023) – 9/10
The Wong Kar-wai-ness is there, but the poetry’s almost lost. However. Blossoms Shanghai is the best series I’ve seen in 2025 – IF evaluated aside from its director. Originally released in China on December 27, 2023, Wong Kar-wai’s new (and… Continue reading
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“No Other Choice” (Park Chan-wook, 2025) – 7.5/10
Survival of the fittest – in the workplace and society alike, especially in the age of AI. And, in the filmmaking world, Park Chan-wook is definitely still one of the “fittest” as this is the oversimplified message of his new… Continue reading
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“After the Hunt” (Luca Guadagnino, 2025) – 5.5/10
This is not a conventional review – because After the Hunt itself resists conventional judgment. Reviewing this film full of “artsy” star cast feels like a mousetrap. I’m not sure how to write about it. Every single cinematic technique and… Continue reading
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“Lost in Starlight” (Han Ji-won, 2025) – 8.5/10
A futuristic YET nostalgic utopian sci-fi romance with hints of Satoshi Kon’s style! Released a few months ago, Han Ji-won’s Lost in Starlight (2025) is set in 2051 and tells the story of a young NASA scientist-astronaut, Dr. Joo Nan-young… Continue reading
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“Fanny and Alexander” (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) – 7/10
With all the commercial crap going on on Netflix, do ‘pure Christmas’ movies still exist? And, I’m not talking about the cheesy Hallmark kind. But, ones that captured the spirit of the holiday. Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander (1982) is… Continue reading
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“Days” (Tsai Ming-liang, 2020) – 8/10
Take your notorious slow-paced filmmaking style, double it in a new film you make with your fav leading actor, enter the Berlin International Film Festival, and BOOM – you have the best recipe for a comeback as a film director… Continue reading
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