Movie Reviews

A Movie “La Fée (The Fairy)” 5/11/20 May 11, 2020

I truly loved a movie “Lost in Paris” by Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel. “The Fairy” was produced by Fiona and Abel too. We need a good laugh under this circumstance. Somehow their wit and humor clicks into my laugh button, for example perfect amount of clumsiness and foolishness.  A hotel clerk (Abel) falls in […]

A Movie “Death in Venice” by Luchino Visconti/Thomas Mann 4/22/20 April 22, 2020

I saw this movie when I was young too. Based on a novel by Thomas Mann, this movie is often known as one of the best movies of Visconti. The story is not complicated. A terrified composer, Gustav Von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde), visits Venice to recover from his illness, both mentally and physically. He is […]

A Movie “Emma” 3/2/20 March 2, 2020

What a witty movie it is! Casting is fantastic. Emma is young, handsome, and clever from a rich family. She has everything. She lives in a small (not a lot happening!) town and she controls people’s mind. She thinks she is above everyone and all the boys should be attracted by her. she is so […]

A Movie “The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders” 1/14/20 February 10, 2020

I am sure every person in the audience wanted to go to Madrid after seeing this movie! The picture is beautiful and the narration is very nice. But the museum collection is so huge and the stories behind the museum is so much to observe and take in, and I was almost overwhelmed to watch […]

A Movie “Parasite” 12/27/19 December 27, 2019

“Parasite” is a 2019 South Korean black comedy/thriller/social justice movie. But most importantly it is very entertaining! It is about the two families, Park – typical rich and high-class family, and Kim – smart, but living in a horrible condition. With some coincidence those families are brought together and Kim family sees it as an […]

A Movie “Knives Out” 12/18/19 December 18, 2019

Are you looking for a good holiday movie? This is the one to watch.  I love this kind of humor and twisty wit. It is so perfect. Do you like “mystery” ? Do you like “comedy”? It is a parody of Agatha Christie, but it is very sophisticated. It is not just a parody. When […]

A Movie “Citizen K” 12/7/19 December 7, 2019

What do we believe? It is up to us. I don’t want to discuss about any politics. I was born in Japan, and will die as a Japanese wherever I will be. And I feel very lucky in that position. The enigmatic case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man – amass a fortune […]

A Movie “Pain and Glory” 10/31/19 October 31, 2019

It is a fantastic movie. Human being is vulnerable and precious. How wonderful we are! It is a biographic (not a true story) movie of a celebrated director, Pedro Almodóvar. He wrote and directed this movie. Every so often in “Pain and Glory, ”Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas), a film director in his physical decline, closes his […]

Movie “Honeyland” 8/26/19 August 26, 2019

It is a sad and heartbreaking documentary movie, but shows a dignity, sublimity, and tenderness in human’s life. Hatidze Muratova is apparently the last of Macedonia’s nomadic beekeepers, who uses an ancient method. This movie does not tell us too much. It gives us moment to imagine, feel and think. We hear constantly bees’ buzzing […]

An Animation Movie “Mirai” 8/26/19 August 26, 2019

4-year-old boy, named Kun, feels forgotten by his parents when his little sister Mirai (It means “future” in Japanese) arrives. Kun-chan (Little Kun) thought his little sister is stealing all of attention from his family. He feels neglected. His world is different.. Mirai is cute and everybody pays attention to her. As his mother returns […]