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In the Mood For Love

5/20/2021

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A man and a woman in 1960's Hong Kong realize that their respective spouses are sleeping with each other.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai
Starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung
​Review by Jon Kissel

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Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood For Love is regarded as one of the best films of all time, at least as far as the Sight and Sound list of lists is concerned.  Ranked #24 on the 2012 list, In the Mood For Love is the scored the highest of any 21st century film, setting huge expectations for any first-time watchers, or at least those familiar with esoteric film rankings.  This is my fourth time with In the Mood For Love, and the one that hasn’t changed what I previously thought of it.  The first time, I thought it was perfectly fine, maybe a little slow.  The second time, I grew more convinced of its significance but wasn’t quite converted.  The third time, for whatever reason, it clicked, leaving me enraptured throughout and a sobbing mess by the credits.  This most recent viewing solidifies that final opinion, as I was on guard for a letdown but ended in the exact same place as before.  In the Mood For Love’s subtlety and elegance wraps the viewer up in its silken tentacles, slowly but surely endearing itself as one of the great romantic pairings and deserving of its place in film history.  If it’s not quite the best film of the 21st century, it has to be close.


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Night in Paradise

5/13/2021

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An enforcer in the Korean mob hides out on an island after attacking a rival boss.

Directed by Park Hoon-jung
Starring Uhm Tae-goo and Jeon Yeo-been
​Review by Jon Kissel

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Chris Rock’s famous joke about his neighbors, wherein he lived next door to Shaq, Mary J. Blige, and a white dentist, has that crystal-clear quality one wants in an observation.  It illuminates so much about minority achievement and how far a group has to go, such that real equality is achieved when members of the group don’t have to be the greatest artist or athlete of their generation to live in a wealthy neighborhood.  The allowance of mediocrity providing wealth and comfort while not reflecting badly on the larger group is a good sign, which brings us to Night in Paradise.  While its existence is good for South Korean cinema, this white dentist equivalent of a movie does no one any favors in a vacuum.  Park Hoon-jung’s empty time waster of a gangster film proves that there’s room in this cinematic corner of the world for unimaginative garbage, and said garbage isn’t going to drag down the great South Korean directors.  Equality unlocked!


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Into the Grizzly Maze

5/6/2021

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A bear goes ham on two brothers, a deaf lady, and Billy Bob Thornton.

Directed by David Hackl
Starring James Marsden, Thomas Jane, and Piper Perabo
​Review by Jon Kissel

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Half Captain Planet episode, half monster movie, Into the Grizzly Maze is a baffling exercise in discarded production budgets or an instruction manual for money laundering.  What it isn’t is a credible story or a movie fit for release, despite the considerable amount of talent put onscreen.  Billy Bob Thornton has both an Oscar and a credit for playing a bear psychologist.  There’s so much great cultural output in the world.  I don’t understand why anyone would waste their time on this.


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