Monthly Archives: August 2023

Review: Return to Seoul

Posted on August 10, 2023 by philipbrasor

What makes Cambodian-French director Davy Chou’s movie about a young French woman recklessly discovering her Korean heritage compelling is how attuned it is to not only to the character’s foibles, but how those foibles determine the purpose of her quest, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Survivor

Posted on August 9, 2023 by philipbrasor

Barry Levinson’s retelling of the story of Harry Haft (Ben Foster), a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz by allowing himself to be used for entertainment purposes as a boxer, is a fairly conventional movie in that it plays on the … Continue reading →

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Review: Myanmar Diaries

Posted on August 5, 2023 by philipbrasor

There are no credits at the beginning or at the end of this collection of short videos made by amateur and professional filmmakers in the aftermath of the coup in Myanmar that took place February 1, 2021. Obviously, they would … Continue reading →

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Review: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Posted on August 4, 2023 by philipbrasor

For what it’s really worth, this is the first Transformers movie I’ve seen that I found entertaining. (I didn’t see the Bumblebee offshoot, which a lot of people liked.) Don’t get me wrong, I’m not categorically against movies about trademarked … Continue reading →

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Review: The Inspection

Posted on August 3, 2023 by philipbrasor

Given that this first feature by director Elegance Bratton is clearly autobiographical to a certain extent, it’s surprising how little distinctive detail it offers into the mind of a young gay Black man who decides to join the Marines as … Continue reading →

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