Monthly Archives: December 2025

Review: Heavy Snow

Posted on December 6, 2025 by philipbrasor

Korean narrative entertainment, both movies and TV dramas, often exploits real world subtexts. Popular actors not only take roles that mirror some aspect of their private lives, but allude to those lives in their dialogue. The two lead actors in … Continue reading →

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Review: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Posted on December 5, 2025 by philipbrasor

The word “documentary” only applies to Sepideh Farsi’s film in a generic way. Though it certainly is a document of the exiled Iranian director’s nine-month WhatsApp video relationship with the young Palestinian photographer Fatma Hassona, its focus on that relationship … Continue reading →

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Review: Knox Goes Away and The Penguin Lessons

Posted on December 4, 2025 by philipbrasor

Anyone who has read this blog with any consistency will know my opinion of hit man (or woman) movies: There’s way too many considering the profession itself is essentially a fantasy. And because of the sheer volume of films represented … Continue reading →

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Tokyo FILMeX 2025

Posted on December 3, 2025 by philipbrasor

I almost missed Filmex this year. I received a message in my Gmail inbox while the Tokyo International Film Festival was going on, reminding me to apply for a press pass. I managed to submit the application just under the … Continue reading →

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