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Late Autumn (1960)

November 19, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Paved with good intentions

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960, 1960s, asia, comedy, drama, film review, japan, Kôgo Nada, late autumn, marriage, movie review, Nobuo Nakamure, Ryûji Kita, Setsuko Hara, Shin Saburi, Takanobu Saitô, tokyo, widow, Yazujirô Ozu

A Confucian Confusion (1994)

November 13, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Socialmaxxing

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1994, a confucian confusion, asia, bosen wang, chen yiwen, comedy, edward yang, film review, infidelity, movie review, richie li, shiang-chyi chen, shu-chun ni, taipei, taiwan, wei-ming wang, youth

The Mastermind (2025)

October 18, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Reichardt unveils the slow thriller

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2025, alana haim, bill camp, cannes 2025, comedy, crime, eli gelb, film review, heist movie, hope davis, john magaro, josh o'connor, kelly reichardt, movie review, new england, set in the 1970s, slow cinema, the mastermind, thriller

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

September 16, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

What pressure really means

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, 1974, alice doesn't live here anymore, american southwest, comedy, drama, ellen burstyn, feminism, film review, harvey keitel, kris kristofferson, martin scorsese, movie review, road movie, robert gretchell, romance, waitress

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

August 25, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Textbook romance

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1998, comedy, dabney coleman, dave chapelle, delia ephron, film review, greg kinnear, heather burns, jean stapleton, meg ryan, movie review, new york city, nora ephron, parker posey, romance, romcom, steve zahn, tom hanks, you've got mail

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

August 24, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Firecracker pile-on

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2010s, 2012, abbie cornish, action, christopher walken, colin farrell, comedy, film review, harry dean stanton, los angeles, martin mcdonagh, meta, michael pitt, michael stuhlbarg, movie review, olga kurylenko, seven psychopaths, tom waits, woody harrelson

ChaO (2025)

July 29, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Something's fishy

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2025, anime, anna yamada, anti-feminist, chaO, comedy, japan, merpeople, movie review, oji suzuka, romance, romcom, science fiction, shanghai, the little mermaid, yasuhiro aoki

Best In Show (2000)

July 20, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Oh look, it’s us. Oh god, it's us

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2000, 2000s, bob balaban, catherine o'hara, christopher guest, comedy, competition, dog show, don s. davis, eugene levy, fred willard, jane lynch, jennifer coolidge, john michael higgins, larry miller, michael hitchcock, michael mckean, mockumentary, movie review, parker posey

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

July 13, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Wes Anderson’s creative method revealed

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2025, benedict cumberbatch, benicio del toro, bryan cranston, comedy, family relationships, industrialist, mia threapleton, michael cera, movie review, richard ayoade, scarlett johansson, the phoenician scheme, tom hanks, wes anderson

Tampopo (1985)

May 18, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Comfort food with a twist

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1985, comedy, cooking, culinary, food, japan, Jûzô Itami, ken watanabe, koji yakusho, movie review, nobuko miyamoto, ramen, tampopo, training montage, Tsutomu Yamazaki

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