Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Pre-2020 Film Reviews
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
Fundamentally Happy (2015)
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Despite an approach that seems to avoid condemnation in any way, “Fundamentally Happy” emerges as a very brave film, with the two filmmakers touching upon subjects that are very rarely if ever mentioned in Indonesian cinema, and through an approach that is rather artful, both in terms of visuals and the presentation of the context.
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003)
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: No one is going to fault you if you can’t get over the movie’s implicit and explicit misogyny; it’s a glaring flaw, and quite possibly a fatal one. On the other hand, even though the attempted political satire isn’t particularly trenchant… there’s something wholesome about plopping a prominent world leader into the middle of a smutty picture.
Golden Gate Girls (2013)
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Golden Gate Girls” is an exceptional documentary, that uses the rather captivating story of Esther Eng to talk about a series of pioneering women filmmakers while highlighting history in the most entertaining fashion.
Hannibal Rising (2007)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
Mencari Rahmat (2017)
- Excerpt: These however, are essentially minor faults, and the overall sense “Mencari Rahmat” leaves is of a movie that is quite entertaining, intelligent, and rich in context, that will find particular appeal among viewers who enjoy stage-play aesthetics in their movies.
