Under Southern Eyes – Page 49 – A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.

The Farewell: thin plot, poor characterisation should have farewelled this film

Lulu Wang, “The Farewell” (2019) As a character study of an individual torn between her

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Jiaozi, “Ne Zha” (2019) A loud, noisy and overblown blockbuster animation fantasy made to please

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Kim Heeyae, “Shadow Thief” (2018) Done entirely in black and white and shades of grey

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Victor Alonso-Berbel, “Perfectly Natural” (2018) No aliens, monsters, paranormal events or denizens of Hell or

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Simon Duong Van Huyen, Joel Durand, Thibault Leclercq, Valentin Lucas, Andrei Sitari, “Hors de l’eau”

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Nicholas Olivieri, Shen Yi, Juliana De Lucca, Varun Nair, David Feliu, “Best Friend” (2019) In

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Leo Mattei, Johnny Miller, “The Tragedy of Russia’s Reforms” (PressTV, 2017) Made for the Iranian

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Ines Scheiber, Jules Durand, Julien Becquer, Elena Dupressoir, Viviane Guimaraes, “Memo” (2017) A very touching

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Bill Tytla, “Little Audrey – Tarts and Flowers” (1950) Part of a series of cartoons

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Sid Marcus, “The Mad Hatter” (1940) Mocking the faddish nature of women’s fashions, this animated

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