Return to Seoul – Not belonging in two worlds
?You are a very sad person.? Davy Chou?s film Return to Seoul is a searching for identity and...
Tag: Korea
Hunt: Spies Divided
Hunt is the directorial debut of actor Lee Jung-jae, the star of Netflix?s #1 show Squid Game. The...
Emergency Declaration – Fear of flying
I can understand the fear of flying. An airplane is cramped, filled with strangers, under the...
Slamdance 2022 – First roundup
Welcome to Slamdance Film Festival. Slamdance is a festival that bills itself as ?by filmmakers,...
House of Hummingbird – The Trials of 8th Grade
?It takes some time to learn to like yourself.? Bora Kim?s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age...
Parasite: Class Struggle
The intersection of the haves and have-nots is the world of Parasite, for which director Bong...
Rampant: Land of the Living Dead
Directed by Kim Sung-Hoon, Rampant?is an unexpectedly fascinating mashup of genres as classical...
Sunday at AFI Fest
When I arrived at Hollywood and Highland on Sunday morning, there were some people on the street organizing a march about sexual assault and harassment in the entertainment industry. News in recent weeks has been full of stories...
The Handmaiden – A Delightfully Twisted Tale
The Handmaiden takes us on a twisting road of deceptions, double- (even triple-) crosses in a crime drama that straddles worlds.