Elusive Connections in A Short Love Affair
Bae Ildo (Park Joong-hoon) is a tailor who runs away from his dead-end job at a shirt factory to anotherContinue Reading
Author: Eugene Kang
Discussing Rafiki
Eugene Kang: In honor of Pride month, we are looking to Kenya with Wanuri Kahiu‘s 2018 feature Rafiki. This isContinue Reading
2021 Long Distance Film Festival: Present
The 2021 Long Distance Film Festival continued with a series of shorts loosely compiled under the umbrella of the ‘Present’.Continue Reading
Psyche vs. Eros in Losing Ground
Losing Ground starts unremarkably enough with a scene of Sarah Rogers (Seret Scott), a college professor of philosophy, lecturing onContinue Reading
The Long Con of Chameleon Street
The malleability of racial identity has been at the heart of many notable works of art, perhaps none more famousContinue Reading
Eve’s Bayou and the Fragility of Memory
Eve’s Bayou falls in line with the long tradition of adult stories told from a child’s point of view. EveContinue Reading
Incomplete Redemption Through Love in Dogfight
For most men, it is often impossible to break away from the traditions and norms enforced by toxic masculinity. ItContinue Reading
Love as War in The Handmaiden
Inspired by Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith, The Handmaiden replaces Victorian England with Korea under Japanese colonial rule in the first halfContinue Reading
The Gothic Influence in A Tale of Two Sisters
The creative explosion of Korean cinema at the beginning of the 21st century featured films of incredible diversity in styleContinue Reading
The Devolution into Primality in The Shout
Watching Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout is like watching a distant yet vibrant nightmare. From the very beginning, The Shout disorients usContinue Reading
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