Decision to Leave ★★★★
The body of a hiker is found at the base of a mountain near a rural town. It seems toContinue Reading
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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
Discussing Save the Green Planet!
Nick Davie: As 2020 draws to a close, South Korean cinema has never been as popular as it is now,Continue 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
Letting Go of the Past in My Sassy Girl
If you were Korean or around Koreans at the turn of the century, My Sassy Girl would have been partContinue Reading
Burning ★★★★
Nothing about Burning is certain except that it haunts the mind long after the credits conclude. Though Lee Chang-dong’s latestContinue Reading
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