Most Anticipated of April 2020
In light of the spread of the coronavirus and the closure of theaters nationwide, our Most Anticipated column will beContinue Reading
Tag: South Korea
The Films of Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert celebrates her birthday today! Her performances are perhaps some of the most memorable of any actress, bringing aContinue Reading
Commemorating the Foreign Language Nominees for Best Picture
After almost one hundred years since the first Academy Awards ceremony, Bong Joon-ho‘s Parasite became the first foreign language film toContinue 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
Film Favorites From 2019
We look back at a number of our favorite films from 2019. This is by no means a ‘best of’Continue Reading
Eat the Rich: A Conversation on Parasite’s Class Conflict
The Arclight Hollywood Parasite Screenings with Q&A with Director Bong Joon-ho, actor Song Kang-ho, and actress Park So-dam. Parasite isContinue Reading
The Crisis of Faith in The Wailing
The Wailing begins with a quote from Luke 24 in which Jesus appears before his disciples after he has risenContinue Reading
Isolation Induced by Trauma in 301/302
301, 302 is at its core a story about two ships passing in the night – or perhaps two shipsContinue Reading
The Films of Bong Joon-ho
With Bong‘s Palme d’Or-winning Parasite in theaters this month, we figured October is as good a time as any to lookContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of October 2019
Eugene Kang: Fall movie season is truly upon us with this month’s titles. Several well-established auteurs are making their returnContinue Reading
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