Tag: World Cinema
Festival de Cannes Review: Parasite (2019)
The festival buzz was at its peak for Parasite, as the latest film from the accomplished director Bong Joon-ho (director of Memories of Murder), and…
7 Festival de Cannes Winners to Watch Right Now: Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director)
Bonjour from Cannes. Or bonjour to you all wishing you were in Cannes. The true festive season was meant to be upon as we traveled…
Festival de Cannes: Pál Adrienn from Ágnes Koscis (2010)
Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Award Four years after the release of Friss Levegö, Ágnes Koscis second film saw the light of day. Pál Adrienn premiered in the Un Certain Regard…
Korean Film: 화녀 / Woman of Fire (1971)
In 2006, I was lucky enough to attend a Kim Ki-young retrospective at Cinémathèque Francaise. The director is probably mostly known for The Housemaid (Hanyo)….
For Newbies: ‘Must-See’ Modern Korean Horror Movies
Whispering Corridors (1998) Yeogo Goedam Directed by Ki-hyung Park Whispering Corridors should be placed in the genre of films encompassing the horrors of school, along…
Pablo Larraín’s Ema (2019) comes to MUBI
The somehow sedated delirium of Pablo Larraín‘s cinema exudes a heated energy in his latest directorial effort, Ema. The opening scene of a traffic light…
Parasite – How a South Korean Film Changed the Landscape
Sometimes, a film is just a film. Then, films like Parasite happen. Parasite premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival to huge acclaim. It won…
Festival de Cannes: What Are We Waiting For in 2020?
“We want to be present in the autumn in order to play our part in the huge construction effort of rebuilding cinema.” says the Cannes…
Review: Poetry (2010)
Some time in 2011, I had the good fortune of being able to travel from California’s Central Valley to San Francisco to see a film…
Memories of Murder (2003) Review
As someone who never used to really dabble in a lot of foreign cinema, the first time I sat down to watch a foreign movie…
Train To Busan: A Quarantine First Take
I love zombie movies. My dad showed me Night of the Living Dead when I was like ten, and he went on at length about…
Dark Cinema: Horror from Japan and Korea
An Overview By Ren Zelen ‘No body’ does it better When a new era of Asian horror films entered mainstream Western cinema with Hideo Nakata’s…
VIDEO – the Best 50 Films from South Korea
Almost 200 examples of South Korean cinema collected votes as many of you and others beyond selected your own preferences in this flourishing segment of…
‘Parasite’, ‘1917’, ‘Knives Out’ Win Big at the Pandora International Film Critics Awards 2019
And so the time as come. Before we get completely engulfed in Sunday night’s BAFTAs and what it means to the illustrious awards season of…
