Director: Hwang Byeong-guk Starring: Kang Ha-neul, Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-joon, Ryu Kyung-soo, Chae Won-bin Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 2hr 2min A drugs informant is stuck between an overly ambitious prosecutor and a persistent narcotics detective in a murky world of subterfuge. Lee Kang-soo (Kang Ha-neul) is framed and jailed for a drugsContinue reading “Yadang: The Snitch 야당 (2025)”
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Longlegs (2024)
Director: Osgood Perkins Starring: Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage Country of Origin: USA Running time: 1hr 41min Most characters fade away immediately after the closing credits, some creep into the dark corners of your mind when you least expect it. The central figure in Longlegs loitered and rummaged around in my thoughtsContinue reading “Longlegs (2024)”
Following 그녀가 죽었다 (2024)
Director: Kim Se-hwi Starring: Byun Yo-han, Shin Hye-sun, Lee El Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 1hr 43m A serial snooper picks the wrong target when he tracks an ostentatious social media streamer. Real estate agent Koo Jung-tae (Byun Yo-han) abuses the powers of his position to surreptitiously sneak into the homes of hisContinue reading “Following 그녀가 죽었다 (2024)”
Troll Factory 댓글부대 (2024)
Director: Ahn Gooc-jin Starring: Son Suk-ku, Kim Sung-cheol, Kim Dong-hwi, Hong Kyung Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 1hr 49m Malicious online comments carry a disproportionate weight in South Korea. Careers have been destroyed and lives ruined when a trickle of spiteful posts turns into a deluge. Actors, pop stars and other celebrities haveContinue reading “Troll Factory 댓글부대 (2024)”
Exhuma 파묘 (2024)
Director: Jang Jae-hyun Starring: Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Do-hyun Country of Origin: South Korea Running time: 2h 14m Be careful what you dig up, it may come back to haunt you. The remains of an ancestral grave hold the key to a generational curse which bedevils an affluent Korean American family. TheContinue reading “Exhuma 파묘 (2024)”
Concrete Utopia 콘크리트 유토피아 (2023)
Director: Um Tae-hwa Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-young, Kim Sun-young, Park Ji-hu Country of Origin: South Korea In the vast Seoul metropolis, towering apartments are as conspicuous as coffee shops and convenience stores. Yet when a catastrophic earthquake devastates the South Korean capital only one building remains standing. The residents of the HwangContinue reading “Concrete Utopia 콘크리트 유토피아 (2023)”
Beyond Utopia (2023)
Director: Madeleine Gavin Country of Origin: United States The Kim dynasty features prominently in almost every documentary made about North Korea. Depressingly sensational tales of brutal control and lavish excess often completely ignore the country’s largely impoverished 26 million population. All filmmakers allowed access to the most isolated nation on earth are bound by theContinue reading “Beyond Utopia (2023)”
The Witches of the Orient (2021)
Director: Julien Faraut Cast: Sata Isobe, Hirofumi Daimatsu, Yuriko Handa, Yuko Fujimoto. Production: France / Japan Jump, spike and repeat. Two hundred times without daring to halt for a single breath. Balls thrown at machine gun speed, directed mercilessly at the body and head. Six days a week, 51 weeks a year. More of anContinue reading “The Witches of the Orient (2021)”
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