ENTERTAINMENT
ENTERTAINMENT
REVIEW: ‘Hotel by the River’ (2018)
Hong Sang-soo’s filmography is known to be minimalistic and emotional, and Hotel by the River (2018) is no exception. Explore family, feeling, fortune, and grief, in all the complex simplicity contained in this black and white film.
[Film Review] BTS Kim Namjoon shows his complex self in ‘RM: Right People, Wrong Place’
“What does it mean to be a K-Pop star as a thirty year old?” - This is the question BTS’ leader RM unpacks in his documentary RM: Right People, Wrong Place.
[Film Review] ‘JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL’ (2024)
I went to see Jung Kook at the cinema and, though it was sadly not the real man in person, I learnt a lot in ways I had not expected. And, of course, I was reminded that Jungkook is awesome – but that’s a given, isn’t it?
[Film Review] ‘The Handmaiden’ (2016)
The Handmaiden (2016) is a story of vengeance, a lifetime in the making.
[Film Review] ‘Right Now, Wrong Then’ (2015)
A director and a painter walk into a cafe. And so begins Hong Sang-soo’s semi-autobiographical Right Now, Wrong Then (2015).
[Film Review] Celebrating the unsung heroes in ‘A Taxi Driver’
In the spring of 1980 in South Korea, martial law was put in place and Chun Doo-hwan took the title of military dictator after a successful coup d’état.
[Film Review] Finding happiness in frugality and questioning the meaning of success in ‘Microhabitat’
Director Jeon Go-woon’s feature debut Microhabitat (2017) reflects on what it means to live a happy life and the required compromises to do so.
[Film Review] ‘Wonderland’: A subscription to Heaven, or a futuristic Hell?
If you had the chance to create your ideal heaven and live in it as an AI after you die, what price would you be willing to pay?
[Film Review] ‘Past Lives’ masterfully explores the what-ifs of love
Past Lives invites us to witness a tear jerker of an adolescent romance that persists all the way into adulthood in the hearts of two childhood sweethearts.
[Review] 'Return to Seoul' and Korean identity
We take a deeper look into the cinematic journey of self-discovery and maturity, set against the colourful and energetic backdrop of Seoul.