Per an exclusive scoop from Variety, Netflix has picked up “nearly global rights” to the film, a scenario similar to Bong Joon-ho’s Okja (our review). Additionally, the publication also reported that the film will be at the prestigious San Sebastian…
Claire’s Camera Movie Review: Hong Sang-soo is a master of humanism
Hong Sang-soo is one of South Korea’s most prolific filmmakers, but his body of work is comprised of titles not as widely known to international film audiences. His films exist on the fringes of an industry in South Korea which…
Movie Review: The King
No two words coalesce into satire the way capitalism and hedonism do, the two ideas have been appropriated by filmmakers for decades but it wasn’t until Martin Scorsese’s bacchanalian epic The Wolf of Wall Street (now a high-flown and completely misguided…
Movie Review: The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden, like all of Park Chan-wook’s films, uses harsh methods to test the viewer’s fortitude, challenging their senses before rewarding their wisdom. Borrowing a good deal of its story from the Victorian-set novel Fingersmith, The Handmaiden is an atypically swoon-worthy…