ENTERTAINMENT
ENTERTAINMENT
[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.
[Review] NCT YUTA’s ‘High & Low The Worst X’
The latest movie in the Japanese franchise has been dividing fans and critics alike, but praise has been pouring in for NCT’s YUTA.
[Film Review] ‘A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea’
Director Kim Mi-young’s A Lonely Island in the Distant Sea (절해고도) serves as a reminder that life in Korea isn’t all the glitzy lights of Seoul.