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The Beast

Lee Jeong-ho
2020

Daniel Luis Ennab - 31-03-2020

In this South Korean noir with very familiar genre devices, two detectives collide in order to solve a very peculiar murder case - on VoD on Monday, April 6th [Read More...]

Coming Home Again

Wayne Wang
2019

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Son abandons his job and career in order to take care of terminally ill mother, in extremely powerful and intimate meditation on family values and death - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Parasite (Gi-sa-end-chung)

Bong Joon-ho
2019

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2019

A family of charlatans takes up prestigious jobs with a mega-rich family, in Korean comedy-thriller about social climbers and failed capitalistic dreams - BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER is on VoD on Monday, June 1st [Read More...]

The Return

Malene Choi
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 16-11-2018

Koreans sent abroad for adoption return to South Korea to try and locate their birth parents, in profoundly moving fiction feature based on the director's own experience - from the London Korean Film Festival, on now [Read More...]

Burning (Beoning)

Lee Chang-dong
2018

Ben Flanagan - 21-10-2018

Korean director borrows filmic devices from Hitchcock, crafting breathtaking sequences with rigorous handheld camerawork; Ben Flanagan describes it as "film of the year" - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

The Day After (Geu-Hu)

Hong Sang-soo
2017

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

Korean director Hong Sang-soo has taught our editor Victor Fraga to be patient when looking at cinema; sometimes you have to open your heart before a story penetrates your soul - from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]

The Villainess (Ak-Nyeo)

Jung Byung-Gil
2017

Victor Fraga - 22-05-2017

Punch! Kick! Twist his arm! Slash that throat! This extremely violent Korean thriller tries it very hard, but it's not going to hit you in the face [Read More...]

Claire’s Camera (Keul-Le-Eo-Ui Ka-Me-La)

Hong Sangsoo
2017

Victor Fraga - 21-05-2017

Korean film set in Cannes and starring Isabelle tells a very plain and yet moving story, with a very French flavour à la Eric Rohmer to it - showing on July 23rd as a teaser of the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]

The Handmaiden

Park Chan-wook
2017

Victor Fraga - 21-03-2017

Park Chan-wook's lesbian soft porn thriller has enough colour, vigour and libido to keep you hooked for nearly 150 minutes, but it's also bursting with unnecessary clichés and repetitions - in cinemas now [Read More...]