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One Second (2020)

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 by Eternality Tan

All Is Forgiven (2007)

February 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Matrix, The (1999)

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Orpheus (1950)

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Claire’s Knee (1970)

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Sisters Brothers, The (2018)

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Sign of Leo, The (1962)

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Mr. Jones (2019)

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La collectionneuse (1967)

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Entranced Earth (1967)

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Tag / South Korea

February 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Joint Security Area (2000)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2000, Park, Chan-wook, South Korea
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Park’s breakthrough success feels like a cinematic page-turner, set in the context of an investigation on a shootout incident at the border separating North and South Korea.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Handmaiden, The (2016)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2016, Park, Chan-wook, South Korea
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A sexually-explicit Korean lesbian film that proves to be invitingly perverse under the hands of visual master Park Chan-wook.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 4, 2021February 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Thirst (2009)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2009, Park, Chan-wook, South Korea
  • 4 Comments

An outrageous stunner, Park’s ‘vampire’ movie exploring the sin of desire and the limits of religious faith is a genre-bending and unsettlingly beautiful work.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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February 4, 2021February 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Oldboy (2003)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2003, Park, Chan-wook, South Korea
  • 9 Comments

Still one of the finest achievements of contemporary Korean cinema, Park Chan-wook’s psychologically complex and violent revenge mystery will consume you whole.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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November 23, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Coachman, The (1961)

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  • 1961, South Korea
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This Silver Berlin Bear winner is one of the great tear-jerking melodramas from the Golden Age of Korean cinema, depicting the struggles of a working-class family as they find their self-respect and dignity constantly being attacked. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Woman Who Ran, The (2020)

  • Hong, Sang-soo
  • 2020, Hong, Sang-soo, South Korea
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A minor work from Hong, though this time he shifts his primary focus to women-centered conversations which act as a collective bubble that shields them from the annoying intrusions of men. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Sea Knows, The (1961)

  • Kim, Ki-young
  • 1961, Kim Ki-young, South Korea
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A solid WWII melodrama by the great Korean master Kim Ki-young about an impossible romance between a Korean soldier forced to serve the Japanese imperial army, and a Japanese woman with radical thinking of her own.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Snowpiercer (2013)

  • Bong, Joon-ho
  • 2013, Bong, Joon-ho, Czech Republic, South Korea
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Bong Joon-ho wildly entertains in this high-concept sci-fi picture about survival and class issues that features a high-speed train hurtling through an apocalyptic world. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 2, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Tale of Two Sisters, A (2003)

  • Kim, Jee-woon
  • 2003, Kim, Jee-woon, South Korea
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One of the highest peaks of contemporary K-horror, this is a precise and complexly-layered piece of filmmaking, marked by unbearable suspense, effectively creepy scares and a poignant backstory. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 1, 2019July 3, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Iodo (1977)

  • Kim, Ki-young
  • 1977, Kim Ki-young, South Korea
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A strange if beautifully-shot work by Kim Ki-young about how myths might operate in the modern world.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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