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April’s Daughter (2017)

May 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Pigsty (1969)

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Alcarras (2022)

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Let It Be Morning (2021)

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Event, The (2015)

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

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Servant, The (1963)

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Autumn Tale, An (1998)

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Mission: Impossible (1996)

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Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)

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May 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2002, Park Chan-wook, South Korea
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Favouring a gritty aesthetic, Park’s ‘revenge is a dish best served cold’ first instalment of his Vengeance trilogy is a brutal and convoluted tragedy of interlocking fates as a child kidnapping goes awry.   

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Novelist’s Film, The (2022)

  • Hong, Sang-soo
  • 2022, Hong, Sang-soo, South Korea
  • 1 Comment

Rather underwhelming and at best a minor effort, Hong’s latest explores the nature of being an artist, be it writing, filming or performing, while also functioning as a genteel love letter to his star and muse Kim Min-hee. 

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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March 16, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hahaha (2010)

  • Hong, Sang-soo
  • 2010, Hong, Sang-soo, South Korea
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One of Hong’s longest films but certainly one of his finest as two friends share over drinks the bittersweet details of their own separate trips to the seaside town of Tongyeong, as the uncertainties of love and conflict control the narrativisation of their memories.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 25, 2022March 29, 2022 by Eternality Tan

In Front of Your Face (2021)

  • Hong, Sang-soo
  • 2021, Hong, Sang-soo, South Korea
  • 1 Comment

Structured like a diptych, Hong’s work here is more meditative than usual as his protagonist tries to find the grace and psychological clarity that have eluded her all her life.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 18, 2021December 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Lady Vengeance (2005)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2005, Park Chan-wook, South Korea
  • 2 Comments

The third part of Park’s ‘Vengeance’ trilogy explores sin, atonement and poetic justice in the only way he can—through an intricately-plotted narrative, strong visual flair and explicit violence. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 16, 2021September 17, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Woman of Fire (1971)

  • Kim, Ki-young
  • 1971, Kim Ki-young, South Korea
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Kim Ki-young reimagines his ‘Housemaid’ tale in colour in this stylish and devilish undertaking, featuring Oscar-winner Youn Yuh-jung in her acting debut.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Blackpink: The Movie (2021)

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  • 2021, Documentary, South Korea
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More of a compilation of past concert performances (albeit in stunning audiovisual quality) than a documentary of new insight and depth, this will please and frustrate fans in equal measure.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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February 8, 2021May 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Joint Security Area (2000)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2000, South Korea
  • 2 Comments

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, 2021October 18, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Handmaiden, The (2016)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2016, South Korea
  • 3 Comments

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, 2021May 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Thirst (2009)

  • Park, Chan-wook
  • 2009, South Korea
  • 5 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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