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"The Housemaid": The Hidden Gem in South Korean Film History

Thanks to the tireless efforts of director Bong Joon-ho, after Parasite won the Palme d'Or in 2019, director Kim Ki-young and his most famous 1960 film, The Housemaid, have been frequently mentioned again in various media articles. Bong Joon-ho, who openly acknowledged drawing direct inspiration from The Housemaid, conveyed the admiration and respect contemporary South Korean filmmakers have for post-war directors like Kim Ki-young. Indeed, it was directors like Kim Ki-young, along with Yoo Hyun

Luk&FilmX🤞: Interesting review, very good portrait of the Korean cinematic journey focused on the female role according to the sociopolitical and cultural environment over time.

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Summer on the Island: A Beautiful Vision Meant for the Silver Screen

Perhaps nothing captures the essence of summer better than films. The shimmering Baltic Sea, the serene rocks and moss of the islands, the majestic and seemingly enchanted forests—all radiate a quiet vitality. These are the vivid scenes presented in The Summer Book. Adapted from the beloved novel by Finnish writer and creator of the iconic Moomins, Tove Jansson, the film gently and delicately tells the story of a family spending the summer on a Finnish island. The story begins as nine-year-old S

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Smells like GenZ spirits: Tales of Youth in "Foreign Tongue" and "Happyend"

Reflecting on my 2024 movie-going experience, I have discovered a fascinating connection between two new films. One is Foreign Tongue(original: Langue Étrangère), the latest work by French filmmaker Claire Burger, a French-German co-production that was selected for the Berlinale Competition this year. The other is Happyend, the impressive narrative debut feature by Japanese-American director Neo Sora, which premiered in the Horizons section at the Venice International Film Festival. Despite orig

marvelousmars: Wow, I hadn't heard of these films but I'm defnitely going to check them out now. I'm technically an older member of Gen Z, but I've been a bit isolated in my personal life in a way that makes me feel a bit disconnected from my peers. These films sound like a good way to get insight into Gen Z's experiences across cultural and political lines.

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"Asako I & II": Trauma Processing and Film Obsession

After the success of his five-hour film Happy Hour at the Locarno Film Festival, Ryusuke Hamaguchi made a more commercial attempt with Asako I & II. The film was selected for the main competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, but it received harsh criticism, making its reception even more "mysterious"—just like the film's own complex, even surreal nature. At its core, the film is a twisting love story. The protagonist, Asako, is left heartbroken when her lover, Baku, mysteriously disappears.

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"Asako I & II": Trauma Processing and Film Obsession

Merry Christmas, my evil spirit

- Who do you think you are? Are you an evil spirit? - Yes, and one of yours I hope. Even though this is my third time watching Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, I still find myself thrilled by the film's overwhelming emotional power. Directed by Nagisa Oshima, a leading figure of the Japanese New Wave, the film is adapted from the World War II-themed novel The Seed and the Sower and the memoir The Night of the New Moon. Created in the 1980s, the film has long become an undeniable classic, and along

cinejanie: Hikaru Utada later covered that classic song by Ryuichi Sakamoto, and it’s really beautiful—I recommend it! It’s been on my music playlist for a long time.

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Vintage beauty with heebie-jeebies

On a bright summer day in a quiet town, amidst a serene peach orchard, the Canadian film "Until Branches Bend" appears to be a typical holiday movie. It seems like a place where family and friends would gather, and new adventures would occur at any moment. The 16mm film captures everything shining under the sun, as if there are no shadows or any evil that could hide within them. However, the story takes a turn when one day, Robin, a quality inspector at the town's peach factory, discovers a worm

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Language, Emotion, and Documentary

"H Story" is a film about film itself, which evidently intertwined with the 1959 shocking feature debut "Hiroshima Mon Amour" by Alain Resnais. The film tells the story of a film crew attempting to remake "Hiroshima Mon Amour," but encountering various difficulties. Director Nobuhiro Suwa appears briefly in the film, guiding actors and making on-set arrangements, thus consciously or unconsciously imprinting his mark as the "auteur" of the work. European and American film critics perhaps noticed

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"The Green Ray": Continuously Seeking and Believing in Miracles

Perhaps it's difficult to succinctly explain why we love Eric Rohmer's films and why certain scenes from his films linger in our minds: the convergence of gazes in black and white frames, a hand brushing against a knee, a girl's slipping shoulder strap, matching blue and green couple shirts, museum paintings, resurrected statues, a necklace lost and found, a short-haired girl by the seaside, or the green light after sunset. Beyond creating a certain "French aesthetic" in these images, what impre

Cavalcante_cine: Great analysis!

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MichelLeFou

Fav directors: Godard, Cassavetes, Scorsese, Reichardt, Garrel, Ferrara.

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Graduated from UC Berkeley, now a bilingual writer, cultural critic, and film critic with 20 published works. Passionate about film, theater, and travel!

Hernán Cabral

Soy licenciado en Comunicación. Trabajo en el sector audiovisual desempeñando distintos roles en producciones de largometrajes y series. A su vez tengo un medio colectivo sobre cine con especial énfasis en cine uruguayo llamado Bo Mirá!

ivan.e.gomez

Hola! soy ivan tengo 25 años, soy estudiante de cine en la UNLP, mi objectivo es poder trabajar y vivir haciendo peliculas, pero mientras tanto escribo sobre las fantasticas historias que se nos cuentan en la pantalla a traves de las imagenes y sonidos (por aca y tambien en ZONASYC) , no me considero un cinefilo nato sino que voy aprendiendo.

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"The Housemaid": The Hidden Gem in South Korean Film History

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