In the reverent Jung Il-woo, My Friend, Korean director Kim Dong-won presents the political tumult and struggles of the urban and peasant communities through the prism of one dedicated activist, charity worker and Jesuit priest. […]
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Song Yun-hyeok’s A Slice Room documents the lives of Korean men and women who have fallen through the cracks of the nation’s welfare system. Focusing on a few tenants of the ‘jjokbangchon’ (‘villages of slice’) residential […]
Director: Mahmoud Ghaffari Watch Hair on FilmDoo From its silent opening scene of a young woman weeping as she fiercely combs out her long dark hair (an intensely watchable Shabnam Akhlaghi, her performance both febrile and contained), Mahmoud Ghaffari’s […]
Director: Hong Sang-soo London Korean Film Festival teaser screening review The word ‘strange’ is thrown around a lot in Claire’s Camera, and sure enough, in its effortlessly free-wheeling structure and its peculiar yet recognisable take on human behaviour, […]
Ever since George Melies brought us on A Trip to the Moon 116 years ago, sci-fi has remained a staple genre in the history of filmmaking, and Asian cinema has been no exception. Japan in particular led […]
Director: Yang Yong-hi Watch Dear Pyongyang on FilmDoo How many of us know anything much about North Korea’s history? And how many of us are willing to be more curious? A few years ago, I read Guy […]