Director: Yim Soon-rye Far East Film Festival review Little Forest is an understated drama about a young woman taking shelter from the pressures and disappointments of life, and it is likely that Yim Soon-rye’s tranquil feature will […]
Korean films
There’s no denying that the international box office is dominated by a small group of countries. But there are many film industries that have found success regionally, internationally, and on the festival circuit, that rarely […]
Director: Hong Sang-soo London Film Festival review The shadow of scandal hangs over Hong Sang-soo’s slippery and self-deprecating On the Beach at Night Alone, a despondent though characteristically playful variant on the director’s long-established formula […]
Director: Jung Byung-gil London Korean Film Festival teaser screening review You’d be hard-pressed to find a more virtuosic fight scene in recent years than the brutal opening of Jung Byung-gil’s The Villainess. An exhilarating and darkly […]
Director: Seung-hwa Baek London Korean Film Festival teaser screening review The tension between a cutesy surface and a cruel reality is fundamental to the comedy of Seung-hwa Baek’s Queen of Walking, the colourful and eccentrically stylised […]
By Jessica Duncanson Director: Eon-hie Lee London Korean Film Festival teaser screening review Eon-hie Lee’s Missing explores one mother’s nightmarish situation: the disappearance of her child. Struggling with the dual burden of maintaining a high-pressure […]