Hong Sang-soo

New York Film Festival 2024: By the Stream, A Traveler’s Needs, The Room Next Door
New York Film Festival 2024: By the Stream, A Traveler’s Needs, The Room Next Door

Certain filmmakers are such mainstays of the New York Film Festival that you can pretty…

New York Film Festival 2023: IN WATER & IN OUR DAY
New York Film Festival 2023: IN WATER & IN OUR DAY

From this year’s New York Film Festival, we take a look at In Water & In Our Day!

THE POWER OF KANGWON PROVINCE A Sophmore Effort that Solidifies Hong Sang-soo's Signature Style
THE POWER OF KANGWON PROVINCE: A Sophomore Effort that Solidifies Hong Sang-soo’s Signature Style

In rapid succession over the past couple of years, the cinema of Hong Sang-soo has…

NYFF 2020: THE WOMAN WHO RAN: Amusing, Awkward, Authentic
NYFF 2020: THE WOMAN WHO RAN: Amusing, Awkward, Authentic

With Hong at his most delightfully Rohmer-esque and Kim at her most effortlessly charming, The Woman Who Ran showcases humanity at its most authentic.

YOURSELF AND YOURS: Staying Open To Multiple Realities
YOURSELF AND YOURS: Staying Open To Multiple Realities

If there’s anyone who can turn something mundane into something magical, it’s director and writer…

Love Puzzles: 3 Films by Hong Sang-Soo
Love Puzzles: 3 Films by Hong Sang-Soo

We take a look at three of South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo’s films: Woman on the Beach, Hill of Freedom and Yourself and Yours.

GRASS: A Dance Of People & Words
GRASS: A Dance Of People & Words

Not all conversations are deep, some of them are about trivial everyday things. But in Grass, every conversation is an intricate miniature story.

ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE: Expelling The Sins Of The Past
ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT ALONE: Expelling The Sins Of The Past

Director Hong Sang-Soo’s latest effort, On The Beach At Night Alone, is one of his most deeply autobiographical (and best!) to date, but it isn’t particularly accessible for newcomers to his filmography.

BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL Week 4: The Year's Best Movies?
BFI London Film Festival Week 2: The Weird, The Wonderful & The Unclassifiable

We continue to cover the multitude of films coming from London Film Festival, with reviews of among others, 1%, Lean on Pete and Good Manners.

Toronto International Film Festival 2017 Report Part 4: Chasing The Buzz
Toronto International Film Festival 2017 Report Part 4: Chasing The Buzz

This is pt 4 of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage, in which we cover the new Scott Cooper film, new Del Toro, and more.

TIFF Diary #4: The Ballad Of Liz And Amy
TIFF Diary #4: The Ballad Of Liz And Amy

Another day of school on Wednesday (September 14th) allowed me to take a break from my TIFFing, which was welcome. However, I was back on the town the next day, my sixth of what would be nine days in total. After the first weekend, TIFF starts to wind down: