“Confessions of a Cineslut: Fantasia 2020 Picks”
At Diabolique, Kat Ellinger shares her favorite films from the Fantasia Film Festival!
“Parasite as a Horror Film”
At Horror Home Room, Alishya Almeida writes about class, horror and “the abject” in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (2019). “In a cosmos ruled by capitalism, the ways in which wealth and labor interact become a matter of haunting. Bong’s path of storytelling highlights the unequal and unjust experiences that […]
“Korean Movie Night at Home!”
The Korean Cultural Center of New York is offering 10 Korean films to watch for free online between April 20 and June 30! ” Korean Movie Night New York, one of the most beloved film series hosted by the Korean Cultural Center New York returns in online form! […]
Bong Joon-ho built those places in Parasite
Well, Bong Joon-ho didn’t build them himself, but both the Kim families’ apartment and neighborhood and the Park family’s house in Parasite are elaborate sets. Bong talks about it a bit here and Architectural Digest does in depth with director Bong and production designer Lee Ha-jun about creating […]
Interview with Song Kang-ho
The Vulture has a great interview with super-actor Song Kang-ho (The Foul King; The Host; The Good, The Bad, The Weird; Memories of Murder; Snowpiercer; Parasite).
“Insta made me read it: Cursed Princess Club & True Beauty”
At Women Write About Comics, Claire Napier writes about Cursed Princess Club and True Beauty. “I don’t know if it’s a coincidence (or… my place in the algorithm?) that both are heavily invested in deconstructing beauty from the perspective of teenaged girls, but I do know that I’m […]
