Korean Cinema Today
GiftedWhat kind of story would a Korean-style American Psycho be like? Inspired by this film, filmmaker Juhn Jaihong introduces Gifted . If American Psycho(2000) unravels around a rich man addicted to the rush of murdering a person,...
Korean Cinema Today
A Matter of InterpretationFilmmaker Lee Kwang-kuk noted for his unique style of deriving a story from another story in his debut film Romance Joe(2011) returns with another interesting narrative structure in his 2nd film A Matter of Interpretation. The fil...
Korean Cinema Today
A Hard DayOn the way to his mother’s funeral, a detective accidentally hits a person with his car. He takes the body with him and puts it into his mother’s coffin. The moment he feels relieved, he receives a call. This caller insists that h...
Special Programs in Focus
I am not HimBachelor Nihat accepts a dinner invitation from colleague Ayse and is surprised to find he looks just like Ayse’s husband?who is in prison. Regardless, they start a relationship that borders on consolation and flirts with danger, ...
Special Programs in Focus
Day is Longer than NightUnder the Soviet regime with vibrant revolutionary spirits, Eva and her husband are dragged into the process of building a new era. Metaphorically depicting the chaotic era and history, this masterpiece casts Eva, a woman filled w...
A Window on Asian Cinema
My ManMy Man is the latest project from Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, based on Sakuraba Kazuki’s controversial Naoki Award-winning novel. After losing her family to the tsunami that hit the southwestern sea off Hokkaido, 10-year-old Hana is adopt...
Flash Forward
My Brother′s KeeperBrothers Gregor and Pietschi have nothing in common. One day, Pietschi disappears without trace during a sailing trip. As Gregor, a doctor, traces his brother’s path, he slowly drifts from his own daily life. Hiding his identity, ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Margarita, With a StrawLaila has a talent in writing, likes writing lyrics, and crushes on a guy of the school indie band. Her physical disability doesn’t keep her from whatever she likes to do, however, Laila is being hurt by those who pity her seeing ...
Flash Forward
Rocks in My PocketsWith her first long feature, animator and director Signe Baumane frankly and courageously talks about the depression and madness that have afflicted many female members of her family, including her grandmother. From an autobiograp...
Wide Angle
National GalleryThe National Gallery of London houses over 2,400 paintings. Behind this historical place where permanent exhibitions and various special ones are held every year, there are concerns and efforts of those who restore the paintings t...