World Cinema
Something in the AirIt is in Paris in the early 1970′s which was shaken by the May 1968 protests. Gilles dreams of becoming an artist. After his girlfriend Laure leaves for London, Gille is surrounded by political and artistic changes. He has to make...
New Currents
Fatalcould be the ultra-low budget (3 million won) version of Lee Chang-dong’s magnificent Poetry, because it deals with the similar theme. Though an adult coming-of-age story, this tale of atonement, where a 28-year-old man is wracked...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Our HomelandKorean-Japanese director Yang Yonghi is a familiar name to us due to her previous films, and , documentaries that told her father’s story after he moved her three brothers to North Korea, and the story of a niece/nephew whowas bo...
Wide Angle
OrioleA woman’s long day of taking care of her Asperger’s-afflicted son while trying to earn a living is complicated when she loses her job. A child who is indifferent to her suffering and the hardships of her life lead her to a frighte...
Wide Angle
Captain KangThis film is about a disabled fisherman, Kang, who lost his legs in an accident but never stopped going out to sea and the precarious family relations that resulted from Kang’s decision. For 20 years since the accident, Kang’s fam...
Korean Cinema Today
Over and Over AgainIn a word can be said to be the low budget of at Korean Cinema Today-Panorama. Gaettongi and Changsoo are like friends, even though one works in a factory and one lives in and out of prison to make money. They could be twins, an...
Wide Angle
Tour of DutyThe relocation of an American Armed Forces base has put the very existence of a small town in Gyeonggi Province at risk. records the lives and memories of a group of women who are spending their later years in the area. The Korea...
Korean Cinema Today
Architecture 101This romantic box office hit revolves around a love story between two students, its bitter disintegration and rekindling 15 years later. A great part of the film’s success must be attributed to the brilliant casting of Han Ga-in a...
New Currents
THE TOWN OF WHALESHigh school is a period of uncertainty: uncertain love, uncertain dreams. is a story about a girl and her friends who take a summer trip to find her brother who ran away six years earlier. One part coming-of-age drama, one part r...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Rent-A-CatOgigami Naoko has always told stories about people locked in their own isolated worlds and is another such film. After her grandmother passes away, Sayoko’s most important duty is renting her cat out to people who suffer from lon...