Korean Cinema Today
The Contorted HouseDiscomfort becomes something more disturbing when a comfortable space is threatened. The Contorted House is an orthodox house horror story that contains bizarre events happe...
A Window on Asian Cinema
YuniYuni, a high school girl, is obsessed with the color purple. Her family, who lives in the countryside, is not affluent, and thus realizes how important it is for her to get a schol...
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The Tsugua DiariesCo-directed by Miguel Gomes and Maureen Fazendeiro, The Tsugua Diaries is a magical work filled with plain, private, and humorous scenes. 'Tsugua' backwards is August,...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay CashAjo, a gangster who is not afraid of death, has a secret he does not want to reveal to anyone: He is impotent. This symptom becomes a source of anger and eventually triggers his vi...
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IntroductionHong’s film unfolds as a series of distinct and separate episodes. In the first one, Youngho (Shin Seokho) visits his father′s oriental clinic for something important, but the two ...
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In Front of Your FaceSangok (Lee Hyeyoung), who left for the U.S. long ago, has returned to Korea and is staying with her sister. Hong′s film doesn′t elaborate on the years Sangok has spent away from K...
New Currents
The Apartment with Two WomenSookyung lives with her daughter Yijung. They don′t quite get along, though. Sookyung is too hot tempered, while Yijung is slow and passive. After having a fight one day, Sookyung ...
Korean Cinema Today
Through My MidwinterKyunghak is training to become a police officer, while his girlfriend, Hyejin, is searching for a job. Kyunghak is poor and takes a job as a deliveryman, putting off his future car...
Opening Film & Closing Film
AnitaA biopic on the legendary Hong Kong singer and actor Anita Mui, Anita begins with the last scene of her last performance in November 2003. Wearing a white wedding dress and ...
Flash Forward
Prayers for the StolenNestled in the mountains of Mexico, in the village where Ana and her friends live, houses are abandoned due to attacks from members of drug cartels. There, girls wear boyish haircu...