Teenage girls plot revenge on their high school bully only to discover she has joined a weird cult in Lim Oh-jeong's intense bullying drama, Hail to Hell. https://wp.me/p1x9li-jQn
Screened as part of this year's New York Asian Film Festival
"Oldboy," the genre-defying South Korean movie that paved the way for "Parasite," Snowpiercer," "Train to Busan" and "Squid Game," turns 20 this week. The A.V. Club's Richard Newby traces its influence.
@markinwales Yes, it's amazing to think that today, Korean TV and movies are being hailed as the saviors of the streamers/studios as they face a "content vacuum" because of the strikes, and that can be traced back to this one movie.
#LeeChangdong ‘s emphasis is on the society's deep chasm between haves & have-nots, city vs countryside, living under the shadow of capitalism & perpetual threat of war are all very Korean. Burning is a slow-burn thriller that’s utterly captivating from beginning to end. It's the economic emasculation that brings inevitable violence at the end. Layered with hefty metaphors and symbolism, yet the film is surprisingly subtle and never loses its magnetism. #koreancinema#harukimurakami#adaptation