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Tag: Hong Sang-soo

Walk Up

Written by Michael Clawson "“Walk Up” shows Hong bending the form in Buñuelian fashion once again, this time for a story centered around the inhabitants of a single apartment building. It is Hong’s most structurally complex effort in years..."… Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment April 17, 2023April 13, 2023

The Novelist’s Film

Written by Michael Clawson "In hindsight, “Hotel by the River” appears to have marked a slight turning point in Hong Sang-soo’s filmography. While his charmingly unadorned visual style is as recognizable as ever in..."… Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

Winter’s Night

Written by Michael Clawson 80/100 “Even when you’re with me, it doesn’t feel like you’re with me,” Eun-joo says to her husband, Heung-joo, near the end of Jang Woo-Jin’s spellbinding Winter’s Night. A late-middle-aged married couple who we meet as … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Uncategorized Leave a comment December 3, 2021November 28, 2021

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 A 21st century spin on Rohmer’s Rendezvous in Paris, with the cinematic ingenuity of Hong Sang-soo, and an enchantingly light interpretation of Sirkian melodrama. Contrasting with Happy Hour, which had the sweep of an epic novel, Wheel … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

El Planeta

Written by Michael Clawson 80/100 Ask some people, and they’ll tell you that Amalia Ulman, the writer, director and co-star of El Planeta, might already have a masterpiece under her belt. A visual and web artist known in the art … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies New Releases 1 Comment October 31, 2021October 30, 2021

VIFF 2021 Review: In Front of Your Face

Written by Patrick Hao 71/100 Another year means another entry in Hong Sang-soo’s ever expanding oeuvre. In Front of Your Face is a sparse feature that, like most of Hong’s films, lulls the viewer into a sense of malaise to … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases 1 Comment October 9, 2021October 3, 2021

Episode 113: Best of 2021 So Far

"I believe that as much as you influence your film, the film also influences you. You think you are in control but then things happen that you didn’t anticipate. That’s cinema, and you need to be open and listen to … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes, New Releases Leave a comment October 2, 2021September 28, 2021

New York Asian Film Festival Review: Barbarian Invasion

Written by Taylor Baker 75/100 "Are we going to make a Hong Sang-soo film?" Moon played by Chui Mai Tan asks Pete Teo's Roger Woo. The intended director and writer of her next film, and seemingly her long time collaborator, … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies New Releases Leave a comment August 20, 2021August 6, 2021

New York Asian Film Festival Review: Escape from Mogadishu

Written by Taylor Baker 55/100 We’ve grown accustomed to a certain type of spectacle propaganda film coming out of East and Southeast Asia in the last 10-15 years. Slowly the ante for such films from China has increased alongside it’s … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival, New Releases Leave a comment August 6, 2021August 2, 2021

Episode 107: Most Anticipated Films of 2021

“In contradiction and paradox, you can find truth.”Denis Villeneuve Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Google Podcasts | LibSyn | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube On Episode 107 of Drink in the Movies Michael and Taylor discuss their Most Anticipated … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Episodes Leave a comment May 22, 2021May 14, 2021

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