South Korea
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Locarno Film Festival 2026
Locarno 2026: Nowhere to Lay My Eyes (dir. Hong Sang-soo) | Review
Hong Sang-soo presents one of his most deliberate films yet, ruminating on the intersection between art, family, and acceptance.
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026: Korea’s Cannes Moment–A Historic Jury President and A Sci-Fi Sensation
With Park Chan-wook leading the jury and a powerful slate of Korean films in competition, Cannes 2026 is quietly shadowed…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Competition): Hope (dir. Na Hong-jin) | Review
With "Hope," Na Hong-jin returns to Cannes with an unprecedented global cast in a wild, large-scale thriller — an intense,…
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Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 (Midnight): Colony (dir. Yeon Sang-ho) | Review
Bio-terrorism meets zombies in this Yeon Sang-ho feature, almost a decade after giving Cannes the chills with "Train to Busan"…
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Spotlight: Documentary
TIDF 2026: XiXi (dir. Fan Wu) | Review
Fan Wu's "XiXi" is a true ode to freedom, a heartfelt cry for the reclaiming of women’s bodies, an essential…
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CPH:DOX 2026
CPH:DOX 2026: Whispers in May (dir. Dongnan Chen) | Review
In rural China, Dongnan Chen crafts a luminous, delicately poetic film about young girls whom life compels to grow up…
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Montclair Film Festival 2025
Highlights from the Montclair Film Festival 2025
From daring reimaginings to masterful homages, the 14th Montclair Film Festival proved a feast for cinephiles—spotlighting bold visions from Nia…
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Berlinale 2025
Berlinale 2025: Mickey 17 (dir. Bong Joon-ho) | Review
Bong Joon-ho's latest Hollywood endeavor can either leave you gasping for more or make you hate it.
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Berlinale 2025
Berlinale 2025: “Sci-fi is more about the scent of characters rather than spaceships or lightsabers,” Bong Joon-ho said.
Bong Joon-ho, through the sci-fi genre, shows us that we are all human.
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Fantasia 2024
Fantasia 2024: The Tenants (by Yoon Eun-kyoung) | Review
"The Tenants," by South Korean director Yoon Eun-kyoung, is a genre-blending horror film that derives its tension from contracts and…
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