Natalie Ng, Author at Filmed in Ether

The Handmaiden: Why costume design is important

Natalie NgMarch 31, 2017

We look at how costume design can add more layers to a film's storytelling and look at the specific use of gloves in Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden in this video essay....

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MGFF 2017 Review: Our Love Story

Natalie NgFebruary 14, 2017

Lee Hyun-ju's acclaimed South Korean lesbian romance Our Love Story is an intimate film about the uncertainty of young love....

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Review: The Silenced

Natalie NgNovember 28, 2016

Teenage girls in 1930s Japanese-colonised Korea begin to mysteriously disappear from their boarding school in South Korean Gothic horror, The Silenced....

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Teenage Girlhood in Asia: Our Huff and Puff Journey & What’s in the Darkness

Natalie NgSeptember 14, 2016

The world of the teenage girl is entirely its own and Asia's appetite for complex films about teenage girlhood has given way to two great films this year. ...

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MIFF 2016 Review: What’s in the Darkness

Natalie NgAugust 14, 2016

First time filmmaker Wang Yichun turns in a deeply promising and focused debut with her coming-of-age teenage murder mystery What's in the Darkness....

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MIFF 2016 Review: Apprentice

Natalie NgAugust 13, 2016

Boo Junfeng's dark prison drama Apprentice is an impressive Singaporean feature that explores isolation and offers no easy answers to capital punishment....

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MIFF 2016 Review: The Handmaiden

Natalie NgAugust 10, 2016

The gloves come off as Park Chan-wook's sexually charged Gothic lesbian romance, The Handmaiden, reveals a director at his most feminine....

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Feature: The Women of Park Chan-wook

Natalie NgJuly 19, 2016

From Lady Vengeance onwards, Park Chan-wook has created some of cinema's best female characters. We look at Park's women and why they're important....

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Feature: ‘Our Times’ and why fun commercial films by women are necessary

Natalie NgMarch 7, 2016

The success of Taiwanese high school film, Our Times, makes a strong case as to why we need more light and fun commercial films by women. ...

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Feature: Why an Oscar win is important for ‘When Marnie Was There’

Natalie NgFebruary 18, 2016

If When Marnie Was There is to be Studio Ghibli's final film, we look at why its potential win at the Oscars could be an important one. ...

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Review: Twenty

Natalie NgOctober 1, 2015

South Korean coming-of-age comedy Twenty features Korean stars Kim Woo-bin, Kang Ha-neul and 2PM's Junho and tackles the growing pains of young adults....

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KOFFIA 2015 Review: Han Gong-ju

Natalie NgSeptember 9, 2015

Featuring a haunting lead performance from Chun Woo-hee, indie Korean drama Han Gong-ju is essential viewing and heralds the arrival of director Lee Su-jin....

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