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Through Young Eyes: Korean Women Filmmakers Find Depth in Children’s Stories

Natalie NgOctober 19, 2020
Yoon Ga-Eun's The House of Us and Ahn Ju-Young's A Boy & Sungreen show what's possible when children's stories are taken seriously....
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A League of Her Own: The Films of Lee Joo-Young

Brooke HeinzOctober 12, 2020
From A Quiet Dream and Jane to her newest films Maggie and Baseball Girl, we look at the film career of rising star Lee Joo-Young....
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A Historic Heist: How Parasite Stole the Oscars

Hieu ChauOctober 11, 2020
Re-live the Parasite awards season journey all over again as we chronicle the Korean film's historic heist of the 2020 Oscars....
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Why ‘Song Lang’ is almost a great queer romance

Natalie NgSeptember 20, 2020
We explore why Leon Le's exquisite Vietnamese period film Song Lang falls short of being a great queer romance....
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NYAFF 2020 Review: Moving On

Amir MuhammadSeptember 16, 2020
Yoon Dan-bi’s stellar debut film Moving On tells a story about a Korean family that isn't unlike what you'd see in a Kore-eda or Ozu film. ...
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NYAFF 2020 Review: Baseball Girl

Levin TanSeptember 11, 2020
Underdog sports drama Baseball Girl delivers a home run combo with rising star Lee Joo-young and Yum Hye-ran....
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NYAFF 2020 Review: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Timothy AmatulliSeptember 10, 2020
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is a charming film from Bhutan about a teacher who is assigned to work at the world’s most remote school....
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Why ‘My Prince Edward’ is a marriage story like no other

Natalie NgSeptember 10, 2020
We look at all the ways Norris Wong’s debut film, My Prince Edward, cleverly subverts the marriage plot by exposing the horror of matrimony....
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NYAFF 2020 Review: John Denver Trending

Timothy AmatulliSeptember 9, 2020
Arden Rod Condez's John Denver Trending is a powerful cautionary tale of the dangers of inappropriate and excessive public shaming....
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NYAFF 2020 Review: Beneath the Shadow

Amir MuhammadSeptember 5, 2020
Rurouni Kenshin's Keishi Ohtomo trades up blockbuster action for poetic minimalism in his quiet drama, Beneath the Shadow....
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NYAFF 2020 Review: Lucky Chan-sil

Levin TanSeptember 4, 2020
Director Kim Cho-hee crafts a delightful sendup of Hong Sang-soo's brand of filmmaking in her confident debut, Lucky Chan-sil....
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NYAFF 2020 Review: Kim Ji-young, Born 1982

Aidan DjabarovSeptember 2, 2020
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 attempts to adapt the much-talked about South Korean book of the same name but to disappointing effect....
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