James Marsh
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Kim’s output reaches a stunning climax here in a film that marries strong characterization with glossy production values in a story that could only come from this singular filmmaker. A… Read More
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When a highschooler’s efforts to prostitute her best friend end in tragedy, Yeo-jin (Kwak Ji-min) resolves to sleep with the clients herself and return their money. But when her cop… Read More
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Kim addresses faith, human nature and free will head on in this beautiful film, which charts the evolution of a Buddhist monk through the different chapters of his life. Located… Read More
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In Kim’s most extreme portrayal of “tough love”, a low-level pimp (Jo Jae-hyeon) targets a respectable college student (Seo Won), forcing her into a life of prostitution, only to become… Read More
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At a remote fishing resort, the beautiful yet mute Hee-jin (Suh Jung) services her guests with tackle, alcohol and even sex, for the right price. When she intervenes to stop… Read More
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Every now and then I like to treat my girlfriend to a bit of no-nonsense onscreen action, and these days “The Stathe” is often a good bet – especially when… Read More
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I was hoping that it would be fun to revisit this amusing caper from my youth – particularly on the big screen. I was wrong. Read More
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The surprise champ at the Chinese Box Office, Tang Wei appears to be back in the mainland’s good books with this decent, but truth be told, fairly unexceptional comedy drama… Read More
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The first Terrence Malick film I ever saw, when Alex Cox showcased it way back in the early 1990s on BBC2’s Moviedrome series, this remians the director’s most linear, narratively… Read More
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My favourite American film of 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn’s achingly stylish noir is one of the coolest film in recent memory, features a brilliant Ryan Gosling performance, ably supported by… Read More
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Tom Cruise and Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko star in this visually stunning but frustratingly derivative sci-fi epic that these Earth decimated following an alien invasion, with Cruise… Read More
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While there is a 113-minute theatrical version of Robert B. Weide’s film available, all discerning fans of Woody Allen should do their upmost to seek out the full fascinating 195-minute… Read More
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Terrible low-rent Psycho knock-off from Mario Bava featuring an array of beautiful brides being bumped off by poor, troubled Stephen Forsyth. Ridiculous fashions, pitiful acting and a lethargic narrative that… Read More
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Delightfully pitch-black comedy from French satirist Sacha Guitry, who is something of a new discovery for me. Michel Simon plays the woefully unhappy Broconnier who plots to murder his wife… Read More
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The latest comedy from Judd Apatow is a “sort-of” sequel to Knocked Up, discarding Seth Rogen and Kathering Heigl’s characters in favour of supporting couple, Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie… Read More
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Some of you may remember that I watched this as recently as January, in preparation for a feature I was writing for the Hong Kong Film Archive. Well, now the… Read More
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Claude Chabrol immediately followed up his debut, Le beau Serge, with this altogether more cynical and scathing depiction of city life in the late 1950s. Again he uses lead actors… Read More
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