It has been six long years since a Park Chan-wook film last graced the big-screen with 2016’s five-star epic The Handmaiden, but now the Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Stoker director is about to drop Decision to Leave at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Starring Park Hae-il (Memories of Murder) and Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) […]
Movie Review – Dead Pigs (2018)
Dead Pigs, 2018. Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Mason Lee, Meng Li, David Rysdahl and Zazie Beetz. SYNOPSIS: As thousands of pig corpses float through the waterways of Shanghai, multiple characters struggle with the changing face of China. In March 2013, Chinese media noted that thousands of pig corpses had been […]
Lockdown: A Time to Expand Your Cinematic Horizons
Tom Jolliffe on cinema in lockdown life. The time to catch up on the films you’ve been meaning to see… It’s a world in lock down. For many it has meant having more time. As film fans, you may feel yourself gravitationally pulled toward cinema as an escape. This might be a revisit of old […]