Thirst (2009) is the latest film by renowned Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook, and while I still recommend checking it out, a couple of things about it are a bit off. To begin, Park unfortunately picked a bad time to release a movie about tragic vampires, as I’m sure some people are going to be referring …
It’s a new Studio Ghibli film, what more needs to be said? Beautiful, imaginative, and more adorable than I thought possible, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is another success for Hayao Miyazaki and the Studio Ghibli team. The film follows the adventures of a magical fish girl called Ponyo, who after a chance …
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of seeing an advanced screening of a new compilation film TOKYO! One Korean and two French filmmakers (Bong Joon-ho, Leos Carax and Michel Gondry respectively) were asked to each make a film about their view on life in Tokyo. It would seem all three filmmakers agree …