Directed by Chang-dong Lee Burning is a wonderful, tense character study. It's a thriller in some sense, though not initially. Such genre construction only develops over time from Jong-su's (Ah-In Yoo) obsession with and dissatisfaction over losing a girl he sleeps with, Hae-mi (Jong-seo Jeon). She's a classmate from middle school whom he once called ugly. … Continue reading Burning (2018)
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Camera Buff (1979)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski "What are you filming?" "Anything that moves." A mild-mannered new father finds his true calling in the form of a film camera in Camera Buff. Filip's sudden passion is made to seem both enchanted and selfish, and his newfound joy brings great catharsis to some while alienating others. Filip's wife, Irka, is … Continue reading Camera Buff (1979)
