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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Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Directed by Boots Riley Sorry to Bother You satirizes our own world by constructing one of its own, not unlike those of Terry Gilliam's movies, most notably Brazil. There is a lot going on here, from the commentary on race (adopting white traits to get ahead in the world) to the commentary on Silicon Valley CEOs … Continue reading Sorry to Bother You (2018)