In Front Of Your Face (2021)

I could imagine the further you delve into prolific Korean director Hong Sang-soo, a feeling of sameness might set in, or more just seeing the recurring themes, structures and approaches more clearer. A week between seeing Grass and In Front Of Your Face (2021), both currently streaming on SBS On Demand with half a dozen […]

Grass (2018)

“I believe that my films are not made to express a story, but to feature some fragments” – Hong Sang-soo. A couple catch up in a cafe. Classical music plays on the stereo; apparently the cafe owner loves classical music. At times, the music swells and almost drowns out the conversation. Then again, what seems […]

Tale Of Cinema (2005)

Tale Of Cinema (2005) is the second film I’ve seen by the prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-soo and apparently this is the first one where he started using zooms? A scene will be playing out in a master shot and then the camera will zoom in, resetting the frame, almost haphazardly and amateurish, but […]