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‘Return to Seoul’ Review
Here’s hoping Park Ji-min does more acting in the future, because the visual artist gives an amazing debut in Davy Chou’s fantastic Return to Seoul. The Cambodian-French director has uncovered a powerhouse talent who grabs your attention from the very first frame. As we are introduced to her Freddie, a French adoptee of Korean descent…
Hong Chau: 5 Essential Pre-2022 Performances
Having made quite the splash on this year’s festival circuit with raves for her work in “Showing Up”, “The Whale” and “The Menu”, Hong Chau is having herself quite the banner year. Time to take a look at 5 great prior performances of her immensely varied career thus far. Inherent Vice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak54sVRY7qc As massage parlour…
Language Switching, Translation & Technology in Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision to Leave’
SPOILERS for Decision to Leave ahead. Examining performances in languages we don’t speak has always fascinated me. There is undeniably something ‘different’ in the experience of studying an actor performing in a ‘foreign’ tongue with subtitles accompanying them in your chosen language, wherever that applies for you (for the record: I speak English, Cantonese, and…
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