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  • Show Me What You Got : an enchanting ménage à trois

    Show Me What You Got : an enchanting ménage à trois

      For her sophomore feature film American writer/director Svetlana Cvetko has created an enchanting ménage à trois romance that makes for compelling viewing.  Shot in black and white, it is all  very reminiscent of a French New Wave flick, except this is very much a Californian/Italian affair. The three protagonists drift together in L.A. which…

  • Forgotten Man

    Forgotten Man

      This intriguing wee drama is the feature film debut of Canadian writer/director Arran Shearing and its main attribute is that it is a wonderful visual look at London’s East End. It’s a drama about a drama that gets a little messy along the way but still has enough fine points to recommend it. It’s…

  • THE DAY HE ARRIVES

    Seong-jun may have arrived, but he actually has nowhere to go. This film-director is back in Seoul after he suddenly retreated to live in a remote country town the moment the last of his four movies were finished.  He’s here for a few days to hang out with his friend Young-ho a film critic but…