Ever since I discovered Korean cinema, I’ve been a fan of the industry’s frequent experimentations with genre. Almost every film that comes out of the country seems to be an amalgamation of different tropes but there is one genre that
Based on a guts-and-glory novel, this film depicts all native Americans as degenerate subhumans, makes Major Rogers look like Peter Pan and is surprisingly hardcore about cannibalismNorthwest Passage (1940) Director: King Vidor Entertainment grade: D History grade: C Rogers’ Rangers
One could be forgiven for imagining director Josh Johnson’s documentary debut, Rewind This!, to be a look inside the tiny niche of the current VHS collecting boom. Many of the promotional materials are a bit misleading in that way. However,
Almodóvar comedy boasts the director’s best opening ever in his native country (in euros) I’m So Excited / Los amantes pasajeros , the Pedro Almodóvar airplane-set comedy, had the biggest Spanish debut weekend ever for an Almodóvar film — in