2023's second Hong Sangsoo release (third if The Novelist's Film came your way a bit late) is In Water, his shortest-ever feature at 61 minutes and wildest for...
Ask any short-film director and they'll tell you the same thing: finding distribution for short films absolutely sucks. Ask any distributor and they'll tell yo...
As years pass by and films rack up, it's only natural to associate directors with certain things. And none more so than Hong Sangsoo, for whom a new release us...
As The Novelist's Film stays fresh and in water just begins screening, it might be easy to overlook Walk Up in the current constellation of Hong Sangsoo. Don't...
This is the customary sentence noting it can be easy to take Hong Sangsoo for granted. The prolificacy of which should tell us he's as appreciated as ever, and...
Well, all right: the headline isn't 100% ironclad. Your mileage may vary on where the best of Hong Sangsoo's recent work—let's say the last five films instead ...
A pair of renowned auteurs who often work in secrecy have finished shooting their next projects. First up, South Korean director Hong Sangsoo has actually shot...
It's a good time to be a Hong Sangsoo fan. With an NYC retrospective underway, where the South Korean director is appearing in person, and a LA retrospective k...
There is a small but growing belief among critics that just as Hong Sangsoo inches toward legendary status (festival omnipresence; evangelized by Richard Brody...
By evidence, Hong Sangsoo may never make an Oki’s Movie or Hill of Freedom-type work again; our maestro is shooting for bigger emotional game. It’s fascinating...