In Water U.S. Trailer Brings Hong Sangsoo’s Latest Into Focus
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...
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Cinema Guild Will Release Pedro Costa’s The Daughters of Fire and Hong Sangsoo’s In Water on a Double Bill
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...
Berlinale Review: Hong Sangsoo Further Distills His Cinema with the Radically Focused In Water
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...
Exclusive: Hong Sangsoo Faces the Music in U.S. Trailer for 28th Feature Walk Up
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...
Hong Sangsoo Loses Focus In Trailer for Berlinale Selection in water
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...
U.S. Trailer for The Novelist’s Film Presents Hong Sangsoo’s Best In Years
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 ...
Hong Sangsoo and Jafar Panahi Have Finished Shooting Their Next Films
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...
U.S. Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s In Front of Your Face Captures a Sibling Reunion
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...
Berlin Review: Hong Sangsoo Delivers Calm, Casual Charms in The Novelist’s Film
There is a small but growing belief among critics that just as Hong Sangsoo inches toward legendary status (festival omnipresence; evangelized by Richard Brody...
Cannes Review: In Front of Your Face is an Emotional Step Forward for Hong Sangsoo
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...