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Violator (2014)
Director: Dodo Dayao
Number of viewings: 1
Comments: This film scared the shit out of me. I'm glad I got to see the film on the big screen. A laptop cannot do justice to the sound design in the picture. The appropriation of religious imagery adds a lot to the horror and dread that permeates throughout the picture. Each act is punctuated by suicide.
Poison Berry in my Brain (2015)
Director: Sato Yuichi
Number of viewings: 1
Comments: Loved it!! A funny rom-com that doesn't do the cliche thing of trying to build a story on a quirky girl stuck between choosing the "right" man to be happy with. It instead asks a more important question "are you happy with yourself?" The romance angle is the least important part of the film. In Poison Berry in my Brain there are no quirky caricatures or good or bad men. It's just an honest and funny film about how people sometimes allow love to kill the part of themselves that felt happiness.
Neko Samurai 2: A Tropical Adventure (2015)
Director: Takeshi Watanabe
Number of viewings: 1
Comments: She's back! Cute and cuddly Tamonojo returns! This sequel has more cat goodness. Great fun.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Number of viewings: ~5
Comments: I have always had an ambivalent feeling towards this film. I hated it during my first viewing and over time I've grown to love it, but even though I now believe this film to be an essential Kubrick the film's length precludes me to doze off in some scenes.
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014)
Director: Khavn de la Cruz
Number of viewings: 1
Comments: A pop crime film music video. Sensory overload. Beauty and ugliness freely mixing with one another.
That Thing Called Tadhana (2015)
Director: Antoinette Jadaone
Number of viewings: 2
Comments: Brilliant. Favorite Romantic comedy of the year. Jadaone takes a very well-worn genre and, though not reinventing the wheel, adds fresh life into it. You actually root for the two leads to get together. Beautiful cinematography.
Secretly Greatly (2013)
Director: Jang Cheol-soo
Number of viewings: 1
Comments: Fairly typical action film.The North Korean backstory will be a familiar trope for fans of South Korean cinema. The apartment complex stand-off was an exciting action set piece.
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