Champion of the World Cinema

Chief curator Chale Nafus on the Austin Film Society's latest Essential series, South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam

"...reference he made to Bollywood or obscure, untranslated Mexican cinema – references I'll probably never fully understand. Let no..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Small World and Blurred Boundaries: AFS Essential Cinema

Crossing Borders: Immigration in Global Cinema

"...mess in Mexico when it programmed this month's Essential Cinema Series, Crossing Borders: Immigration in Global Cinema, isn't really..."

April 3, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar Renamed Bong Joon Ho Cinema

Home of Fantastic Fest honors the South Korean director

"...has officially been renamed as the Bong Joon Ho Cinema, in honor of the legendary South Korean director of..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'World' Cinema

Three-month series AFS@Dobie launches with latest Jia Zhangke film

"...at the various Alamo Drafthouse theatres, including the Essential Cinema Series and the Texas Documentary Tour. Many of these..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

House of Hummingbird Explores the Adolescence of a Woman and a Nation

South Korean drama screens at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

"...of the sinking of the MV Sewol, a South Korean passenger ferry, in which 304 people drowned. The tragedy..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chunhyang

"...polar opposite of Sun-Woo Jang's Lies (the other South Korean import to play Austin this month), there are some..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

The most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made.

"...most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Way

This South Korean epic is a gory and realistic portrait of the horrors of war.

"...The most expensive South Korean film ever made is also one of the most..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Upstairs, Downstairs: The Metaphors of Parasite

Bong Joon-ho on his obsession with stairs, Psycho, and how we eat

"...say that I'm a lover of stairs," the South Korean filmmaker frankly stated. Yet his most recent film, Parasite,..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Steven Yeun Sets the Screen on Fire in Burning

Playing the outsider in working-class Korea

"...be long. In the case of Steven Yeun and Korean mystery Burning, it was intercontinental. He was actually in..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Park Chan-wook Lets Love Speak Softly in Decision to Leave

Telling a love story without the "I love you"

"...filmography, his characters are motivated by their hearts. The Korean director said via translator, "I've always been telling love..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Korea’s Blue-Collar Heroes

AFS highlights the films of Bong Joon-ho

"...Bong Joon-ho has become the most recognizable name in Korean cinema for American audiences – so much so that..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Extreme Temperature Swings

AFS Essential Cinema kicks off Asia: Hot and Cool series

"...game. That's the heart of Untold Scandal, the lush Korean adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"...Welsh's 1998 novel Filth is depicted in this new cinematic adaptation by James McAvoy (Magnolia Home Entertainment). It's clear..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Uninvited

A generic creeper that does nothing to improve upon the South Korean original.

"...I noted, our Yank equivalent of Asia's technophobic, Nikkei-battered, cinema-of-perpetual-unease has yet to arrive. All Hollywood has been able..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...November. So Fantastic Fest, the annual celebration of weird cinema at the Alamo Drafthouse, has snagged a special screening..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lee Isaac Chung Recalls Growing Up in the Fields of Minari

New family drama speaks to a different kind of immigration story

"...story of growing up in rural Arkansas as a Korean immigrant, accuracy is everything - even down to the..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Upstairs, Downstairs: The Visual Metaphors of Parasite

Bong Joon-ho talks stairs, smells, and Psycho

"...say that I’m a lover of stairs,” the South Korean filmmaker frankly stated. Yet his most recent film, Parasite,..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Austin Asian American Film Festival Raises Its Profile

Asian cinema is back on the calendar and AAAFF celebrates its filmmakers

"...one of a small but growing number of South Korean films by women directors making it to the international..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Location Is Everything for the Lake Travis Film Festival

New fest brings indie cinema to new audiences outside of the city center

"...Film Festival. It's a celebration of local and international cinema, yet what makes her festival different is that old..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...of, but the metaphor remains apt. Mad about the cinema is still mad. Call me crazy...."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...Woman, and an international smorgasbord of wild and crazy cinema...."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Arty

First titles, plus Nicolas Winding Refn on exploitation

"...Turkish rip-offs, and a unique trip into the exploitation cinema obsessions of Nicolas Winding Refn...."

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Theatre Announces 50th Summer Classic Film Series

Old friends and new faces mark this major anniversary

"...The Paramount Theatre has been a home to classic cinema for so long that many films now called classic..."

May 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Start Your Week With Magnolia Mondays

Violet Crown season highlights the indie powerhouse

"...Starting tonight, Violet Crown Cinema has launched Magnolia Mondays, a series celebrating the best..."

Jan. 14, 2019 Screens Post by Britt Hayes

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...Archive, plus two titles from the era of the Korean Quota Quickies – a strange period in South Korean..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Democracy in Rest and Motion

Indie Meme brings acclaimed export Newton to AFS Cinema

"...cater to immigration influxes, but city locals with richer cinematic palettes...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

This rollicking South Korean film mines the traditional Western genre and infuses it with fresh, frequently hilarious life.

"...hands on. Kim has cemented himself as a genre-hopping cinema stylist of the first order; his A Tale of..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Energy Forward

Sofia Resnick gets her kee-op! on at Master Yi Martial Arts Academy

"...Sa Temple. In 1979, Yi went into the South Korean special forces and then, like your average 19-year-old fresh..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Autumn Tales

The fall 1999 film season looks to be busier and noiser than ever.

"...the Austin Film Society is conducting a Contemporary Brazilian Cinema series, a New Korean Cinema series, and an ongoing..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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