REVIEWS
Post-film thoughts.
Mongrels: Fragments of Memories
“Mother’s hand is a healing hand…”
This phrase is one you hear in the form of a soothing, lullabye-esque song repeated throughout Mongrels, which is the feature film debut of Canadian writer and director Jerome Yoo. Long after the film ended, both the sound of this song and its simple, grounding sentiment lingered with me—a sign that the film struck me exactly where I believe it was aiming.
Squid Game Season 3: Waste All, Want Not
Absent of any particularly novel ideas, however, Squid Game still compels global audiences. Because, juxtaposing the most vile aspects of humanity, the show always and often reaffirms the intrinsic values of love, altruism, and family.
Summer’s Camera: Picture Perfect
Summer’s Camera is writer and director Divine Sung’s debut feature film, but it’s hard to tell while watching it; the film’s natural depth and stunning composition carry the mark of a much more experienced filmmaker.
Resident Playbook: Growth at the Heart of Life and Death
In the place where life, death, and everything in between coexist, Resident Playbook (2025) takes us back to the Yulje Hospital universe in the form of young blood.
The Wedding Banquet: A Beloved Queer Text, Refreshed
Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet is an ambitious and multi-layered adventure. Against themes of queer and cultural identity, found and chosen family, the story deconstructs its characters to their most vulnerable forms and their actors bring to the table a well of lived experience and intelligence that acts as the glue pulling everything together.
Squid Game Season 2: Improving Debt Culture Critique Through Diversity
Modern media has an expiration date. Films and television series retain relevance in the news cycle for a week maximum. Yet almost a month after its release, Squid Game Season 2 still trends in Netflix’s “Top 10 in the World” ranking. How has this internationally acclaimed thriller maintained viewership and high social media status for so long?
Past Lives: Fated to Only Pass You By
Celine Song's Past Lives (2023), the film that took the world by (emotional) storm, makes big wake-up calls.