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KOFFIA 2012 Review: Hong Sang-soo's THE DAY HE ARRIVES

As far as the critical discourse of Korean cinema goes, few filmmakers have a more commanding presence than Hong Sang-soo, whose flowing narratives often feel like chapters in the same grand story. In a sense, his body of work reminds...

Cannes 2011: Hong Sang Soo is Going Backwards with THE DAY HE ARRIVES Trailer

South Korean director Hong Sang Soo is a bit of an acquired taste; one that I've certainly acquired over the past five years of regular festival entries. His relationship-and-drinking dramas are not big on plot, but live and die on body language...