It’s time to take a look at those layered films you might not get the first time, and therefore demand multiple viewings… Cinema is a beautiful thing and depending on your mood, there is every kind of film out there to give you what you need. Some films hit every mark on the first viewing […]
The Art of Ambiguity in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe looks at the finest in ambiguous cinema, and asks ‘how do you pull it off?’… Often in the law books of screenwriting there’s a section which might tell the studious aspiring writer that a film must have clarity. Plot threads must lead to resolution. Each act and your central character arcs should be […]
So many Burning questions
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the 2018 Korean thriller Burning, a film brimming with ambiguity… So it’s Christmas. I enter a well known entertainment store to peruse Blu-rays, particularly with an eye on collectors editions and specialist labels. It’s my first trip A.V. (that’s After Viddy). I’ve been working hard, balancing four jobs and a […]
Movie Review – Burning (2018)
Burning, 2018. Written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. Starring Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo and Steven Yeun. SYNOPSIS: A humble farmer is hurt when the girl he loves returns from a trip to Africa with an attractive and slightly suspicious new partner. When she goes missing, he is keen to investigate. Burning arrives in UK cinemas […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Burning
Burning, 2018. Directed by Lee Chang-dong. Starring Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, and Steven Yeun. SYNOPSIS: Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighbourhood. She asks if he’d mind looking after her cat while she’s away on a trip to Africa. On her return […]
First trailer for Cannes favourite Burning starring Steven Yeun
Following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, a trailer, poster and two clips have arrived online for the critically-acclaimed mystery thriller Burning. Directed by Lee Chang-dong, Burning is loosely based on 1992 New Yorker short story Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami and stars The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun alongside Ah-in Yoo and Jong-seo Jeon; take a […]
