20th Century Girls and First Love
A South Korean romantic drama film that brings a strong first love story.

Playing the album "Thrill Seeker" for its 15th Anniversary
A South Korean romantic drama film that brings a strong first love story.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
Sinister and suffocating, 2022's The Black Phone delivered more than just scares - it brought atmosphere, depth, and a villain audiences won't soon forget.
What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.
The concept of male fragility is explored (interestingly, by a male director) in The Sun Never Sets
'Airplane Mode' is a young adult movie that is about a woman who learns to step away from her smartphone, and from social media.