Hong Sang-soo's Hat Trick
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.

One day, Rino saves an injured thug Koji from a beautiful woman who happened to visit Office Zebra. Because of her, Rino is a drug smuggler Misa Nishioka. She, a female police officer, becomes embroiled in a dispute over selling a crowded train. She stole away her pistol while in the organization, and Rino secretly boarded the scene of her attack. Koji tries to rescue Rino in the midst of shootings on her way to work. Hitting the train all over her, she finally found her, but at that time, Rino, who desperately ran away, found a pickpocket. However, Misa is taken back and the assassin's bullet is fired...and she points her pistol at Rino and the others...
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.
Seeing that the film was essentially his first big, mainstream feature, and with garnering a leading role — portraying the revolutionary ball-player Jackie Robinson — Boseman, without question, delivered a performance that is still so incredibly moving, respectful, genuine, and true to the core of his obviously sincere, artistic heart; and with that, it is indeed so saddening to see him pass.
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Director Martin Scorsese broadens his boundaries from mafia-driven movies, to a Buddhist biopic of the 14th Dalai Lama. While Buddhism strives for peace, ‘Kundun’ reveals the violence inflicted on Tibetan Buddhists and Scorsese’s depiction of violence does not stray away.
A strong representation of African Americans in this film features evil spirits and horror-themed elements.