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.

During a school trip to Italy, a group of schoolgirls stay in a convent. Emma shares her room with her friends Lydia and Alice. She feels attracted to Alice, but as the two girls get closer, Emma suddenly feels like the religious statuettes are judging her.
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
It’s dark, uncomfortable, and there are things that don’t make sense.
When it comes down to it, The English explores what happens when power is unchecked and how those who seem powerless, have more strength than most through their convictions for justice.
This current year, as well as the past several, has seen a slowly building increase in something the horror genre has required for quite a while in this critic's opinion...originality. I've stated before that I am very hard to please when it comes to this vein of the film industry's offerings, always leaning more towards that which sends chills through my very being in lieu of buckets of blood and gore.
Even after a history changing event, the 93rd Oscars proved it always had the space for more inclusivity in its award ceremony. But it this enough to change the boycott?
The story of the loss of innocence of the young prey who has been maimed by the predator. *Trigger Warning, sexual abuse and assault is discussed in this short film.