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.

Michalakis has been a director at a provincial bank for 20 years. He hopes to get a good promotion someday, but in these cases, acquaintances and russefeti are needed, which Michalakis does not have. So his wife takes action, going down to Athens to find the General and talk to him about her husband's case. But a series of unforeseen events begin to confuse things...
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
"The Platform" is horror and science fiction film doubling as a visual commentary on capitalism and economic inequality. The movie is not for the faint of heart nor the viewer hoping for political neutrality in their film's depth.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is preoccupied with plot and not on the greater struggle of the Osage.
'Blonde' commits a relentless assault on the autonomy of Marilyn Monroe, reducing the icon to nothing more than a victim of the director's whims.
The film is a documentary focusing on heavy metal in the late 80s and tackles topics like drug addiction, alcoholism, sex, masculinity, and of course, rock and roll. However, this didn’t feel like any documentary I’ve ever seen before.