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.

In Hindi and Sanskrit language 'SAMANANTAR' means the parallel, and that's what this film is all about, how does the unknown force of the parallel realm start manifesting once humans breach all the limits through their evil actions. A philosophical-cum-horror 'anthology' of four hard-hitting stories entangled together with common philosophies of life and 'KARMA'.
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.
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