For a series of reasons, two friends decide to take a trip to Bari, the city where they experienced the most unexpected happiness when Red Star Belgrade won the European Cup on May 29, 1991. By defeating Olympique de Marseille, Red Star Belgrade became the last team from the East to win the Champions League.
I can say without question, that this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where art imitates life so much that I could 100% identify with it on a personal level. The predominately Black cast of characters are people with hopes, dreams, fears, and ambitions.
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
An artistic approach to the impact of Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”.
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.
Mahavatar Narsimha (2025) brings the epic tale of Hiranyakashipu to life with stunning animation, intense action, and a bold retelling of this timeless mythological drama.
