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.

‘Jharia’ is the story of an eighty-five-year-old man, Simon Uraon, the “Water Man” of Jharkhand, who has been working relentlessly on water management and environmental protection in the villages of Jharkhand since he was fourteen.
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
An animated short film that never gets old, especially with iconic characters from the Disney series.
It’s fun, it’s energetic, but it’s also understated and vicarial. Zola is a modern black fairytale and future of black movies.
Can a piece of bad representation truly be reclaimed? We Are Pat (2025) attempts to answer this question.