The Throne

The Throne

The relationship between a king and his son is examined in The Throne. One rainy night, the Crown Prince Sado (Yoo Ah-in) sets out with the intention of assassinating his father King Yeongjo (Song Kang-ho). Sado fails in this task and he is sentenced by his father to be locked up in a chest in the middle…

Seoul Station

Seoul Station

A zombie outbreak occurs in Seoul’s central subway station in Seoul Station. Every night, the homeless popular of Seoul descends upon the central subway station looking for a place to sleep. One night an elderly homeless man enters the station with a mysterious wound on his neck. Before long, the man turns into a zombie,…

The Wailing

The Wailing

A police sergeant investigates a series of murders that may be related to demonic activity in The Wailing. One morning in the isolated town of Goksung, Sgt. Jeon Jong-gu (Kwak Do-won) is called to the scene of a brutal ritualistic murder. This is the latest of a series of homicides in the city, which seems to…

Karaoke Crazies

Karaoke Crazies

An isolated karaoke bar sees a sudden upswing in business in Karaoke Crazies. Sung-Wook (Moon-Sik Lee) is a depressed and lonely man, who runs the “Addiction Karaoke” bar in the middle of nowhere. Needing a new helper, Sung-Wook hires Ha-Suck (Bae So-eun), a mysterious woman who enters his bar one day. While initially a detriment to business,…

Cheer Up

Cheer Up

The worst cheerleading team in Finland is inspired to improve themselves in Cheer Up. The Arctic Circle Spirit Ice Queens are a Finnish cheerleading squad, who almost always place last in their competitions. Desperate for improvement, coach Miia travels to Dallas to receive tips from the world champions. However, it turns out the cheerleaders on…

On the White Planet

On the White Planet

The issue of race is explored in the dark animated film On the White Planet. On a planet completely devoid of colour, there is one teenage boy who has coloured skin. This glaring difference makes him a complete outcast, with the boy turning into a murderous fugitive. The boy is welcomed in by a group…

A Hard Day

A Hard Day

A detective becomes the victim of blackmail in A Hard Day. On his way to his mother’s funeral, Detective Ko Gun-soo (Sun-kyun Lee) accidentally runs over an individual in the middle of the road. Detective Ko tries to cover up this hit-and-run and, right when it appears that he has succeeded, he receives a call from…

The Nightmare

The Nightmare

Rodney Ascher (Room 237) explores the terrors of sleep paralysis in The Nightmare.  There are people who suffer from a mysterious sleeping condition, where they feel like they are awake, yet they find that they cannot move.  Many of those suffering from sleep paralysis have visions of shadowy figures coming at them in the darkness….

The Nightmare

The Nightmare

Rodney Ascher (Room 237) explores the terrors of sleep paralysis in The Nightmare.  There are people who suffer from a mysterious sleeping condition, where they feel like they are awake, yet they find that they cannot move.  Many of those suffering from sleep paralysis have visions of shadowy figures coming at them in the darkness. …

1971

1971

The theft of FBI documents and the backlash is the topic of the documentary 1971.  On March 8, 1971, a group of activists broke into the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania and took off with hundreds of files.  The documents, which were later leaked to the media, revealed illegal surveillance activities that were being performed…