Knock
Winning four big prizes at BIFAN, Jeong Beom’s ‘Knock’ thrives on a powerful premise and thumping performances, but spirals towards stylistic incoherence at the end.
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Author: Clarence Tsui
Longtake Onetake Mistake
Self-avowed no-budget specialist and indie director Baek Seung-kee mixes absurd comedy, kitschily convincing AI-generated sequences and earnest commentary about the state of cinema in ‘Longtake Onetake Mistake’.
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The Fertilizer Home
Young Korean auteur Jeong Hyo-jung makes a dazzling feature debut that explores the deadly mystery swirling around a smalltown factory owner.
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The Mouths
Revolving around an ominous tree able to bring grudges out into the open, J-horror veteran Takashi Shimizu’s soundly structured suspense thriller bows at BIFAN just days after going on wide release in Japan.
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