Netflix - The Film Verdict

KPop Demon Hunters

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 26, 2025 | Spotlight |

Wit, style, and some inescapably catchy songs has earned this Sony-Netflix animated feature a well-deserved global fandom.

Busan 2024: The Verdict

Posted by Clarence Tsui | Oct 11, 2024 | Festivals, Busan 2024 |

From Myanmar workers to K-pop and a swashbuckling Netflix blockbuster, the mood straddled politics and celebration at Korea’s (and possibly Asia’s) largest film festival.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 1, 2023 | VENICE 2023, Spotlight, Verdict Shorts |

Wes Anderson’s second Roald Dahl adaptation packs a feature’s worth of deadpan humor and aggressive visual style into just 37 minutes.

El Conde

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 31, 2023 | Spotlight, VENICE 2023 |

In El conde, Pablo Larraín’s darkly comic horror-satire reveals that turning a real-life monster into the protagonist of his own monster movie is an effective way to process historical tragedy.

Kill Boksoon

Posted by Jay Weissberg | Feb 19, 2023 | Berlin, Berlin 2023, Festivals |

A slick but hollow Netflix actioner about an aging professional assassin balancing work and motherhood, inspired in parts by “Killing Eve” but without the bite.

Tag: Netflix

KPop Demon Hunters

Busan 2024: The Verdict

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

El Conde

Kill Boksoon