Tag Archives: July Jung

Busan International Film Festival 2026, Oct. 9

Posted on October 9, 2026 by philipbrasor

One of the older venues being used to screen films at the festival is the Busan Community Media Center, which looks as if it were built in the 1970s or 80s. I’ve already seen several movies there this year. Obviously … Continue reading →

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Best Movies 2023

Posted on December 27, 2023 by philipbrasor

Owing to Japanese distributors’ habit of taking their time to promote overseas releases, foreign films often don’t show up in theaters here until well after they’ve shown up elsewhere. This trend was exacerbated by COVID and thus I figure more … Continue reading →

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Review: Next Sohee

Posted on August 24, 2023 by philipbrasor

The second film by Korean director July Jung, a former assistant to Lee Chang-dong, is conventional in all but structure, but to discuss that structure in detail would give away too much. Nevertheless, Next Sohee continually surprised me, and several … Continue reading →

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