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Four Women Dance Innocence and Experience to the Choreography of Isadora Duncan’s Grief—‘Isadora’s Children’, dir. Damien Manivel, 2019

A triptych in which different women reinterpret legendary dancer Isadora Duncan’s choreography she created after the death of her two small children

November 22nd, 2020|Country: France, South Korea|

A Dinner for Foodies and Cinephiles Alike: List of 5 Films About Food and Community That Pair Well With Meals

An international gourmet meal in five courses of cinema: diversity beer, weed soup, and protest tea, with plushies and spirits as guests—a tasting menu to nourish all senses

November 14th, 2019|Country: Aruba, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, USA|

Film: The Wandering Chef, dir. Hye-Ryeong Park, 2018

Chef Jiho Im doesn't discriminate against his ingredients, preparing elaborate dishes from scavenged, rare plants with healing power. But can the medicinal foods heal his soul?

November 8th, 2019|Country: South Korea|

Film: Parasite, dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2019

The Palme d'Or winner about a family's rebel plot to secure gainful employment: wild fun with a staunch anti-capitalist agenda that should appeal to a broader audience as much as it did to the critics

October 9th, 2019|Country: South Korea|

Film: Pepper, dir. Jayil Pak, 2018

Mythology, social commentary and drama blend together in a highly stylized short film to create a fascinating exploration of the intersections of South Korean and queer identities

September 7th, 2019|Country: South Korea, USA|

Book: Gaston Dorren, Babel, 2018

A book of wildly entertaining and illuminating essays on the world’s top 20 languages that celebrates the planet’s differences and similarities in a new way and makes you want to learn a new language

July 11th, 2019|Country: Brazil, Cameroon, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, North Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tamil Eelam, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam|

Film: Microhabitat, dir. Jeon Go-Woon, 2017

Poverty and homelessness in South Korea imagined via a tender, funny and nuanced portrait of a young woman who refuses to wallow in misery

May 24th, 2019|Country: South Korea|

Film: House of Hummingbird, dir. Kim Bora, 2018

2019 Tribeca Film Festival International Narrative Competition winner: South Korean teenage girl in the 90s struggles to belong

April 29th, 2019|Country: South Korea|

Book: Uk-Bae Lee, When Spring Comes to the DMZ, 2019

A children’s book about the haunting demilitarized zone between the two Koreas, and its sad ecological aspect

April 11th, 2019|Country: North Korea, South Korea|

Book: Emily Jungmin Yoon, A Cruelty Special to Our Species, 2018

October 19th, 2018|Country: Canada, South Korea|

Book: Joseph Safieddin and Kyungeun Park, Yallah Bye, 2015

October 12th, 2018|Country: France, Lebanon, South Korea|

Music: Giacomo Puccini, La Rondine Live, 2018

September 15th, 2018|Country: Australia, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Romania, South Korea, USA|