I Am a Mosaic of All the Films I’ve Ever Loved: Part 1 – Korean Cinema

In 2018, I started to set an annual goal of watching at least 100 films per year — mostly because of my enthusiasm to watch as many as I could from my watchlist, and partly because I want to keep up with my Letterboxd friends. It has been a while since I posted something in […]

PART 1 of 3: Chihayafuru, Verse 1 – A passionate poem of love

NOTE: This is a film discussion, hence there are spoilers. Read at your own risk. The film opens with Chihaya in the middle of a game, looking intently on a set of cards as she waits for the verse to be read. Any moment now, her hand would have to move faster than her opponent […]

[Film Essay] It only takes a lone wolf to shake things up in ‘Yojimbo’

This is not a film review, but a reflection essay written for my HUMAART class during our sessions on film appreciation. Thought I should put it up here. YOJIMBO [1961], dir. Akira Kurosawa I was feeling a little indifferent coming into this film since samurai films are actually not my cup of tea. But as […]