Mystery
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Movie Review: Memories of Murders (2003)
Seventeen years before directing the Oscar winner, Parasite, Director Bong Joon-ho made “Memories of Murder,” a riveting neo-noir crime thriller that won awards in Korea, Toronto, and France. The plot is based on a series of murders that rocked Korea in the late ’80s. While the movie can be considered a neo-noir crime investigative thriller, Read more
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Movie Review: Lone Star(1996)
“Lone Star,” directed by John Sayles, is a hidden gem, a powerful neo-western starring Chris Cooper, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, Ron Canada, and Kris Kristofferson. The plot is set in the fictional border town of Frontera, Texas, where the white population is a minority and the Mexican population is the growing majority. Some Read more
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