Parasite
Garlanded with awards and praise, this is perhaps the most anticipated foreign language films to receive a wide-release. It’s a South Korean movie which is tense and ultimately quite violent, as well as having a beautiful visual style and a message about poverty and the prejudice against those without money who work for those with plenty. It’s the story of a family that eke out a meagre living on the streets of Seoul—at one point the job is folding pizza boxes. Mother and father Chung-sook and Ki-taek, and their young adult offspring, son Ki-woo and daughter Ki-jung eventually get an opportunity to occupy the house as they get jobs as unrelated labourers. When the Park family are out, the Kims can make use of the house. However that doesn’t last. What makes the film good is the wit. This is a funny film about people with nothing, and when they get to sneak into the house during the Park family’s camping trip the audacity of their temporary social bump-up is the kind of fun that’...