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From Passages to Priscilla: film’s biggest fashion moments in 2023

Whether it’s leather jackets loaded with meaning or Emma Stone’s enormous sleeves, costumes are crucial to the look and feel of a movie. We look at the best onscreen clothing of the year

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Return to Seoul and the best films about homecoming

Davy Chou’s lovely drama about a young woman searching for her past follows in the footsteps of The Deer Hunter, Get Carter, Tiny Furniture and more

The Guardian - UK

What to stream this week: Taylor Swift, a new animated 'Superman,' 'Biosphere' and 'Wham!'

This week’s new entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's rerecording of her “Speak Now,” a documentary on Wham

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Postcard from Cannes #5: Take a drink at the fountain of youth

Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Wim Wenders: there’s no shortage of veteran directors in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year. But the industry is witnessing a generational overhaul, with new talent climbing quickly up the ranks in both France and abroad.

Radio France Internationale

Return to Seoul review – Park Ji-min lights up mesmerising tale of identity and alienation

An adopted woman travels from France to South Korea in search of her roots in Davy Chou’s star-making second film

The Guardian - UK

The 5 best new movies to watch in May 2023, from Harka to Beau is Afraid

Jacob Stolworthy runs through this month’s new releases to seek out in the cinema

The Independent UK

Return to Seoul review: A young woman searches for her parents in this mesmeric, daring drama

Park Ji-Min delivers a phonomenal debut performance in a film that resists easy answers

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Return to Seoul review: "A nimble investigation into identity"

Between bouts of partying and freeform dancing, newcomer Park Ji-min brings a near-musical virtuosity to this questing character piece. Writer/director Davy Chou knows his lead’s worth: trusting deeply in Park, he anchors a captivating portrait of choppy selfhood in her febrile nuances of expression.

Total Film

‘Return to Seoul’ Portrays the Plight of the Culturally Rootless

Freddie has many faces, but underneath them all is the cultural rootlessness that drives her self-destructive acting out.

The News Lens

Movie review: Terrific ‘Return to Seoul’ follows adoptee's search for roots in a place she never knew

The question’s simple enough. “How long do you want to stay?” the hotel clerk asks Freddie, the 25-year-old French citizen of Korean descent checking in at the beginning of the low-keyed marvel that is “Return to Seoul.” Not sure, she says. A couple of weeks, maybe.

Chicago Tribune

Movie review: Newcomer Park finds her rhythm in 'Return to Seoul'

In one of the first scenes of “Return to Seoul,” the striking second film by French Cambodian filmmaker Davy Chou, and Cambodia’s 2022 Oscar entry, Freddie (Park Ji-min), a French woman who has just landed in Seoul, gets to know her new Korean friends over shots of soju. As she…

Tribune News Service

Ranked: 12 best Asian films of 2022, with trailers

Tom Cruise and James Cameron may be vying for global box office dominance this year, but there has been no shortage of films emerging from Asia to delight, inspire and provoke audiences around the world.

Bangkok Post

Film shows how K-dramas fail adoptees

In Davy Chou's film, Park Ji-min is a transracial adoptee who impulsively ends up seeking out her birth family

Salon

Postcard from Cannes #6: I am woman, hear me roar

"The revolution will be feminist or it will be nothing," was the rallying cry heard at the Cannes Film Festival this week. The film "Riposte Féministe" documents the power of collective activism in France, while "Return to Seoul" is about one woman’s quest for identity in a world of stereotypes.

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