25Nov
Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2024 (“UMFF’) 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘All the Days’ Filmmaker Heo Sung-wan.
Written and directed by Heo Sung-wan, All the Days feels like a series of snapshots of the ordinary days in the lives of three 20-something young people trying to figure out what the next steps in their lives are. All the Days which had its world... Read More
30Oct
TIFF 2024 KCrush Interview with ‘The Gesuidouz’ Filmmaker Kenichi Ugana
Why is this so frustrating?!” is a question I ask myself every time I sit down to write a piece for publication. The angst of the creative process is exasperating, energy consuming and… well, fun. Once you’ve gotten into... Read More
20Oct
Minikino 2024 Interview with ‘A Fermenting Woman’ Director Priscilla Galvez & Writer Maisie Jacobson
How far is an artist supposed to go or allowed to go in their creative process before they’ve crossed boundaries into the unforgivable? Why are people having periods still taboo to talk, show and reference about in person and on screen?... Read More
27Jan
KCrush Interview with AGENT OF HAPPINESS Directors – Sundance 2024
Since 2008 the government and monarchy of Bhutan have made it a political and cultural policy to promote happiness to foster stability of the country itself. By implementing the Gross National Happiness (GNH) index, an equation that mathematically... Read More
22Jan
Sundance 2024 Red Carpet Interview with AGENT OF HAPPINESS Directors Arun Bhattari and Dorottya Zurb
In this brief interview on the red carpet at Sundance 2024, directors of the narrative documentary Agent of Happiness, Arun Bhattari (Mountain Man) and Dorottya Zurbó (Easy Lessons) spoke with me about translating the unique humor of the people of... Read More
5Jan
JSW Countdown 2024 – A Glimpse into the Past, Present, and Future with the drive force of K-Pop Craze
On the last day of 2023, we headed to Jeju Island to attend the annual JSW Countdown held by Jeju Shinhwa World. According to the organizers, Jeju Shinhwa World, the two-day year-end festival, held on December 30th and 31st, attracted over... Read More
28Dec
