Did you know that anyone can attend the Cannes Film Festival? It’s an amazing opportunity for any film lover, but the process to get in is hard to navigate on your own. Once you are in, getting the most out of your experience can be daunting as well....
Attending the Cannes Film Festival was a long-time dream of mine, and I finally went in 2023. I got this opportunity to attend through the festival's 3 Days in Cannes program. I hope sharing my experience in this post convinces you to apply for the 3...
Cannes Film Festival is widely regarded as the most prestigious film festival in the world. It’s commonly where the year’s most critically acclaimed movies have their world premiere, making it a major incubator of hype for the films that end up winni...
Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, shares an adapted version of Chung’s childhood in the vast farmland of Arkansas. The story touches on how a first-generation immigrant child starts grasping their Korean-American identity. At the same time, the fi...
I learned about the origins of the name Ghibli yesterday. From Wikipedia: The name Ghibli was given by Hayao Miyazaki from the Italian noun ghibli, based on the Libyan-Arabic name for the hot desert wind of that country, the idea being the studio wo...
When the topic comes up about how film is a big hobby of mine, the first question I get asked is what my favourite movies are. This one I never have a good answer for. Choosing just one feels so wrong to me! The next most common question is how I kno...
