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In Minari, writer/director Lee Isaac Chung and Steven Yeun tell the story of a Korean immigrant family risking everything in pursuit of the American dream. Jacob (Yeun) uproots his family from 1980s Los Angeles, determined to start a farm in Arkansas, while his wife Monica (Yeri Han) grows weary of his optimism in the…

And then there were five. It is time on this eve of a new year (thank God) to reveal the rest of my 10 Best Movies of 2020 list with No. 5 on up, including my choice for this most unusual year’s top film — though as always it’s an arbitrary choice, when you get down to it, like picking apples or oranges. On Tuesday I…

Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari starring Steven Yeun is very much an American story. Chung, who was born in Denver, Colorado, tells the story of an immigrant Korean family that has lived in America for some time as they adapt to their new farm life in a small Arkansas town. All that said, the A24 film was put in the Best…

Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari made its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year and immediately became the talk of the fest after it won Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Now, A24 is set to share this moving story with the world — well, in limited release at least. The family…

Just about a month before the South Korean phenomenon Parasite made history by sweeping several major categories at the Oscars including Best Picture, the warm and beautifully acted story of a Korean family striving to make a living on a farm in Arkansas, Minari, did the same thing at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival…

EXCLUSIVE: The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) has unveiled its lineup for its 40th anniversary of the festival which will be a hybrid of in-person and virtual screenings. This marks the fiest time that HIFF will be accessible to audiences across the nation. The fest will focus on Hawai'i-made films and…

A24 has dropped the trailer for its Steven Yeun-led Korean immigrant drama Minari. The flick, written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, took home the dramatic grand jury prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. “We said we wanted a new start. This is it,” a hopeful Jacob (Yeun) tells his skeptical wife Monica (Yeri…

The Hamptons Film Festival’s 2020 lineup will feature some of the year’s most buzzworthy films, from Francis Lee’s Ammonite to Lee Isaac Chung’s Steven Yeun-starrer Minari. Announced Thursday, the Hamptons’ Spotlight Films section includes Florian Zeller’s The Father, Edson’s Oda’s Nine Days, Darius Marder’s Sound of M…

There can be no question that, as of its halfway point, 2020 has been the most trying, tragic, lamentable and downright unfortunate year most of us have ever experienced. This fact renders the creation of such ephemera as film and television best-lists even more trivial than usual, especially as cinemas were shutting…

Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, Minari tells the story of a Korean-American family that uproots from metropolitan Los Angeles to rural Arkansas to chase the American Dream. The film not only gives a different perspective of the immigrant experience but parallels Chung’s own life. Chung, who was joined in the…