, Kim Bora’s “House of Hummingbird” so patiently contrasts its contemplative coming-of-age story against the backdrop of South Korea’s hyper-modernization that even its stillest and most tender scenes ...
Life’s cruelties are casual and reconciliation is rare in Bora Kim’s tender whisper of a drama, “House of “Hummingbird,” a kaleidoscopic collection of a teenager's experiences so steeped in detail and ...
Debuting director Bora Kim’s kindhearted and unhurried coming-of-age film follows a neglected teenager as she finds her voice in the growing Seoul of the mid-’90s. There is a certain tentativeness to ...
The sight of a hummingbird hovering at a feeder is one of the simplest yet most delightful garden experiences for any bird lover, ourselves included. When presented with the opportunity to test out ...
In this delicate movie, a teenage girl in Seoul tries to find a sense of self amid calamities small and large. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through ...
On screen, nothing dates faster than recent history. “The Hummingbird Project,” a fictional yarn set in 2011 and 2012, concerns a pair of Wall Street traders who implement a plan to lay underground ...
They’re a study in contrasts. Vincent Zaleski (Jesse Eisenberg) is an ultrahyper, motormouthed Wall Street stock trader whose self-confidence knows no bounds. His cousin, Anton Zaleski (Alexander ...
Set in Seoul circa 1994, Kim Bora's long and lovely debut is a film about trying to find yourself in a country that's only looking forward. A warm still life about a teenager’s struggle to find ...