Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

← Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud5 dagen geleden · 23 min

The Shards, and why everyone is talking about the Korean film Hope

The Shards, and why everyone is talking about the Korean film Hope5 dagen geleden23 min

As Ryan Murphy’s television adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ novel The Shards reaches its season finale, television critics Kaiya Shunyata and Alison Herman discuss whether this tale of rich teens terrorized by a serial killer in 1980s Los Angeles is irresistibly trashy or irredeemably tacky.

Plus, the new alien invasion thriller 'Hope' has already been a huge hit in Korea. It's the latest film from Na Hong-jin, the director who brought us The Wailing. East Asian Studies professor Michelle Cho joins Amil Niazi to talk about some of the themes explored in the movie.