Belmar Microcinema International

Learn about the history of Zombies and how they have become a staple in popular culture. 

Wednesday, October 30, 6:00 PM in the Community Room

Watch the trailer with the link below.

Now that you’ve been introduced to Korean films, do you want to try a few more? Here are some suggestions with links to IMDb (movie database site)  where you can read film synopsis and watch trailers to help you decide what to watch. 

But first, WHERE can you watch South Korean films?

Netflix has a good selection of South Korean Films and dramas. Just type  “Korean Movies” under “search”.

You can also try your local library and search under Korean films. Some libraries offer services such as Hoopla and Kanopy that make it possible to stream films for free.

Sites like Asian Crush also has a variety of films that can be streamed for free on their website or app. 

Another option to try is hancinema.net. Their film archives list dates back to South Korean Films from the 1950′s! 

Now, without any specific order, here is a tiny sampling of some of my favorite contemporary South Korean films: 

Old Boy by Park Chan-Wook

“Miss Granny” (2014) Directed by:  Hwang Dong-hyuk

“A Taxi Driver” (2017) Directed by   Jang Hoon

“Man from Nowhere” (2010) Directed by:  Lee Jeong-Beom

I Saw the Devil (2011)  Directed by Kim Jee-Woon

“Peppermint Candy” (2000) Directed by  Lee Chang-dong

My Sassy Girl (2001)  Director: Kwak Jae-Yong

If you wish to learn more about South Korea and it’s traditions, a great place to start is the Korean Cultural Center’s website. If you live in Los Angeles, you can visit and enjoy exhibits, movie screenings, and more.  

http://www.kccla.org/english/home.asp

Korean history is interesting and complex, these videos simplify it a bit, but they are a good place to start learning. 

Here are a few videos to get you started if you only have a few minutes to learn: 

This one gives a succinct explanation of the Division of Korea.  

If you want to go deeper into Korea’s history, economics, and politics, but still want to keep it under 15 minutes.  

Longer, but if you want a deeper and broader history lesson, here David Kang, gives a lecture on Korea to educators

Movie trailer

For more information about the film read IMDb’s sypnosis and rating recommendations.

ff This month of October we will be screening some spectacular films. Make sure you come and join us!! 

First up, from South Korea: I Can Speak  (아이 캔 스피크).

Typical to South Korean, this film is a hybrid comedy and drama. One so funny it will make you cry! 

microcinema(Noun)

A specialist cinema showing films that are unlikely to be screened at more populist venues.

From Moviemaker.com

“Microcinema is an emerging term and industry, hence it has become a movement all its own. The term designates a small venue or cinema, moving or temporary, which shows alternative short or feature-length films that would normally fall "under the cultural radar" of the mainstream movie theaters and/or art house cinemas... 

 Though the term "microcinema" is new for many, it is interesting to note that the first public film screening was in a microcinema! The very first commercial exhibition of a projected motion picture was the Lumiere Brothers' screening of approximately 10 short films, lasting only 20 minutes in total, at the Salon Indien, the basement lounge of the Grand Cafe on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, December 28, 1895. Less than 100 years later, in 1993, Rebecca Barten and David Sherman coined the term and started their own "microcinema" in the basement of their San Francisco apartment. They called it Total Mobile Home MicroCinema. Since then, the microcinema movement has been gaining momentum around the world, and it is poised to make a real and tangible contribution to the development of the entertainment industry”.

From Wired: 

This week’s film we will enjoy The Red Violin by Director François Girard

Enjoy the trailer below:

A perfect red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner. IMDb 

To create a movie screening space by the community for the community.

To create a comfortable space to watch films together and discuss them afterward.

We believe that by sharing great films from countries that represent our community, we:

Break down barriers,

shift stereotypes,

and increase our knowledge of our neighbors’ diverse cultures. 

Overall, we aim to expand our views of humanity using different lenses.