cinema PARASITE (15) The first of three this month from noted foreign auteurs, South Korean Bong Joon-Ho’s PARASITE, has already garnered its writer/ director Oscar gongs and a box-office bonanza for its small UK distributor. So you may already know that it’s the farce-like tale of a slum-dwelling family who gradually and cunningly insinuate their way into the glitzy lives of a business mogul (Lee Sun-kyun) and his vacuous wife (Cho Yeo-jeong) which they shamelessly profit from. However like several of the director’s previous films (e.g. SNOWPIERCER, THE HOST) it reflects the unjust nature of capitalism and class-hierarchy, eventually and very effectively utilising horror movie tropes to make its point. Arguably unknown here, the (mainly T.V.) actors are perfectly cast and although PARASITE bears a remarkable resemblance to Horokazu Koreeda’s 2018 SHOPLIFTERS (see below), it’s even more assured and has a sheen and a pace amply justifying its Oscar status. All reviews by Mark Williams
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