Top 10 Korean Films of 2014

5. Night Flight

Previously known as a queer filmmaker, LeeSong Hee-il expanded his canvas last year with Night Flight, a layered high school film that speaks volumes to the malaise and alienation of Korean youth. Fitting in has hardly seemed so difficult in a film painted with soft strokes yet detailing sharp, hierarchical divides.

Queer themes remain in LeeSong’s new film but are only part of a sprawling narrative that cleverly uses locations, framing and all manner of tools available to tell a story that is at first familiar but ultimately deeper than one could expect. A superb follow up to the lyrical White Night (my 10th favourite Korean film of 2012), I hope Night Flight is a stepping stone to an even bigger fourth feature.

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