Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim is a South Korea-born, New York-based film critic whose writing has appeared in The Village Voice, GQ, Pitchfork, and elsewhere.

Interview

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

From the Metrograph archives, an interview from 2018 with Drive Mr Car director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi about his then-latest film, Asako I & II.

Essay

Food on Film

by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Culinary adjectives are often the best for describing films: bitter, sweet, bittersweet, delicious—no, delectable—scrumptious, an eye-candy of a movie with performances that practically sizzle on the screen!

Essay

Unerotic Thrillers

by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

I wasn’t spending my high-school years getting laid, but I was hanging out where all the action was taking place: the infamous DVD rooms of Korea. For the equivalent of about only $10 (give or take, depending on the size of your party), you could rent out a private screening room to watch one of the movies from their collection.