
Kogonada
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Park Joong Eun (Korean: 박중은), known professionally as Kogonada, is a South Korean-born American filmmaker. He is known for his video essays that analyze the content, form, and structure of various films and television series. The essays frequently use narration and editing as lenses and highlight a director's aesthetic. Kogonada regularly contributes to Sight & Sound and is often commissioned by The Criterion Collection to create supplemental videos for its home video releases. He has also written, directed and edited the feature films Columbus (2017) and After Yang (2021). He also directed two episodes of the Star Wars Disney+ series The Acolyte (2024).
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
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After Yang (2022)
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Columbus (2017)
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Zi (2026)
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The Way of Folk (2016)
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Criterion Designs (2014)
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Wes Anderson: From Above (2017)
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On Solace (2015)
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Linklater: On Cinema and Time (2013)
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Columbus Story (2019)
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Restoring the Apu Trilogy (2015)
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Young Arabs (2008)
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What Is Neorealism? (2017)
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Mirrors of Bergman (2015)
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Malick: Fire & Water (2013)
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Once There Was Everything (2017)
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Sounds of Aronofsky (2012)
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Dreams of Cinema (2015)
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Tarantino: From Below (2012)
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Hands of Bresson (2014)
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Eyes of Hitchcock (2014)
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Wes Anderson: Centered (2014)
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The Eye & the Beholder (2014)
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The World According to Koreeda Hirokazu (2013)
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Lunch Line (2010)
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Elemental (2015)
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Ozu: Passageways (2012)
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Doors of Bresson (2026)
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Godard in Fragments (2016)
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BIFA: 15 Years (2013)
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Way of Ozu (2016)
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Against Tyranny: Video Essay on King of the Hill (2013)
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Auteur in Space (2015)
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Stanley Kubrick: One-Point Perspective (2012)
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Trick or Truth (2014)
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