Changing Cinema: How Bong Joon-Ho transcended the subtitle barrier and put international films in the American mainstream

Film columnist Peter Dien CM ’25 compares two other Bong Joon-Ho films hoping to uncover the winning formula of “Parasite” and the differences between films for American and Korean viewers.

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Finding the modern in Chekhov’s ‘Three Sisters’ at the Seaver

Three Sisters, the third of four productions in “Inevitable Evolutions,” the title of Pomona’s theater department season, delivers a powerful portrait of growing up. The 5C production, which opened at the Seaver Theatre on Thursday, demonstrates why Chekhov has continued to captivate audiences for more than a century.

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