MINARI

Somehow no one has written about MINARI (trailer here) yet in this newsletter, so I’m on the job! I’m not going to ask what’s taken you so long to see Lee Isaac Chung’s beautiful and intimate family drama, but if for some reason you haven’t yet seen it, now is the time. While the film’s subject matter – a Korean-American family moves to Arkansas to start a farm – might sound small, MINARI is a sweeping emotional tale about a family trying to find success, which means something different to each family member. The film, I should mention, is also hilarious–the younger son (Alan Kim, awards season superstar) and his grandmother (Yuh-Jung Youn) square off in a number of laugh-out-loud moments. I don’t think it’s streaming for free anywhere just yet but I encourage you to splurge on the rental—I promise it's worth it! 

—Julia Hammer, Creative Executive