Food is at the centre of a fugitive case in the South Korean mystery-drama The Recipe, making it a drawcard for foodies and crime buffs alike.

Interestingly, however, the focus of  Anna Lee’s debut film doesn’t lie with the manhunt itself. After mass-murderer Kim Jong-gu is executed, TV producer Choi Yu-Jin (Ryu Seung Ryong) discovers that the fugitive was apprehended while eating a bowl of sumptuous soup. Doenjang to be [...]

A family’s matriarch is often the one to hold everyone together; hardships and turmoil have surpassed them to make them stronger and protect the younger generations. A death in the family hits particularly hard, and this is what prolific director Brilliante Mendoza (Slingshot, Foster Child) touches on as the matriarch is thrown into disarray once more.

We are taught to dream as children, learning the possibilities of what is available to us through travel and exploration and wanting to satisfy curiosities. That feeling of yearning often transcends into adulthood, but fear of the unknown often holds (the majority of) us back. Elsewhere shows us what happens when someone unintentionally walks down that path; always a dreamer, never a believer.