“A Sun”
Chung Mong-hong’s “A Sun” might have gone entirely unnoticed on Netflix had Variety not named the movie the best film of 2020 this month. That one designation resulted in many more U.S. critics seeking out the film and giving it universal critical acclaim. As IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote in his review: “A stylish but unexpectedly sober tale of crime and punishment that finds its 55-year-old director pivoting away from the more heightened tone of his three previous features (“Parking,” “Soul,” and “Godspeed”) for a riveting moral odyssey that mixes elements of broad comedy, ultra-violence, melodrama, and even a splash of animation into the slow-boiling stew of everyday human existence.”