Author: Carolyn Hinds

I am a Freelance Film Critic, Journalist and Podcaster - and avid live tweeter. Member of the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), my published work can be found on ButWhyThoPodcast, The Beat, Observer, and many other sites. As a critic, I believe my personal experiences and outlook on life, give readers and listeners a different perspective they can appreciate, and help them to see things in a new light. I am the proud host of Beyond The Romance Drama Podcast - a podcast dedicated to discussing Korean and other Asian dramas, the co-host of So Here's What Happened! Podcast (@SHWH_Pod), and the weekly science fiction film and TV live tweet event #SaturdayNightSciFi.

Alone. Isolated. Lonely. Grief. In her feature film, debut writer and director Hong Sun-eun expertly crafts a visual narrative of the emotional and mental state of Aloners, the title of her film and the word she uses to describe people who have chosen to live solitary lives. Aloners screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in the Discovery, TIFF 21 category where Hong Sung-eun is featured as a ‘Director to Watch’. In South Korea the word holojok – a combination of holo meaning alone, and jok the word for a group of people, is used to describe those who…

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