Before making his debut film focusing on the impact of modern architecture, the director known as Kogonada had thought about the power of buildings for years. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Haley Lu Richardson and John Cho star in "Columbus," playing at the Brattle Theatre. The building in the background is the North Christian Church by architect Eero Saarinen. (Courtesy Elisha Christian ...

The directorial debut from Kogonada stars John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson as characters adrift against a backdrop of glass, steel and concrete. The American Dream collides with the American Nightmare ...

Nearly 60 years ago, Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni found an ideal antagonist in Modernism. The stone-and-mortar permanence of the classical was overtaken and erased by the glass-walled ...

“Well, that’s Columbus—meth and modernism,” quips 19-year-old protagonist Casey (Haley Lu Richardson), in the new independent film Columbus. Directed by Kogonada, the movie centers on Columbus, ...

The frosted maturity, both in style and tangible coolness, of Columbus represents something of a graduation for famed cinephile and film essayist Kogonada. The John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson film ...

In Columbus, architecture takes the place of emotions, to sometimes startling effect. An outwardly chilly, resolutely static film that nevertheless finds poignancy in the most surprising places, ...

The video-essayist-turned-filmmaker has finally announced his second feature: a drama about a robotic family member. Two years after making his feature directorial debut on the beloved indie “Columbus ...

There was a secret festival favorite at Sundance 2017. That film was Columbus. This quiet drama is Korean director Kogonada's first venture into the feature length realm. He is most known for his ...

The feeling of being moved by architecture is a big one. Think of your very favorite man-made place to be. Does it make you feel cradled, cared for, amazed? Whatever the feeling is, it tends to rush ...

There’s an old saying, often attributed to Martin Mull, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” In many ways first-time writer/director Kogonada’s “Columbus” treats architecture like ...

Kogonada is always walking between two worlds. Born in Korea and raised in the American Midwest, he became a celebrated film theorist by cutting together striking videos that highlighted the works of ...