Kogonada

The Profile

Kogonada is a South Korean-born American filmmaker and video essayist known for the feature films Columbus (2017) and After Yang (2021), and for directing on the Apple TV+ series Pachinko.

Pseudonymous filmmaker who emerged with acclaimed video essays for outlets including the Criterion Collection, Sight & Sound, and the BFI, often focusing on auteurs such as Ozu.

One review tackles Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey with a strongly negative verdict. It criticizes the dialogue as smug, the time-bending device as hollow, and the female lead’s writing as incoherent. The love story is called unconvincing, and visuals are deemed murky despite occasional striking images. Overall sentiment: a misfire despite star power.