Watching: Parasite

We booked our tickets for Bong Joon-ho's Parasite before the Oscars last weekend, which was probably just as well as the small screen at the Picturehouse was completely packed. I don't think I know enough about films to say whether it was absolutely the best film of the year, but it's very good. Part black comedy, part thriller, part social commentary, it tells the story of the Kim family, who live in a semi-basement in the slums of Seoul, scraping a living on cash-in-hand jobs and using other people's wifi to connect to the outside world, as they inveigle their way into jobs in the home of the wealthy Parks. It's funny, thought-provoking and original, and definitely worth watching.