Hong Sang-soo's 'The Day She Returns' Features Reflective Day-Drinking

The Day She Returns review – another round of slow, reflective boozing really hits the spot

No film-maker shows more day-drinking than Hong Sang-soo, and this study of an actor returning from a career break is the same again – as mysteriously addictive as ever It will not surprise fans of the prolific lo-fi Korean master Hong Sang-soo that his new film in black-and-white – which might be described as “experimental” by those who don’t quite realise that they all look like this – features long scenes, shot from a single, static camera position, featuring a conversation in a restauran...

By Peter Bradshaw