Bong Joon-ho has a new film called Mother at TIFF this year and it's one of the best I've seen at the festival thus far. More akin to Memories of Murder than The Host or Barking Dogs Never Bite, Mother tells the story of an over protective mother (the astonishgly great, Kim Hye-ja) whose adult son with a mild mental disability, Do-joon (Won Bin) is arrested for the murder of a teenaged girl. When the police coherce a confession from Do-joon without taking his mental disability into consideration and close the case, it's up to Do-joon's mother to investigate futher herself in order to find the real killer and save her son.

I could go on and on and on about how and why Bong Joon-ho is my favourite Korean filmmaker, and why you need to see Mother on the big screen, but how boring would that be? REALLY BORING!

Mother has its North American Premiere tomorrow night at the Elgin at 6, and screens twice more before the festival is done. Showtimes below.

Watch the trailer here!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off for a triple bill of Bad Lt.: Port of Call, New Orleans, Vengeance, and [REC] 2.

Mother screening times:
Wednesday September 16 6:00PM VISA SCREENING ROOM (ELGIN)
Thursday September 17 2:00PM VARSITY 8
Saturday September 19 6:15PM ISABEL BADER THEATRE