Going to the cinema in Britain these days is like spinning an LP, an old-fashioned activity totally foreign to the millennial generation. I still treasure my vinyl, and I enjoy the occasional trip to the cinema, especially the intimate, luxurious kind with soft banquettes and holders for wine glasses.
Such were the surroundings in which I watched Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite," shortly after the South Korean film made cinema history by winning a clutch of Oscars, including best film and best director. Without giving too much away, I would describe it as an entertaining satire-cum-splatter flick, rather as if Hirokazu Koreeda's "Shoplifters" (2018) -- a contemporary Japanese masterpiece -- had been directed by Quentin Tarantino.
