Nowhere To Lay My Eyes — Hong Sang-soo [Locarno ’26 Review]

Schematically, one could divide Hong Sang-soo’s oeuvre into two sets of films: on the one hand, those where the structural play with narrative is upfront and unmissable, explicitly marked with title cards or numbers; and on the other, those where it is more or less submerged, noticeable only if one considers their subtle plays with familiar cinematic grammar. Films of the first sort would include Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), Right Now, Wrong Then (2015), and The Day...