Lovesong lets its two main characters exist in both forms, arguing that such distinctions are superficial and, finally, that love is love.

| Dec 23, 2020

A road-trip film which turns into a moving, understated portrait of muted desire.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 5, 2019

Every bit as elegant and beautiful as its title implies, yet so much more complex.

| Nov 8, 2018

There is no melodrama, no flare or theatrics, just one substantially powerful and honest film.

| Aug 6, 2018

...by staying faithful to its characters-women who make, break, and alter an intimate connection-it expresses a refreshing freedom from sexual-identity dogma and narrative formula.

| Mar 8, 2018

Kim shows this conflict with remarkable restraint, with meaningful glances and pained half-smiles conveying much more feeling between Sarah and Mindy than the cheery things they say to each other.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 28, 2017

Riley Keough and Jena Malone excel in director So Yong Kim's achingly ambiguous portrait of an intimate female friendship.

| Original Score: 8.3/10 | Aug 26, 2017

So Yong Kim's Lovesong is a minimalist, strikingly formed small-scale drama about two female friends slowly falling in love.

| Jul 18, 2017

A great little film, in which Riley Keough and Jena Malone before respond with a heartfelt performance. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2017

Saga of two twenty-something women who try to take their friendship to another level of intimacy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 26, 2017

A character study of this relationship, casually yet carefully sketched out by Kim in subtle but meaningful gestures and glances. Much is communicated through the eyes, searching for answers in the void of what's not said, but felt.

| Mar 6, 2017

Tender, poignant and refreshingly true-to-life. Riley Keough and Jena Malone give raw performances. It's more powerful than Moonlight!

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 19, 2017

There are glances and nervous hands, longing gazes, and downcast faces needing explanation or consolation. Malone and Keough, perfectly cast and perfectly in sync as people who should be - but probably never will be - lovers, make sadness seem enticing.

| Feb 17, 2017

A simple, though achingly insightful, story that illuminates the intense, complicated affection between girlfriends with sensitivity and restraint.

| Feb 17, 2017

Kim's latest -- like Carol made on an indie budget -- is split in two exquisite halves.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 17, 2017

The overall effect is one of a disjointed love story that can never quite find the tune, no matter how skilled its players.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 17, 2017

Kim has wisely provided her two stars with enough breathing room to bring her movie to life.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 17, 2017

Little is resolved, and it will leave you contemplating the mysteries of relationships.

| Feb 16, 2017

Discretion is the better part of boredom here.

| Feb 16, 2017

It just kind of sits there, passively observing its characters, perhaps in hope that the believability of the events will automatically breed drama or a thesis or a philosophy or something. It doesn't.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 16, 2017