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Memories of Murder

(Bong Joon Ho, 2003, Korea)

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Two men lay their heads on a desk covered with papers in a dimly lit office.
Jul 11, 2026 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$8 members
$12 general public
$9 adults 55 and over
Free for students

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Experience Bong Joon Ho’s darkly comic, genre-bending subversion of classic police procedural dramas.

Seventeen years before the success of Bong Joon Ho’s searing thriller Parasite, his subversive and darkly comedic procedural drama Memories of Murder haunted audiences around the world. Based on the true story of South Korea’s infamous Hwaseong serial murders, which remained unsolved at the time of the film’s release, Memories of Murder follows a trio of ill-equipped detectives as they battle bureaucracy, incompetence, and sometimes each other in their continuously thwarted efforts to solve the case. Gripping from start to finish, the film ends with one of the most unsettling closing scenes in cinematic history. Memories of Murder also marks Bong Joon Ho’s first collaboration with the prominent actor Song Kang-ho, who would return in The Host, Snowpiercer, and Parasite. In Korean with English subtitles. (131 mins., 4K DCP)

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Memories of Murder

Jul 11, 2026 7:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

$8 members
$12 general public
$9 adults 55 and over
Free for students

For ticketing questions please call the Visitor Desk at (614) 292-3535.

A limited number of listening devices are available upon request.

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