MFAH CELEBRATES SOUTH KOREAN FILMS

With the South Korean film “Parasite,” one of the most lauded films of the year, opening in Houston Friday, it’s a stroke of cinematic synchronicity that the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is celebrating South Korean movies with its three-day, five-film Korean Film Days.

Fans of Asian cinema have long been enamored of the movies coming from the southern end of that peninsula but thanks to last year’s love-triangle drama “Burning” and now “Parasite,” the wider film-going world is now paying attention. Korean Film Days offers neophytes a way to catch up on some of what they’ve missed.

“The Face Reader” — The festival kicks off with this popular 2013 costume drama about a man who can tell everything he needs to know about a person by looking at the face. 7 p.m. Friday.

“Grass” — Hong Sang-soo’s 2018 drama centers on a woman in a Seoul café observing the activities of all those around her. 5 p.m. Saturday

“The Running Actress” — This is a collection of three short subjects starring Moon So-ri. 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

“Hit the Night” — Romantic comedies are represented by this 2017 Geong Ga-young film about a woman, who says she’s a researcher, asking men about the most intimate parts of their lives. 8 p.m. Saturday.

“Burning” — Lee Chang-dong’s slow-moving but masterful dive into the complex relationship that develops between a workingclass young man, a woman he knows from childhood and her mysterious, upper-class boyfriend is mesmerizing. 5 p.m. Sunday.