JUNG_E is not what viewers expect. A war flick without the war, Yeon Sang-ho places the post-apocalyptic action in the background and instead focuses on a compelling study of what it means to be human.
Director Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave is a cop/criminal love story that falters but occasionally fascinates.
Ranking the films that built the South Korean industry pre-Parasite.
We've got an exclusive clip where Parasite director Bong Joon-ho reveals some of the "secret codes" and easter eggs hidden in the Oscar-nominated film.
Rampant delivers furious zombie-fighting action in a striking period setting.
Reel Asian, Toronto's annual celebration of pan-Asian cinema, has announced its 2018 slate.
Okja disarms you with its vibrant colour, endearing characters, and heart-pounding action, only so you are better prepared to experience its strong political message.
New World is ultimately just a slice of stylized gangster movie fun with delusions of crime epic grandeur, but it's an exquisitely crafted piece of entertainment from South Korea.
Even with the invention and proliferation of television, radio remains a relevant and fascinating medium. There are some excellent films about the power of the DJ voice, from Talk Radio to Pump Up the Volume to The Fisher King . Something about the disembodied voice allows the listener to imagine any person they choose as the owner of that voice, and twist the words to their own ideals. Sang Man Kim’s new thriller Midnight F.M. can easily be added not only to the radio film canon, but also to the slate of great thrillers being produced in recent years in South Korea.
Korean cinema has churned out its fair share of revenge thrillers, chief among them being Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy. Kim Ji-Woon’s I Saw the Devil might not be as good as these films, but it is a solid revenge thriller that abandons any pretence of satisfaction and keeps piling on the tragedy.
It seems that cinephiles worldwide can’t get enough of zombies these days. Vampires too, but I’ve always been a bit puzzled by the attraction to zombies. After all, they are undead creatures who have no cognitive functions and eat brains. There is no romance there. As such, the vast majority of zombie movies these days […]
I met Breathless director Yang Ik-June over dim sum in Montreal when his film played at the Fantasia Film Festival. He seemed such a nice, quiet, unassuming young man. Who knew that behind the modest exterior lay a writer-director-actor who pulls no punches, literally and figuratively, with his first feature length film. I heard praise […]
