Tag: Korean Cinema
KoreanScreen.com’s 100 Greatest Korean Films Ever
In an extensive poll created over at the terrific Korean film website site KoreanScreen.com, editor Trevor Treharne compiled the hefty results and published the results…
Film Review: Peninsula (2020)
After his breakout 2016 zombie thriller hit Train to Busan, it only seemed natural that director Yeon Sang-ho would return to the story. And after…
Festival de Cannes Review: Parasite (2019)
The festival buzz was at its peak for Parasite, as the latest film from the accomplished director Bong Joon-ho (director of Memories of Murder), and…
Korean Film: 화녀 / Woman of Fire (1971)
In 2006, I was lucky enough to attend a Kim Ki-young retrospective at Cinémathèque Francaise. The director is probably mostly known for The Housemaid (Hanyo)….
For Newbies: ‘Must-See’ Modern Korean Horror Movies
Whispering Corridors (1998) Yeogo Goedam Directed by Ki-hyung Park Whispering Corridors should be placed in the genre of films encompassing the horrors of school, along…
Parasite – How a South Korean Film Changed the Landscape
Sometimes, a film is just a film. Then, films like Parasite happen. Parasite premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival to huge acclaim. It won…
Review: Poetry (2010)
Some time in 2011, I had the good fortune of being able to travel from California’s Central Valley to San Francisco to see a film…
Memories of Murder (2003) Review
As someone who never used to really dabble in a lot of foreign cinema, the first time I sat down to watch a foreign movie…
Train To Busan: A Quarantine First Take
I love zombie movies. My dad showed me Night of the Living Dead when I was like ten, and he went on at length about…
Dark Cinema: Horror from Japan and Korea
An Overview By Ren Zelen ‘No body’ does it better When a new era of Asian horror films entered mainstream Western cinema with Hideo Nakata’s…
VIDEO – the Best 50 Films from South Korea
Almost 200 examples of South Korean cinema collected votes as many of you and others beyond selected your own preferences in this flourishing segment of…
EIFF Exclusive Review: Extreme Job
I will get the chicken puns out of the way… Extreme Job is clucking amazing. This is an egg-cellent film. You’re going to want to…
Around the World in 80 Films: Bedevilled
My Around the World adventure has seen me encounter a wide range of films, some of which have been incredibly hard to stomach, let alone…
#KoreaToo: How the #MeToo Movement is Making an Impact in South Korea
Back in 2017 the #MeToo movement swept across America. Looking back, it’s hard to imagine the impact that the hashtag would have. It went viral…
