Bong Joonho’s films are well-known for having strong political statements and flawed characters whose good intentions are sometimes little more than means to an end.
Read More
Ko Youngnam's Suddenly in the Dark is one of many entries in the horror genre of woman-descends-into-madness, but it's accomplished in a compelling manner unlike most of what I've seen before.
Read More
In its murky storyline, one thing is clear, and it's that while accepting yourself as you are is good, changing everything about yourself so people will like you is better.
Read More
The middle of October seemed like a good time to watch the Korean horror classic, A Tale of Two Sisters, for the first time
Read More
This past week, there's been a clip from director Kim Joohwan’s Midnight Runners circulating on social media.
Read More
The Labyrinth appeared to me with the description, “It's love at first sight for new students Heemin and Soyoung, who find themselves locked in their school overnight with a host of bedeviled souls,.
Read More
The story follows Yonghu (Park Seojoon), an undefeated MMA fighter who's also actively rejected God ever since the tragic death of his father as a child.
Read More
Kim Kiduk's Time explores this very topic of fighting tooth and nail against the inevitable, following a young woman's extreme attempt at keeping her crumbling relationship alive.
Read More
Swing Kids is about a small group trapped in a POW camp during the Korean War who finds family in each other through their shared passion for music and dance.
Read More
Director Park Chanwook has a way of delving beyond what his audience might expect in favor of exploring human behavior and the ways one's actions can impact others, and Thirst is one such example.
Read More
Stories like this one have a strong tendency for fights, a training arc, and any successes rooted in the power of friendship—which is a tried-and-true recipe for having a good time.
Read More
Pieta follows Kangdo (Lee Jungjin), an all-around bad guy who's hard to love, quite frankly.
Read More
Jo Sunghee's A Werewolf Boy is a product of its time in the best of ways.
Read More
For the Emperor follows former professional baseball player Lee Hwan (Lee Minki), who dipped after getting involved in fixed games due to his own shoulder injury.
Read More
Very rare is a film so delicately balanced in all of its elements (writing, direction, or performance) that nothing seems to drastically outweigh another as Park Chanwook's The Handmaiden.
Read More
Jo Bareun's Gang is one of the more obscure Korean films we’ve seen, and it definitely has something to do with its appearance as something of a student film.
Read More
Kim Bora’s House of Hummingbird is, frankly, one of the best coming-of-age dramas I’ve seen.
Read More
Aptly timed with its 2020 release, Il Cho’s #Alive uses excellent pacing to drive a very familiar plot.
Read More
At first glance, The Wailing’s story elements are mashed together in a way that should feel less coherent, but it somehow flows pretty well as long as you're paying attention.
Read More
Rumored to be the first installment of a yet-to-be-continued trilogy, The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion sets up a long line of dominoes that could fall in just about any direction.
Read More