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Review: MINARI, An Immigrant Story at a Micro-level

If you are expecting Steven Yeun's character to be a recipient of racial slurs and persecution in the rural Arkansas and overcoming odds to achieve that elusive American Dream, a good surprise awaits.

ILLANG: THE WOLF BRIGADE: Netflix Nabs Near-Global Rights For Kim Jee-woon's Live Action Version of Anime JIN-ROH

Big news from Variety this morning. Streaming powerhouse Netflix have acquired nearly all global rights for Kim Jee-woon's Illang: The Wolf Brigade. This new film from the director of such hits as The Good The Bad The Weird and I...

SEA FOG: Watch The Full Trailer For The Bong Joon-ho Produced Thriller

The Host director Bong Joon-ho takes the producer's chair with Sea Fog (Haemoo), the based- on-a-true-story Korean thriller directed by his Memories Of Murder writer Shim Sung-bo. The first teaser for the film arrived back in late June but with...

SEA FOG: Watch The Teaser For Bong Joon-ho Produced Thriller

The Host director Bong Joon-ho slides into the producer's chair for his Memories Of Murder co-writer Shim Sung-bo's directorial debut, Sea Fog (HaeMoo), the based-on-a-true-story tale of a fishing vessel whose attempt to transport illegal immigrants ends very badly, indeed.With...

Jeonju 2013 Review: The Ethereal DEAR DOLPHIN Explores Grief and Guilt

The most anticipated film of the Jeonju International Film Festival's Korean Competition this year, Kang Ji-na's feature Dear Dolphin, was also the most polished. With its themes of love, loss and loneliness, as well as its vibrant colors, strong mise-en-scene...

[K-FILM REVIEWS] 파주 (Paju)

You'll never fully realize how beautiful fog can be until you see it from a balcony, as it embraces an entire valley in the early morning, like an ocean of white you'd love to swim in; It's as if, for...

Park Chan-Ok's "PAJU" will open the IFFR 2010

From January 27th till February the 7th, the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam will be held. And even though the final line-up won't be released until the second week of January, details are slowly but surely emerging.   Such as...

New Trailer for Park Chan-Ok's 파주 (Paju)

October seems to be quite the interesting month in Korean theaters, what with the return of Jang Jin with his "presidential black comedy" 굿모닝 프레지던트 (Good Morning President), Hur Jin-Ho's China-Korea co-production 호우시절 (The Season of Good Rain), and the...

Korea's "Female Hong Sang-Soo" Returns with 파주 (Paju)

As Lydgate suggested, comparisons do ofttime great grievance, particularly when you're a film director. When Park Chan-Ok debuted in 2002 with the excellent 질투는 나의 힘 (Jealousy is My Middle Name), those who weren't wondering whether she was Park Chan-Wook's...