Adding to the excitement of upcoming film Minari, Bong Joon Ho and Min Jin Lee have each released insightful interviews with Lee Isaac Chung, the writer, director, and producer of the film. Bong Joon Ho is currently one of the most sought after directors in Hollywood since his film Parasite, swept four Oscars in 2020.…
The explosive growth in the popularity of Korean pop culture has made Korean movies on Netflix a must have genre for this leading streaming platform. From nostalgic classics to slick modern dystopian thrillers, some very entertaining Korean movies are now available for viewing with a Netflix membership. Korean filmmakers always seem to know how to…
Any list of the best Korean movies would be incomplete without masterpieces by Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan Wook, but if you’ve seen them all like I have and are hungry for more great Korean movies, here are some lesser known gems that I immensely enjoyed this fall. Korean entertainment is experiencing a golden…
There is only one Korean movie on Roger Ebert’s list of ‘Great Movies’, and it has taken me 17 years to truly appreciate this modern masterpiece. Although many great Korean movies receiving more accolades came along after the death of Roger Ebert, this film stands tall as the proud godfather of the golden era of…
A remarkable selection of Korean movies awaits on Amazon Prime, which PC Mag recently named as the top streaming service for movies. The phenomenon of the ascendance of Korean entertainment worldwide is called the Korean Wave or Hallyu, which is made of two root words: han (한) meaning “Korean”, and ryu (류) meaning “flow” or “wave”. A treasure trove of Hallyu…
“The answer is on YouTube, where the Korean Film Archive (kofa) maintains a channel of nearly two hundred movies, from the nineteen-thirties through the end of the twentieth century, all free to watch and with English subtitles available.“ Americans are attuned to Korean film like never before. The awakening came with the dominance of this past…
Parasite , the Best Picture winner from the 2020 Academy Awards, is now streaming on Hulu. Hulu and independent film distributor Neon signed a multiyear output deal back in 2017. In addition to Parasite , three other movies directed by Bong Joon Ho were added to Hulu as well: Barking Dogs Never Bite , The…
“Mal-Mo-E”: Our language makes us who we are. It’s hard to imagine what could have happened to the Korean language if not for a small group of patriots who put their lives on the line to create the first Korean dictionary. During the Japanese occupation of Korea, a brutally methodical attempt to destroy the Korean…