Overview of articles
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Intruders
As you can guess from the title: a ‘home invasion movie’. A young man from Seoul hopes to finish his screenplay in a remote, snow-topped…Published on: -
Han Gong-Ju
Impressively acted social drama. After an incident, a Korean teenage girl is transferred to another school, where she stays with the mother of her newPublished on: -
App Sapiens
Never trust a navigation system. A man follows his sat nav, but finds out too late that it doesn’t have his best interests at heart.Published on: -
Secretly Greatly
A strange mix of genres as only the Koreans can. North Korean spies infiltrate the South pretending to be a village idiot, musician and student.…Published on: -
Our Sunhi
Amusing, award-winning comedy of manners about Sunhi (played by the marvellous Jung Yumi) who asks her professor for a letter of recommendation to stuPublished on: -
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Who will get the bag of money, and where did it come from? An artfully constructed black comedy/crime thriller and compelling summary of human shortcoPublished on: -
The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin
Former ‘comfort woman’ at an American base in Korea re-writes her history into something supernatural. Sublime.Published on: -
Bring Me Home
Korean thriller in which a mother is confronted with the secrets of a local fishing community as she searches for her missing son.Published on: -
Parasite (B&W Version)
Inspired by their love of classic cinema, Bong Joon Ho and his cameraman made a black-and-white version of Parasite, the big hit of 2019.Published on: -
Not in This World
Tiger winner Park Jungbum depicts a rebellious teen girl and an oddball trying to stay afloat in a harsh world.Published on: