By Pierce Conran Independent cinema in Korea has been gaining a lot of steam over the last few years, and now, as filmmakers become b...

Kong Quee-hyun directed his debut U.F.O. last year. His film premiered at the Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and following...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Yeonghwa: Korean Cinema Today event at NY's Museum of Modern Art. (previously published). T...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Yeonghwa: Korean Cinema Today event at NY's Museum of Modern Art. (previously published). ...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Yeonghwa: Korean Cinema Today event at NY's Museum of Modern Art. (previously published). F...

One of the recurring motifs in Korean cinema is the representation of repressed trauma. Whether as a lazy deus ex machina in a rote rom...

An in-depth interview with Ji Ha-jean, the up-and-coming director behind the award-winning low-budget western Bloody Fight in Iron-Rock ...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Rutger Hauer’s heyday may have come before my time but a...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the Jecheon Intl. Music & Film Festival. Each of us loves different styles of music. Our tastes ...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the Jecheon Intl. Music & Film Festival. Though not always convinced by the films, the Jecheon ...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). Delve into any well-balanced childhoo...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the Jecheon Intl. Music & Film Festival. Generally speaking I’m not a huge fan of music biopics....

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). Before getting into a discussion abou...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). There are few things more satisfyin...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). As far as the critical discourse of K...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). It’s amazing to witness what can be...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). It’s easy to forget sometimes how r...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). (by Peter Gutiérrez) I’m not sure...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). It’s about time I threw my hat into...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Though this film was presented at last year's event (wher...