When a filmmaker makes a great debut, expectations are bound to be quite high for the follow-up. Such was the case for Jang Cheol-soo, w...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). By Paul Quinn, founder of the excellent Hangul Celluloid . Ask almost anyone ...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). By Kyu Hyun Kim, Associate Professor at UC Davis and koreanfilm.org  contributor....

UPDATE: Some unexpected plans have forced me to move REVENGE WEEK on MKC back two weeks. It will now take place July 8-14. Sorry for the ...

2010 was a great year for Korean cinema and as here at Modern Korean Cinema I'm going back through Korean film to get a sense of what...

Lots of reviews this week with The Front Line being released in the US.  Four movies also came out this week in Korea though as of yet only...

A wide array of films reviewed this week, many due to the just-wrapped London Korean Film Festival. RECENT RELEASES A Better Tomorro...

A good number of new reviews this week including a whole bunch relating to the Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today MOMA screenings currently taking ...

If you are fan of Korean cinema but have not heard of the brilliant and imminent Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA), surely you must...

My last post got me thinking, perhaps people haven't had the same opportunity as they've had before to see Korean films because they...