By Pierce Conran Wrapping a raft of social issues plaguing modern Korean society into a simple allegory, Collective Invention , a quir...

By Hieu Chau The notion of ordering a bride is largely written off as a joke in various parts of the world but the reality of the scen...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Incessantly grim and pushing the three-...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Following a pair of indulgent films tha...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Following his terrific debut Romance Jo...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Taking its cue from the common social g...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce...

By Pierce Conran Following its debut at the Busan International Film Festival last October, Lee Su-jin's film Han Gong-ju has been ...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. What is it that drives us to the cinema, time and again?...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). It’s a funny thing to think you understand something and then experience it first ...

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

The bis news this week is a new Park Chan-wook project, Pieta premiering at Venice and numerous Busan Film Fest announcements BIFF 2012 ...

The passage of time affects us all in certain ways, our experiences and our memories all take on different forms after we’ve lived them a...

Some sales in Cannes this week but not too much else to report though there are some great interviews and a new trailer for incoming summer...

A few days ago, I saw Lee Hyeon-seung’s new film Hindsight and as I’m sitting at my computer, trying to gather my thoughts on it, I’m ...

Korea’s violent history features many atrocities, injustices, and infamous milestones but, aside from the separation of the peninsula, none ...

A wealth of fantastic interviews this week and a variety of trailers, features, and festival news items to boot. Enjoy! KOREAN CINEMA N...

Not quite last week's haul but nonetheless a lot of great features and interview (and a comprehensive academic thesis!) this week on a v...

Another good week for reviews spread over a wide range of films. A number of reviews for I Saw the Devil (not sure why) and trio for BIFF ...

Big news week for Korean cinema, a good portion of it for the incoming Busan Film Fest and the controversy surrounding new film The Crucibl...