By Pierce Conran Following its launch last year, the Wildflower Film Awards Korea revealed the nominees of its upcoming 2nd edition las...

By Pierce Conran The Wildflower Film Awards (들꽃영화상), a new audience-led initiative to recognize achievements in independent Korean cin...

Welcome to the first MKC Thought Leaders' Corner! We are thrilled to present this new feature where every month we will ask the top exp...

Ongoing series on classic Korean film recently made available for free and with English subtitles on Youtube courtesy of the Korean Fi...

Ongoing reports on the 14th Udine International Film Festival which Modern Korean Cinema will be covering onsite. Last week was my ...

Ongoing reports on the 14th Udine International Film Festival which Modern Korean Cinema will be covering onsite. As I made my wa...

Chil-su and Man-su Park Kwang-su’s debut feature Chilsu and Mansu came at a pivotal moment in Korean history and was one of the fi...

Kang Ji-hwan and So Ji-sub in Rough Cut (2008) The gangster film has been a staple since the early days of cinema.  It's heady, l...

To wrap up the film reviews for 'Jopok Week', what better way than to take a look at the latest Korean gangster film to hit the...

By Darcy Paquet (This essay was originally published in Korean translation in the film weekly Cine21 , in January 2009.) Han Suk-ky...