By Patryk Czekaj At first glance, Horror Stories 2 looks like a more mature and self-conscious version of the original film. Though ...

By Pierce Conran I’m glad that I’m not a particularly big horror buff, because if I was, Korean cinema would seem like a real letdown...

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...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). As a society Korea has been slow to change despite its economic growth. At times ...

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  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). This is not a new piece but it just seemed too a propos not to include. Just like...

Part of  Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC  of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). Perhaps because of his...

Part of Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). If there can be one m...

Though I scarcely have the time to read these days there are a few classic works of literature I always go back to. On the one hand the...

Many films passed through Korean theaters last year and a great number of them made their presence felt. But of course for every chart-...

Korean cinema has proven on many occasions that it can be quite brazen when it comes to generic codes. It can sometimes seem like a kid ...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival. In the world of cinema, things aren’t always as they se...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival. If you watch a lot of films, it’s hard not to get at lea...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. Being one of the more tired genres to litter the multiplexe...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. The most anticipated Korean film of the year, with its dazzling ...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. (by Rex Baylon) Of all the film cultures in the world that emb...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. Corruption, injustice and terror have always been a sad reality ...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. From  North By Northwest  (1959) all the way to  Tinker Sailor So...

Korea is not known for road movies and given that the country is smaller than many US states, this hardly comes as a surprise. Neverthel...

Playing at the 27th Fribourg International Film Festival (March 16-23, 2013) Corruption, injustice and terror have always been a sad...