By Pierce Conran Celebrated indie auteur Hong Sang-soo returns to Toronto with his 18th film Yourself and Yours . Once again featuring...

By Pierce Conran After a stellar 2016, many are keen to see if Korean cinema can muster the same quality lineup in 2017. However, tho...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran It's easy to accuse Hong Sangsoo of do...

By John A. Riley Some critics have characterised Hong Sang-soo's latest film as evidence of a prolific director running out of ste...

By Patryk Czekaj Hong Sangsoo is an undisputed master of low budget, dialogue-driven, ambiguously satirical films that reveal the truth...

Lots of new projects or details of upcoming films announced this week, including the latest on Park Chan-wook, Hong Sang-soo and Kim Jee-woo...

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 Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). As far as the critical discourse of K...

A number of reviews for new Korean films The Thieves and R2B: Return to Base and lots of coverage for the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Aust...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (previously published). Quick disclaimer before barreling on...

Aside from a new trailer, poster and the Box Office recap, all of this week's news in Cannes-related.  The big films were sold to the ma...

I was away at the 14th Udine Far East Film Festival when this update was meant to go out but I don't think I missed very much save the ...

An enormous amount of reviews marking the stateside releases of a few Korean films, particularly WWII blockbuster My Way and Hong Sang-soo&...

“Let's just read. In such a rotten world only books will save us.” This line of dialogue, which is spoken early in Oki’s Mo...

As far as the critical discourse of Korean cinema goes, few filmmakers have a more commanding presence than Hong Sang-soo, whose flowing ...

This week's Korean Cinema News marks the feature's one-year anniversary!  Thank you all so much for visiting the site, I really a...

Weekend of September 16-18, 2011: Title Release Date Weekend Total 1 Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon 8/10/11 292,931 6,589,663 2 Marrying th...

I'm away in Dublin for a few days so this update is a little lighter than usual. Some features on the rising popularity of Korean litera...