By Pierce Conran Following his trip From Seoul to Varanasi in 2011, arthouse filmmaker Jeon Kyu-hwan took a bigger leap overseas with...

By Pierce Conran For his live-action debut Train to Busan , indie animation director Yeon Sang-ho, whose films The King of Pigs and T...

By Pierce Conran After nearly a decade away from the director's chair, Shim Kwang-jin returned with an unhurried take on a common ...

By Pierce Conran Choi Dong-hoon's much anticipated period action-thriller Assassination wrapped its shoot on January 31st in Paju...

By Pierce Conran Seol Kyung-gu and Ko Soo are teaming for upcoming thriller Lucid Dream . From first time director Kim Joon-sung, the ...

By Pierce Conran Last year was a rough one for Korea's mainstream industry, at least creatively speaking. There were some big ...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran If you feel that tough genre fare in Kor...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran To date, the summer of 2014 has seen the m...

By Pierce Conran To date, the summer of 2014 has seen the majority of mainstream Korean films fall into either of two categories: the...

By Pierce Conran If you feel that tough genre fare in Korea has been spinning its wheels of late, you're not alone. While genera...

By Pierce Conran Korean cinema has become known for its thrillers, and though the genre is one that is popular around the world, the...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. Korean thrillers have earned a reputation for consisten...

The thriller genre, one of the hallmarks of contemporary Korean cinema, seems to be as strong as ever on the peninsula these days. Many o...

In an era of oversaturation at the cineplex, with countless retreads and follow-ups dominating the marquees, sometimes a gimmick is just ...

Ensemble casts and high concept scripts seems to be all the rage these days in Korean cinema and An Ethics Lesson , billed as an erotic t...

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 Yeonghwa: Korean Cinema Today event at NY's Museum of Modern Art. (previously published). F...

In Korea, genre is a dish almost never served by itself. Rather than use tried and tested formulas, local cineastes tend to concoct more...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Rutger Hauer’s heyday may have come before my time but a...

The none-too-subtle opening sequence First impressions are important and as film viewers we are particularly prone to making rash decis...