By Pierce Conran Korean cinema reached its peak in 2020, but, as it turned out, it did so far too early, and the rest of the year… well, I s...

By Pierce Conran You won't find any big surprise at the top of this list, but beyond the obvious choice for best film of the year...

By Pierce Conran Thanks to Lee Chang-dong and a few late year surprises, 2018 saw the Korean film industry churn out enough quality p...

By Pierce Conran Following what turned out to be one of the all-time best years of Korean cinema, 2017 had its work cut out for it, a...

By Pierce Conran While 2016 has a been a difficult year in many regards, one area where it has excelled has been Korean cinema. With b...

By Pierce Conran I've thought about doing a list like this for some time but frankly found the task quite daunting. Having seen s...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). We began Revenge Week with the MKC's Top 10 Korean Revenge Films and now as ...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). If Revenge Week has achieved anything, it's confirmed beyond any doubt just h...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013).  Korean cinema may not only be a purveyor of revenge fare but there's no denyin...

2013 has just gotten underway and what better way for MKC to ring in the new year than to reflect on what has simply been a gargantuan y...

Xmas at MKC's HQ ;) I hope everyone's been enjoying the holidays and as 2012 winds down I just wanted to let you know what to e...

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

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Hunger Games Loses Out to Architecture 101 Threepeat Title Release Date Market Share Weekend Total ...

Ongoing reports on the 26th Fribourg International Film Festival which Modern Korean Cinema will be covering all week. It's been a...

2010 was a great year for Korean cinema and as here at Modern Korean Cinema I'm going back through Korean film to get a sense of what...

The Korean Cinema Blogathon will be back for its much anticipated 2nd edition from March 5-11.  This year the home base for the event will ...

All in all 2011 was a bit of a disappointing year for Korean cinema, at least as far as commercial cinema was concerned.  On the other ha...

Top 10 or end-of-year lists are one of my great guilty pleasures.  I know that ultimately they don't really mean very much and are gu...