Korean cinema is very much an industry of genre films: gangster, high school, melodrama, horror and revenge dramas are the most recognizable...

Despite watching hundreds of Korean films, I have never watched any K-Drama, until now that is! Last night I watched the first episode of Ir...

Bong Joon-ho is well known for his deft handling of generic conventions; he not only understands and respects their limitations but know h...

Korean cinema features a lot of male characters that have either tried to shelter themselves from the past trauma of their lives, or have be...

As I previously mentioned, I wasn't very exited about The Man From Nowhere at first but the quiet popularity it has earned gradually ma...

My last post got me thinking, perhaps people haven't had the same opportunity as they've had before to see Korean films because they...

I found out that the Korean Cinema Blogathon is happening at NewKoreanCinema.com, it is taking place over March 7-13. Very happy to see s...

See my companion piece: Decline in Domestic Interest in Korean Cinema? It is my impression that of late, there has been a lack of enthusia...

It's been a while since I've posted and I'm sorry for that. A busy holiday season, work and some writing projects have diverted ...

High school girls are punished in class Whispering Corridors ( Yeogo geodam , 1998) was released during a key time in the modernization...

"Either physically handicapped or psychologically traumatized (sometimes both), many of the characters emblematized the period's f...

My work has been keeping me on the road recently and I am somewhat distressed to see that I have not added to this blog in over a month. Tha...