Film clubs sprang up across South Korea, some of whose members, such as Bong Joon-ho and Lee Hyuk-rae, later became directors. This film shows them and others looking back, sometimes in embarrassment.
Review | Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club – Bong Joon-ho’s creative roots recalled
Film clubs sprang up across South Korea, some of whose members, such as Bong Joon-ho and Lee Hyuk-rae, later became directors. This film shows them and others looking back, sometimes in embarrassment.
LTNS: Esom, Ahn Jae-hong play a sexless couple in K-drama comedy gem
Starring Esom and Ahn Jae-hong, this Korean black comedy about a frigid couple who ease their money woes by blackmailing people who cheat on their partners is expertly scripted and directed.
I Am a Running Mate: colourful school election comedy K-drama
Parasite co-writer Han Jin-won makes his directing debut with high-school comedy I Am a Running Mate, starring Yoon Hyun-soo as a student who becomes a coveted running mate in a school election.
LTNS: Esom, Ahn Jae-hong play a sexless couple in K-drama comedy gem
Starring Esom and Ahn Jae-hong, this Korean black comedy about a frigid couple who ease their money woes by blackmailing people who cheat on their partners is expertly scripted and directed.
I Am a Running Mate: colourful school election comedy K-drama
Parasite co-writer Han Jin-won makes his directing debut with high-school comedy I Am a Running Mate, starring Yoon Hyun-soo as a student who becomes a coveted running mate in a school election.
Parasite co-writer Han Jin-won makes his directing debut with high-school comedy I Am a Running Mate, starring Yoon Hyun-soo as a student who becomes a coveted running mate in a school election.
Review | Dear Jinri: a heartbreaking interview with K-pop’s Sulli before her suicide
Jung Yoon-suk’s Dear Jinri is a heartbreaking documentary built around the final interview given by K-pop star Sulli of girl group f(x) – recorded ‘shortly before her passing’ in 2019.
Jung Yoon-suk’s Dear Jinri is a heartbreaking documentary built around the final interview given by K-pop star Sulli of girl group f(x) – recorded ‘shortly before her passing’ in 2019.
The Deal: kidnap thriller K-drama is high on atmosphere, low on logic
Starring Yoo Seung-ho, Kim Dong-hwi, Yoo Su-bin and Lee Joo-young, The Deal is a new Korean drama about a pair kidnappers who get in way over their heads that premiered at Busan 2023.
Review | Believer 2: Netflix sequel is so bad not even Han Hyo-joo can save it
Starring Cho Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won and Han Hyo-joo, new Korean action movie Believer 2 on Netflix is an orgy of senseless violence that adds nothing but questions to its far superior forerunner.
Review | Dear Jinri: a heartbreaking interview with K-pop’s Sulli before her suicide
Jung Yoon-suk’s Dear Jinri is a heartbreaking documentary built around the final interview given by K-pop star Sulli of girl group f(x) – recorded ‘shortly before her passing’ in 2019.
The Deal: kidnap thriller K-drama is high on atmosphere, low on logic
Starring Yoo Seung-ho, Kim Dong-hwi, Yoo Su-bin and Lee Joo-young, The Deal is a new Korean drama about a pair kidnappers who get in way over their heads that premiered at Busan 2023.
Review | Believer 2: Netflix sequel is so bad not even Han Hyo-joo can save it
Starring Cho Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won and Han Hyo-joo, new Korean action movie Believer 2 on Netflix is an orgy of senseless violence that adds nothing but questions to its far superior forerunner.
K-pop group CIX are proud ‘reliable’ music makers, ready to rock the world
K-pop group CIX, who formed in 2019, are growing a global fandom after a pandemic hiatus. They talk about their new album OK Episode 1: OK Not, and the search for perfection.
‘It’s more playful’: K-pop group TO1 on new album and performing at KCON
Made up of Donggeon, Chan, Jisu, Jaeyun, J.You, Kyungho, Daigo, Renta and Yeojeong, K-pop boy group TO1 talk about their new album Why Not??, KCON LA and dreaming big.
Made up of Donggeon, Chan, Jisu, Jaeyun, J.You, Kyungho, Daigo, Renta and Yeojeong, K-pop boy group TO1 talk about their new album Why Not??, KCON LA and dreaming big.
Who are Rocking Doll? The new K-pop girl group looking to take over the world
Ahead of the release of their English-language debut album Survive, new K-pop girl group Rocking Doll talk about their favourite songs, their name and their label’s ‘motherly’ CEO.
Ahead of the release of their English-language debut album Survive, new K-pop girl group Rocking Doll talk about their favourite songs, their name and their label’s ‘motherly’ CEO.
K-drama star Seo In-guk on new single album Love & Love and Cafe Minamdang
K-drama star Seo In-guk, who was a K-pop singer before his acting career took off, talks about his latest musical release and why he enjoys his role in Cafe Minamdang so much.
K-drama star Seo In-guk, who was a K-pop singer before his acting career took off, talks about his latest musical release and why he enjoys his role in Cafe Minamdang so much.
K-pop group CIX are proud ‘reliable’ music makers, ready to rock the world
K-pop group CIX, who formed in 2019, are growing a global fandom after a pandemic hiatus. They talk about their new album OK Episode 1: OK Not, and the search for perfection.
‘It’s more playful’: K-pop group TO1 on new album and performing at KCON
Made up of Donggeon, Chan, Jisu, Jaeyun, J.You, Kyungho, Daigo, Renta and Yeojeong, K-pop boy group TO1 talk about their new album Why Not??, KCON LA and dreaming big.
Made up of Donggeon, Chan, Jisu, Jaeyun, J.You, Kyungho, Daigo, Renta and Yeojeong, K-pop boy group TO1 talk about their new album Why Not??, KCON LA and dreaming big.
Who are Rocking Doll? The new K-pop girl group looking to take over the world
Ahead of the release of their English-language debut album Survive, new K-pop girl group Rocking Doll talk about their favourite songs, their name and their label’s ‘motherly’ CEO.
Ahead of the release of their English-language debut album Survive, new K-pop girl group Rocking Doll talk about their favourite songs, their name and their label’s ‘motherly’ CEO.
K-drama star Seo In-guk on new single album Love & Love and Cafe Minamdang
K-drama star Seo In-guk, who was a K-pop singer before his acting career took off, talks about his latest musical release and why he enjoys his role in Cafe Minamdang so much.
K-drama star Seo In-guk, who was a K-pop singer before his acting career took off, talks about his latest musical release and why he enjoys his role in Cafe Minamdang so much.