Film clubs like the Yellow Door Film Institute, co-founded by Bong Joon-ho, began springing up in South Korean universities in the 1990s.   “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club” (above) looks back at those early days.
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Review | Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club – Bong Joon-ho’s creative roots recalled

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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.

Film clubs like the Yellow Door Film Institute, co-founded by Bong Joon-ho, began springing up in South Korean universities in the 1990s.   “Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club” (above) looks back at those early days.

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.

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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.

11 Oct 2023 - 12:59AM

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.

11 Oct 2023 - 12:55AM
Ahn Jae-hong and Esom as sexless, blackmailing couple Samuel and Woojin, in a still from “LTNS”. The first two episodes of the black comedy, directed by Jeon Go-woon and Lim Dae-hyung, premiered at Busan 2023.

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.

11 Oct 2023 - 12:59AM
Korean drama reviews

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.

11 Oct 2023 - 12:55AM
Asian cinema: Korean films

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.

10 Oct 2023 - 1:15PM

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.

9 Oct 2023 - 11:30PM
The Deal: kidnap thriller K-drama is high on atmosphere, low on logic

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.

9 Oct 2023 - 7:15PM
Believer 2: Netflix sequel is so bad not even Han Hyo-joo can save it

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.

10 Oct 2023 - 1:15PM

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.

9 Oct 2023 - 11:30PM

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.

9 Oct 2023 - 7:15PM

‘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.

30 Aug 2022 - 10:32AM

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.

17 Sep 2022 - 4:46AM

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.

14 Jul 2022 - 9:19PM

‘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.

30 Aug 2022 - 10:32AM

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.

17 Sep 2022 - 4:46AM

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.

14 Jul 2022 - 9:19PM
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Bill Hader as Barry in “Barry”. The black comedy, in its fourth and final series on HBO and HBO Go, sees the ex-US marine-turned-assassin, turned actor, finally incarcerated for murder. Photo: HBO

What a view | HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season

HBO series Barry takes another surreal turn in its final season on HBO and HBO Go, while Queenmaker on Netflix is a must-watch good vs evil morality tale with echoes of Succession.

19 May 2023 - 6:15PM

What a view | Keeley Hawes’ ex-police officer gets caught in Crossfire on BBC First

BBC’s Crossfire stars Keeley Hawes as a former police officer who gets caught in a shoot-out in Spain with disgruntled armed locals while on holiday with her family and friends.

BBC’s Crossfire stars Keeley Hawes as a former police officer who gets caught in a shoot-out in Spain with disgruntled armed locals while on holiday with her family and friends.

14 Apr 2023 - 7:45AM
Keeley Hawes’ ex-police officer gets caught in Crossfire on BBC First

What a view | From cute to downright menacing, dogs’ wild cousins and why we need them

BBC Earth’s ‘Dogs in the Wild: Meet the Family’ profiles our pets’ wild cousins, from cute foxes to wolves and jackals, who are essential for the maintenance of a balanced ecosystem.

BBC Earth’s ‘Dogs in the Wild: Meet the Family’ profiles our pets’ wild cousins, from cute foxes to wolves and jackals, who are essential for the maintenance of a balanced ecosystem.

24 Mar 2023 - 7:45AM
From cute to downright menacing, dogs’ wild cousins and why we need them

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