Bargain (Jeon Woo-sung, South Korea 2023) A man hires a high school girl for a good time at a secluded hotel, but each is in fact trying to ensnare the …
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This past summer, TIFF Cinematheque curated Summer of Seoul, a retrospective showcase of Korean content that assembled films from brand-name Korean auteurs, rising filmmakers, as well as programming that included …
Aloners (Hong Sung-eun, South Korea 2021) Introverted and independent Jin-a (Gong Seung-yeon) works as a top customer service agent in a Seoul call centre, resides alone, and is content with shutting …
Lightning has struck twice for South Korean cinema because when it reigns, it pours. Last year, Lee Chang-dong’s Burning premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews, started …
Full spoilers ahead. If there was any doubt about what kind of genre Murakami Haruki’s 1983 short story Barn Burning is, writer-director Lee Chang-Dong has called it by adapting the …
A North Korean fisherman’s boat strays into enemy waters after his net accidentally jams the motor. The South Koreans promptly take him into custody to rule him out as a …
On a rural South Korean farmstead, a married middle-aged couple arrive at the home of a single mother (Kil Hae-yeon) and her pregnant teenage daughter (Ahn Ji-hye). The parties have …
Buried under the noise of the festival’s many overrated titles was South Korean Yeon Sang-ho’s second animated feature The Fake. While his debut The King of Pigs (2011), a bleak …
Are you tired of your friends bombarding you with “food porn” photos? Well, never fear. As if the world needs more food photos, we present you with more! These lovely …
A few months ago photographer Brian St. Denis traveled to South Korea to visit his sister-in-law, who is teaching at an English school in Bucheon for the year. During his trip he captured …