A married detective investigating the death of a climber becomes obsessed with the victim’s wife, who looks increasingly like the dead man's murderer – now on various VoD platforms. [Read More...]
The Korean master of self-exploration returns with almost exactly the same film you would expect him to - Silver Bear winner at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Three families face tough times in post-war Korea, but the way their young people deal with it suggest things will improve – from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]
A man passes the boredom of Sunday in Seoul by spending time in the park with his lover, robbing an old schoolmate then going out drinking and womanising in bars – from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]
A teenage girl in Seoul, Korea, 1994, comes to terms with life on a number of levels - personal, family, social, political – from the BFI London Film Festival and the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) [Read More...]
Boy from the North Country. North Korean defector living in South Korea struggles to survive in the black economy, with scant help from those around him or people at the church he attends – from the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF), on now [Read More...]
Like mother, like son. A woman informally adopts the teenage son she's not seen for more than 10 years – from the London Korean Film Festival, on now [Read More...]
The passing of the seasons. A young woman finds her true self in the Korean countryside in this adaptation of a Japanese manga; the outcome is dirtylicious and it will make you drool, for more reasons than one - from the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) and the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) [Read More...]
Ye gods and little fishes! A dead soldier enters the afterlife where his suitability for reincarnation gets evaluated, while godly envoys are sent to Earth on a bizarre mission – from the London East Asia Film Festival, and also in selected cinemas from Thursday, August 16th [Read More...]
Is this the Korean Grenfell Tower? Threatened eviction, SWAT, lethal building fire: compelling documentary about the Yongsan tragedy in which a police raid on a group of housing protesters went horribly wrong – from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]
Revisiting the Korean towering inferno: follow-up doc to Two Doors, has survivors of the Yongsan tragedy released from prison to tell their side of the story and grapple with the resulting emotional and psychological problems – from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]