What started as the Korean New Wave in the late 90s really flourished in the 2000s. The 2010s, however, is where we saw what we can call the “new”...
Tag - Hong Sang-Soo
Reviewing Hong Sang-soo's films is actually an effort in finding the elements that separate each movie from the rest, since the Korean's oeuvre is rather...
A man comes back to the place where he met his great love in order to re-connect with her.
Hong Sang-soo was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 70th Berlinale Film Festival for his 24rd feature fiction film “The Woman Who Ran”, a story...
In the first episode of AMP Talks, Panos Kotzathanasis and Rhythm Zaveri discuss about the current state of the Korean movie industry and focus on a number of...
South Korea cinema had, by several accounts, a far better year than several other countries. It began the year well, with films like “The Man Standing...
Kim Min-hee began modeling when she was in middle school, and soon appeared as a cover girl in teen magazines. In 1999, she was cast in the campus drama School...
Like with alcohol: you don’t need more, but you can always go for another round.
Wedged between “Right Now, Wrong Then” (2015) and the successive “Claire's Camera” and “On the Beach at Night Alone” (both...
Though 2020 saw muted festivities for much of the year, Asian cinema made serious gains.