Despite this one being a mediocre season for Asian cinema, NYAFF still managed to include a number of gems in its huge program, once more justifying its place...
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"What's so fun about running around and putting a ball in a net?"
The last time Lee Byeong-heon made a film, he subverted all expectations with “Extreme Job”, a release that juggernauted its way to box office...
“Squid Games” combines the classic Korean thriller with the sentimental blockbuster drama
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”...
Despite their popularity, particularly among the mainstream audience, action movies are probably most difficult in terms of production, particularly regarding...
Box office hit director Lee Byeong-heon graced this year's London Korean Film Festival in-person. Since his award-winning film “Twenty,” Lee has a...
It might look like that comedy as a genre is slowly, but painfully dying out, drowning, at best, in pop-cultural references that would not last very long, or...
After directing and writing few coming of age and young adults love plots, thirty something director Lee Byeong-heon moves his target a notch up in age with...