Korean cinema starter kit
4 years, 10 months ago

Korean cinema starter kit

Live Mint  

On 9 February, Parasite won four Academy Awards, including Best Director for Bong Joon-ho and Best Picture. Lost in the excitement of a non-English film winning the top prize for the first time was a surprising statistic: Parasite was the first South Korean film to even be nominated for an Oscar. Yet the country’s cinema has, since the 1990s, been a huge force on the global scene, giving us intimate chroniclers like Hong Sang-soo and Lee Chang-dong, stylists like Bong and Park Chan-wook, and several excellent commercial directors. Poetry Lee Chang-dong’s Burning was one of the great films of the last decade; its biting class criticism makes it an ideal double bill with Parasite. The Villainess For all its auteurist cred, South Korean film is best known for its endless capacity for repackaging and reinvigorating genre cinema.

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What to watch out for when Oscar noms are announced Tuesday
2 years, 10 months ago

What to watch out for when Oscar noms are announced Tuesday

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Among the films expected to …

A year after Parasite , Korean-language movie Minari is talk of Hollywood
3 years, 10 months ago

A year after Parasite , Korean-language movie Minari is talk of Hollywood

China Daily  

A scene from Minari. A year after South Korean satire Parasite took Hollywood by storm, another Korean-language movie, Minari, is making waves during awards season. Parasite, which made history in 2020 by becoming the first film in a foreign language to win a best picture Oscar, is a dark satire about class and contemporary society in South Korea. It contains …

Parasite's Birthday Party Sequence Accurately Sums Up What 2020 Has Been Like
4 years ago

Parasite's Birthday Party Sequence Accurately Sums Up What 2020 Has Been Like

News 18  

2020 has been an eventful year to say the least. If we could summarize this up into a single instance, it’d perhaps be the birthday party scene from South Korean filmmaker, Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar winning movie, Parasite. If you’ve seen the movie Parasite, you’ll know that it’s an uphill climb up to a significant plot-twist turning point in the …

Oscars 2021 on April 25 will be in-person event, no virtual ceremony: Report
4 years, 1 month ago

Oscars 2021 on April 25 will be in-person event, no virtual ceremony: Report

India Today  

The 93rd Academy Awards, or the Oscars 2021 will take place on April 25, 2021 and it will be an in-person event, a Variety.com report says. An awards publicist told Variety, “The Academy has done a walkthrough of the Dolby recently to see all the multiple options.” INDIA’S ENTRY TO OSCARS 2021 This year, director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Jallikattu is …

Oscar-Winning Movie 'Parasite' Rules Asian Film Awards Nominations
4 years, 4 months ago

Oscar-Winning Movie 'Parasite' Rules Asian Film Awards Nominations

ABP News  

'Parasite' -- Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning movie leads the race at this year's Asian Film Awards, by sweeping 10 nominations including best film, best director, and best screenplay. 'Parasite' created history as it became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars. The film also bagged the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, …

Bong Joon Ho to publish 'Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards' to celebrate Oscar-winning film's one year anniversary
4 years, 7 months ago

Bong Joon Ho to publish 'Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards' to celebrate Oscar-winning film's one year anniversary

Firstpost  

Parasite, which examines the class divide in the Korean society through a poor family scheming its way into a rich man’s house with disastrous results, became a phenomenon on its debut at Cannes in May last year, starting a winning March that ended at Oscars. Parasite fans can get a glimpse into the creative mind of director Bong Joon Ho …

‘Amour’ to ‘Parasite’: Movies that won top prize at Cannes Film Festival in the last decade — and where to watch them
4 years, 7 months ago

‘Amour’ to ‘Parasite’: Movies that won top prize at Cannes Film Festival in the last decade — and where to watch them

The Hindu  

For the first time since 1946, the Cannes Film Festival — often touted to be the most revered film festival — will not be held this year, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Competing against Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden, Pedro Almodovar’s Julieta, Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman and Sean Penn’s The Last Face, the movie was a surprise win at Cannes. I, …

'Parasite' to coronavirus: A South Korean adoptee feels invisible
4 years, 9 months ago

'Parasite' to coronavirus: A South Korean adoptee feels invisible

LA Times  

After “Parasite” won the Academy Award for best picture in February, South Korea dominated headlines. Seventy years, three generations and 250,000 Korean “orphans” later, South Korea broke the pagoda ceiling with Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” which became the first foreign-language film to win best picture since the academy’s inaugural Oscars ceremony in 1929. As our protagonists in “The Host” escape …

Trump criticizes "Parasite" Best Picture Oscar win because it's South Korean
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump criticizes "Parasite" Best Picture Oscar win because it's South Korean

Salon  

President Donald Trump told a rally in Colorado on Thursday that he does not think "Parasite" should have won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture because it is a South Korean film. After "Parasite" won the Golden Globe award for best foreign language film, Bong noted how embracing subtitles can open up one's world: "Once you overcome the one-inch …

Beyond Parasite: Journey into South Korean cinema
4 years, 10 months ago

Beyond Parasite: Journey into South Korean cinema

Hindustan Times  

Loved Parasite so much you binge-watched all of Bong Joon Ho’s films? Try these films if Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite made you curious about South Korean cinema. The Spy Gone North : Inspired by a true story, this spy drama is about a South Korean secret agent who infiltrates North Korea’s nuclear facilities. This action comedy, featuring plenty of mouth-watering …

Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho won't get to keep all four of his awards for Parasite
4 years, 10 months ago

Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho won't get to keep all four of his awards for Parasite

Daily Mail  

Director Bong Joon-ho won't be able to keep all four Oscars that was awarded to his hit drama Parasite during the 92nd Academy Awards. Making history: Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho won't get to keep all four awards for Parasite, it was reported on Monday. as film's Best International Feature Film gong is awarded to South Korea Director Bong won the …

Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’
4 years, 10 months ago

Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” made history as the first non-English best picture winner in Academy Awards history, he made a modest plea to American moviegoers: Don’t be afraid of subtitles. Accepting the award for best foreign-language film at the Golden Globes last month, the South Korean filmmaker, who has worked in both Seoul and Hollywood, said: …

South Koreans explode with joy over ‘Parasite’ Oscar wins
4 years, 10 months ago

South Koreans explode with joy over ‘Parasite’ Oscar wins

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans reacted with rare collective joy Monday after director Bong Joon Ho and his movie “Parasite” won Oscars for best picture and three other categories, good news that came as their country struggles to cope with a new virus from China and its economic fallout. “Can you believe that ‘Parasite’ won the Academy best picture?” …

Making Oscar history, ‘Parasite’ wins best picture
4 years, 10 months ago

Making Oscar history, ‘Parasite’ wins best picture

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — In a milestone win that instantly expanded the Oscars’ horizons, Bong Joon Ho’s masterfully devious class satire “Parasite” became the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards. “Parasite” took Hollywood’s top prize on Sunday night, along with awards for best director, best international film and best screenplay. In …

Parasite has changed the face of the Oscars – but the fight for film industry diversity doesn't end here
4 years, 10 months ago

Parasite has changed the face of the Oscars – but the fight for film industry diversity doesn't end here

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As Justin Chang, a film writer …

South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ wins international feature Oscar
4 years, 10 months ago

South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ wins international feature Oscar

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — “Parasite,“ director Bong Joon Ho’s dark comedy about wealth inequality, won the Oscar for best international feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards, becoming the first South Korean film to capture an Oscar. “A foreign-language film winning this later won’t be much of an issue later on, hopefully.” Still, he said he was stunned to see the film sweep …

By winning the Best Picture Oscar, South Korean film 'Parasite' has beaten Hollywood biggies
4 years, 10 months ago

By winning the Best Picture Oscar, South Korean film 'Parasite' has beaten Hollywood biggies

India TV News  

South Korean film "Parasite" beat Hollywood biggies like "Joker", "1917" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" to win the best picture Oscar that was given a musical touch by artistes such as Elton John and Eminem. Talking about immigrants, before announcing the Academy Award for best animated feature film, Indian-American comedian Mindy Kaling said she found solace in animated …

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho wins best director Oscar
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho wins best director Oscar

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Writer-director Bong Joon Ho made Oscar history Sunday night, capturing Oscars for best director and best international feature with his dark comic thriller, “Parasite,” the first South Korean film to win an Academy Award in any category. In addition to his director Oscar, Bong also shared the best original screenplay award with his “Parasite” co-writer Han Jin …

Oscars 2020: Despite absence from ceremony, Priyanka Chopra Jonas cheers for Parasite's historic win on Instagram
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Despite absence from ceremony, Priyanka Chopra Jonas cheers for Parasite's historic win on Instagram

Firstpost  

As the South Korean drama Parasite made history at the 92nd Academy Awards, actor Priyanka Chopra congratulated the team of the movie and said the craft of artists has the power to transcend borders. At the 92nd Academy Awards, Parasite became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture accolade. Parasite had gained six nominations this year at the …

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-ho quotes Martin Scorsese in acceptance speech at Oscars
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-ho quotes Martin Scorsese in acceptance speech at Oscars

The Hindu  

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho is the toast of Hollywood now, after Parasite became the first foreign film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The 50-year-old beat several iconic directors such as fellow nominees Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sam Mendes for 1917, Todd Phillips for Joker and Martin Scorsese for The Irishman in …

Oscars 2020: From Eminem’s surprise performance to Joaquin Phoenix’s stirring speech; four highlights
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: From Eminem’s surprise performance to Joaquin Phoenix’s stirring speech; four highlights

Hindustan Times  

The 92nd Academy Awards concluded with the historic best picture win for Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean social satire, Parasite, pulling off surprise win after surprise win for a total of four Oscars. Here are four major highlights from the ceremony: Elton John and Hildur Guðnadóttir are just one award away from joining the EGOT club Elton John is seen after …

Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' Creates History, Becomes First Foreign Language Film To Win Best Picture
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: 'Parasite' Creates History, Becomes First Foreign Language Film To Win Best Picture

ABP News  

Language is a core expression of identity. #Parasite pic.twitter.com/rqFdQwX4t4 — Eugene Lee Yang February 10, 2020 : South Korean drama 'Parasite' created history as it became the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award at Oscars. Earlier in the ceremony, the film won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, and Best Director. 'Parasite' had …

Oscars 2020: South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ makes Oscar history with Best Picture
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ makes Oscar history with Best Picture

The Hindu  

Just days before the Oscars, South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho had referred to the Oscars as “very local” awards. Or, perhaps, it was Mr. Bong’s other famous quote — “once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films” — that made the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences look …

‘Parasite’ Winning Best Picture Is A Huge Leap Forward For The Oscars
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ Winning Best Picture Is A Huge Leap Forward For The Oscars

Huff Post  

Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: NEON + CJ Entertainment/Getty This is major. The film found box-office fortune as it expanded across North American theaters throughout fall and winter, and Bong Joon Ho solidified his reputation as a cunning director skilled at disguising nuanced political allegories as crowd-pleasing blockbusters, something he’d already done with “The Host,” “Snowpiercer” and “Okja.” During the months …

Oscars 2020: Parasite Wins Best International Feature Film
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Parasite Wins Best International Feature Film

ABP News  

Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' won the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. This year, the award name was changed to Best International Feature Film from Best Foreign Language Film. In the Best Foreign Language Film category, 'Corpus Christi', 'Honeyland' ', Les Miserables', 'Pain and Glory' and 'Parasite' were nominated. 'Parasite' has gained six nominations this year at the …

Oscars 2020 winners: The complete list of who won Best Picture, Best Actor, and more at the 92nd Academy Awards.
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020 winners: The complete list of who won Best Picture, Best Actor, and more at the 92nd Academy Awards.

Slate  

The 92nd Academy Awards finished off a largely predictable ceremony on Sunday night with one major surprise: Parasite beating out 1917 for Best Picture. Parasite is not only the first South Korean movie ever to win any kind of Oscar, it’s also the first Best Picture winner in a language other than English. The bleakly comedic thriller, which follows a …

Oscars 2020: All the live updates and winners from the ceremony
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: All the live updates and winners from the ceremony

The Hindu  

Today, the end of the awards season is upon us with the Oscars, and several worthy winners will be taking home the coveted golden statue, even as the ceremony weighs down with accusations of a lack of diversity among the nominees, not enough female representation, and so on. The South Korean film becomes the first non-English/ foreign film in history …

Oscars 2020: Complete List Of Academy Award Winners
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Complete List Of Academy Award Winners

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Bong Joon Ho’s twisty home invasion thriller “Parasite” took home the Best Picture trophy at the 2020 Oscars, making history in multiple categories as the first South Korean film to win major prizes at the award show. “I feel like a very opportune moment in history is happening right now,” producer Kwak Sin-ae said on stage at …

Oscars 2020 Highlights: Audience Demands to Let Crew of Best Picture Winner Parasite Finish Their Speeches
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020 Highlights: Audience Demands to Let Crew of Best Picture Winner Parasite Finish Their Speeches

News 18  

Parasite won Best Picture Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards and the audience encouraged the cast and crew to speak their heart out on stage. Sitting on the front row of the awards show, actors like Tom Hanks and Charlize Theron urged the cast and crew of the South Korean film to extend their speech beyond the stipulated time in …

Big wins for "Parasite" including Best Picture provide the thrills in a long, dull Oscars 2020
4 years, 11 months ago

Big wins for "Parasite" including Best Picture provide the thrills in a long, dull Oscars 2020

Salon  

"Parasite," a film about extreme socioeconomic disparity and class discrimination, won Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. It's also obvious to anyone with working vision that the Academy charged Howell Taylor and Allain to do everything they could to make up for the fact that Academy voters selected an egregiously uninspired slate of nominees that were entirely white in …

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho makes Oscars history with win
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho makes Oscars history with win

LA Times  

A historic best director Oscar goes to ‘Parasite’ filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the first Korean winner and only the second director to win the prize for a film not in English. But after becoming the first foreign film to win the Screen Actors Guild ensemble prize, “Parasite” nabbed Bong his first directing Oscar, capping an awards run that began in …

‘Parasite’ pulls off Oscar upset, winning four Academy Awards
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ pulls off Oscar upset, winning four Academy Awards

LA Times  

A historic best director Oscar goes to ‘Parasite’ filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the first Korean winner and only the second director to win the prize for a film not in English. In an upset victory and a historic milestone, director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” — a darkly comic class satire about two families, one rich and one poor, whose lives …

How ‘Parasite’ made Oscars history as the first foreign-language best picture winner
4 years, 11 months ago

How ‘Parasite’ made Oscars history as the first foreign-language best picture winner

LA Times  

By the time Leonardo DiCaprio crashed the poolside “Parasite” party at the Sunset Tower Hotel on the weekend of the Golden Globes, the awards-season momentum for Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed thriller had been building for months. “Parasite” premiered at Cannes in May, unanimously winning the festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or prize, the first in a series of firsts for its filmmaker …

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon Ho praises translator Sharon Choi, who is also a director
4 years, 11 months ago

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon Ho praises translator Sharon Choi, who is also a director

LA Times  

Bong Joon Ho, winner of the international feature and best picture Oscar for “Parasite” at the 92nd Academy Awards. Like much of the film world, the “Parasite” team was still reeling from its historic best picture win Sunday at the 92nd Academy Awards as they made their way backstage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, greeted by a standing ovation …

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers

Live Mint  

Bong Joon-ho has been making films for 20 years. Bong has been living a charmed life since May, when Parasite won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Parasite has snapped up critics’ circle and guild awards across the country, the line “Jessica, only child, Illinois, Chicago” is a rare cinephile meme, it has won a Golden Globe …

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’, the Oscars and one-inch barriers

Live Mint  

Bong Joon-ho has been making films for 20 years. Bong has been living a charmed life since May, when Parasite won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Parasite has snapped up critics’ circle and guild awards across the country, the line “Jessica, only child, Illinois, Chicago” is a rare cinephile meme, it has won a Golden Globe …

South Korean film 'Parasite' is an Oscar front-runner
4 years, 11 months ago

South Korean film 'Parasite' is an Oscar front-runner

China Daily  

A still image from the film Parasite. After winning the Palme D'Or, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe, two British Academy of Film and Television Awards, a Writer's Guild of America Award and an American Cinema Editor Award, Parasite, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's black comedy thriller and morality tale may be cruising toward an Oscar. Bolting out …

South Korean film 'Parasite' is an Oscar front-runner
4 years, 11 months ago

South Korean film 'Parasite' is an Oscar front-runner

China Daily  

A still image from the film Parasite. After winning the Palme D'Or, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe, two British Academy of Film and Television Awards, a Writer's Guild of America Award and an American Cinema Editor Award, Parasite, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's black comedy thriller and morality tale may be cruising toward an Oscar. Bolting out …

‘Parasite’ Is a Brilliant Take on Social Divide and Manipulation
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ Is a Brilliant Take on Social Divide and Manipulation

The Quint  

After bagging nearly every possible award and accolade through 2019, Bong Joon Ho’s masterful Korean film Parasite releases in Indian theaters this week, and it is a cause for celebration. Secondly, for those of you new to Parasite and Korean cinema in general, I would personally highly recommend all of Bong Joon Ho’s films as the first to begin your …

The Oscars need ‘Parasite’ more than ‘Parasite’ needs the Oscars
4 years, 11 months ago

The Oscars need ‘Parasite’ more than ‘Parasite’ needs the Oscars

LA Times  

“Parasite” deserves to win best picture. It wasn’t just that “Parasite” might be deemed too dark and violent by an academy that only rarely sees the merits of a thriller as unnerving as “No Country for Old Men” or “The Silence of the Lambs.” It wasn’t just that a corrosively funny, morally unsettling domestic drama about a subterranean class war …

Parasite movie review: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational masterpiece is the first great film of the new decade
4 years, 11 months ago

Parasite movie review: Bong Joon-ho’s sensational masterpiece is the first great film of the new decade

Hindustan Times  

Parasite Director - Bong Joon-ho Cast - Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Chang Hyae-jin, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Jung-eun Parasite movie review: Bong Joon-ho cements his position as one of the greatest living filmmakers. Watch the Parasite trailer here Director Bong, as he’s affectionately addressed by his cast and crew, has made four bona fide classics in his …

‘Parasite’ was one of the best-acted movies of 2019. Why didn’t the Oscars recognize that?
4 years, 11 months ago

‘Parasite’ was one of the best-acted movies of 2019. Why didn’t the Oscars recognize that?

LA Times  

Spoiler alert: If you have not seen “Parasite,” be forewarned that this essay discusses key plot details from the movie, including the ending. Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” made Oscar history on Monday morning by becoming the first Korean movie to score nominations not only for international feature but also for best picture, director and original screenplay. But amid these well-earned, …

Everything you need to know about ‘Parasite’ and its Oscar nominations
4 years, 11 months ago

Everything you need to know about ‘Parasite’ and its Oscar nominations

LA Times  

It was clear from Times critic Justin Chang’s radiant enthusiasm coming out of Cannes in May: “Parasite” was something special — a movie to be seen, and then to be watched as it took the awards circuit by storm. But for those those who’ve missed the “Parasite” train thus far, here’s a short course in why director Bong Joon Ho’s …

<i>Parasite</i>: Moving Beyond ‘Foreign’
5 years ago

<i>Parasite</i>: Moving Beyond ‘Foreign’

The Diplomat  

Following the vast export of music, TV, and popular culture from South Korea, Korean film has become increasingly popular abroad. Even after winning the Palme d’Or, the most coveted prize at the Cannes Film Festival, upon its premiere, Bong Joon-ho’s 2019 hit Parasite still finds its praise limited by its identity as “foreign.” Parasite presents the modern contradiction of representing …

South Korean film 'Parasite' wins big at 45th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
5 years, 1 month ago

South Korean film 'Parasite' wins big at 45th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

China Daily  

Actor Song Kang-ho in Parasite. LOS ANGELES -- South Korean film Parasite turned out to be a big winner on Sunday at the 45th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, taking home three top prizes. The black comedy thriller won best picture of the year, while the film's director Bong Joon-ho was awarded best director of 2019 by the …

South Korean film 'Parasite' wins big at 45th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
5 years, 1 month ago

South Korean film 'Parasite' wins big at 45th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

China Daily  

Actor Song Kang-ho in Parasite. LOS ANGELES -- South Korean film Parasite turned out to be a big winner on Sunday at the 45th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, taking home three top prizes. The black comedy thriller won best picture of the year, while the film's director Bong Joon-ho was awarded best director of 2019 by the …

How Netflix’s dominance in the Golden Globe nominations signals a new era for cinema
5 years, 1 month ago

How Netflix’s dominance in the Golden Globe nominations signals a new era for cinema

LA Times  

The battle for the future of movies has ended, and streaming has won. Propelled by Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic “The Irishman,” the searing divorce drama “Marriage Story” and the Vatican-set “The Two Popes” — all three of which earned best picture nods in the drama category, along with the World War I drama “1917” and the gritty comic-book smash “Joker” …

Critic’s Choice: If you liked ‘Parasite,’ don’t miss ‘The Housemaid’
5 years, 2 months ago

Critic’s Choice: If you liked ‘Parasite,’ don’t miss ‘The Housemaid’

LA Times  

“Parasite,” the endlessly surprising new movie from South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, is a critics’ darling and an art-house smash. It is also a class-conscious thriller with many classic influences, including Joseph Losey’s “The Servant,” Claude Chabrol’s “La Cérémonie” and, perhaps most of all, Kim Ki-young’s ferociously entertaining 1960 drama, “The Housemaid,“ which will screen Sunday in 35-millimeter at …

Parasite Is the Best Movie of the Year So Far
5 years, 2 months ago

Parasite Is the Best Movie of the Year So Far

Slate  

The protean South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho doesn’t make what you’d call genre films, even if his past films have included such apparently familiar modes of cinematic expression as a small-town police procedural, a kaiju-style monster movie, a dystopian sci-fi adventure, and a fable about animal rights. Rather, what sets Bong apart from every other working director I can think …

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