By Pierce Conran Expectations play a large role in how we consume and react to cinema, particularly in the commercial realm. Genre fo...

Arrested development has been a very prescient theme in Western media. The man-child, geek, otaku; no matter what you call it we are liv...

In an era of oversaturation at the cineplex, with countless retreads and follow-ups dominating the marquees, sometimes a gimmick is just ...

Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). As a society Korea has been slow to change despite its economic growth. At times ...

As a society Korea has been slow to change despite its economic growth. At times it can seem like a gigantic, perpetually simmering pot...

Kong Quee-hyun directed his debut U.F.O. last year. His film premiered at the Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and following...

One of the recurring motifs in Korean cinema is the representation of repressed trauma. Whether as a lazy deus ex machina in a rote rom...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. The main prize-winner at this year’s Yubari In...

An in-depth interview with Ji Ha-jean, the up-and-coming director behind the award-winning low-budget western Bloody Fight in Iron-Rock ...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Rutger Hauer’s heyday may have come before my time but a...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Of the many genres out there available for our consumptio...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Aside from technical proficiency, I’m always amazed at K...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Oh Young-doo has been working in the Korean film industry f...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Among the Korean independent fare at this year’s PiFan th...

Lots of great big broadsheet writeups for a variety of films this week and still more streaming in from PiFan and other festivals around t...

Finally settling back into the run of things following PiFan. Korean Cinema News is now back to its weekly status. Not an enormous amount...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Animation was featured quite prominently at this year...

It's been a few weeks since the Weekly Review Roundups have been up but I've gone back and added them all now. Lots of PiFan reviews...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. What is it that draws us time and again to narratives fo...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. Comedy is a curious beast even at the best of times. A...