News: All Aboard! SNOWPIERCER Spoof Coming This Year

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By Pierce Conran The most well known Korean film of the last few years is coming back to screens, reimagined as an erotic parody. Bong Man-... Continue reading →

News: Bong Joon-ho to Sit on Berlinale International Jury

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By Pierce Conran The Berlin International Film Festival just held a press conference to announced the full jury for the international compet... Continue reading →

News: SNOWPIERCER Alert! Mark Your Calendars for June 27th

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By Pierce Conran Snowpiercer is finally getting a stateside release. The internet is saying June 27th but CJ Entertainment is telling me ... Continue reading →

Berlinale 2014 Review: Bong Joon-ho's SNOWPIERCER Delivers the Goods

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Cinema is a medium of motion and if anyone unde... Continue reading →

News: SNOWPIERCER Stays Uncut but Release Downsized

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By Pierce Conran Deadline has just broken the news that Bong Joon-ho and The Weinstein Company have finally reached on agreement on Snowpie... Continue reading →

Berlinale 2014: Overview - Strong Korean Lineup in Berlin

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran ... Continue reading →

Top 10 Korean Films of 2013

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The time has come once again for me to sit down and think about all the new Korean films I had the opportunity to see in 2013 and come up wi... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Now You See Me Rises To First

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As we head out of the summer, the major Korean releases of the season are starting to tapper off, leaving the door for America to reclaim so... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Hide and Seek Ekes Out Another First Place (08/23-08/25, 2013)

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In the last weekend before many schools start their new terms, business had a last hurrah with 3.24 million tickets sold over the frame, app... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Hide and Seek is Lord of the Korean Thrillers

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August continued to be redhot at the Korean box office as no less than four Korean thrillers duked it out for the top spot. In the end it wa... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Another Huge Weekend for Snowpiercer and The Terror Live

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Following last weekend's record breaking 4.5 million admissions bonanza, business quelled somewhat over the past frame. However, at 3.6 ... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Snowpiercer on Track as It Leads Biggest Weekend in Korean Film History

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This first weekend in August is always a busy time in Korea and though this one was poised to post massive figures, few could have foreseen ... Continue reading →

New Korean Films: Snowpiercer Belongs to the Front (2013 Week 31)

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Snowpiercer (설국열차) In the near future, while an attempt to stem global warming results in a deadly new ice age. everyone is fighting for one... Continue reading →

Review: Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer Delivers the Goods

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Cinema is a medium of motion and if anyone understands this, it appears to be Bong Joon-ho, whose visionary new work is a demented and stunn... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Red 2 Fends of The Wolverine in Week 2

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Following a burst of activity in June and early July, the Korean box office has been down a little down (though still strong) these past few... Continue reading →

Bong Joon-ho to Set Sail as Producer with Sea Fog, Song Joong-ki in Talks to Star

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We're all eagerly anticipating Bong Joon-ho's post-apocalyptic sci-fi opus Snowpiercer but while we wait for him to put the finishi... Continue reading →

Why Hollywood Genre Flicks Need Korean Film, Not Korean Filmmakers

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(by Peter Gutiérrez) Here’s a snobby confession for you: I don’t read the New York Times much for insights into international cinema. But wh... Continue reading →

KCN: Box Office Glory and New Glimpse at Snowpiercer (02/01-02/07, 2012)

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2013 couldn't be getting off to a better start for the Korean film industry. It didn't take for local films to swiftly reassert thei... Continue reading →