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Tag Archives: South Korea
Review: The Housemaid: Remake of the Korean Classic
This review originally appeared on Capital New York. The original Housemaid, directed by Kim Ki-young in 1960, was a claustrophobic suspenseful masterpiece announcing Korea as a major player on the international cinematic stage. The plot was simple: A family hires … Continue reading
Speaking of Bong Joon-Ho…
as I just was, take a look at this: Edmund Mullins has a very nice post up on Black Book about Bong Joon-Ho, and also some thoughts on Bong’s latest release. This is all because of a retrospective that BAM … Continue reading
Memories of Murder (2003); Dir.: Bong Joon-Ho
It is 1986, in the backwater Gyunggi Province of South Korea, and a woman has been found murdered in a drainage ditch on the edge of a field. A detective (played by the fantastic Song Kang-Ho) peers into the ditch, … Continue reading