The Busan International Film Festival screened a bumper crop of Korean titles this year, including several high-profile world premieres, in addition to serving as a platform for a wide range of new voices in the indie realm. Below are our five favourite Korean titles from the festival. 1. Uprising Netflix’s period action film Uprising, produced … Read more
3/5 stars Korean superstar Gang Dong-won plays a former slave who becomes the leader of a rebellion in Uprising, a lavish period epic from Kim Sang-man (Midnight FM). The film opened the 29th Busan International Film Festival on October 2, and will be released on Netflix next week. Co-written and produced by Park Chan-wook, this … Read more
HBO’s “The Sympathizer,” which traces the diasporic aftershocks of the Vietnam War, establishes its pitch-black humor and moral complexity almost immediately, with a scene set in Saigon days before its fall. Though a fortunate few among the South Vietnamese military have been guaranteed spots on planes bound for the United States, each man is allowed … Read more
