What's Korean Cinema? (Podcast on Fire Network)

What’s Korean Cinema? 65 – Christmas In August

Today’s episode takes a gentler turn as we look at Christmas in August, the quietly acclaimed debut of Hur Jin-ho. Known for its stillness and emotional restraint, it bec

Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 61: The Lake House

(Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed) South Korea’s magical romance Il Mare is remade in America as The Lak

What’s Korean Cinema? 64 – The Foul King

The heartfelt story of how you escape the headlock of horror—the director of A Tale of Two Sisters and I Saw the Devil gives us Song Kang-ho as a bank clerk turned wrestl

Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 44: Three more Korean shorts!

(Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed) Extending the short movie-coverage in What’s Korean Cinema? 43, Kenny

What’s Korean Cinema? 63 – Badland Hunters, The Chaser & Exhuma

Kenny B and Paul Quinn discuss a trio of recent Korean films that can be found on streaming or digital, on blu ray, and on the cinema screens: Badland Hunters, The Chaser

What’s Korean Cinema? 62 – R-Point

The Korean war movie gets spooky, in 2004’s R-Point. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/R-Point background. 49m 49s – R-Point review. Contact th

What’s Korean Cinema? 61 – Project Wolf Hunting, Midnight & The Moon

Kenny B and Paul Quinn discuss a trio of recent Korean films that can be found on streaming or digital, on blu ray, and on the cinema screens: Project Wolf Hunting, Midni

What’s Korean Cinema? 60 – Il Mare

Before there was a sassy girl, the ever so luminous Jun Ji-hyun starred in Il Mare, about a mailbox that is a portal to two years earlier. Going back to Korean cinema in

What’s Korean Cinema? 59 – Tell Me Something

Dressed up as Silence Of The Lambs and Se7en through grim findings of body parts and constant rain, Korean cinema of 1999 heads into the serial killer film with Tell Me S

What’s Korean Cinema? 58 – Art Museum By The Zoo

Multiple romance stories are being gradually told. One for us. One by and before the characters in 1998’s Art Museum By The Zoo. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Cel

What’s Korean Cinema? 57 – Whispering Corridors 6: The Humming

After a 11 year hiatus, the Whispering Corridors series is back with its 6th entry. Containing horror that leads into hints of great sadness and insanity connected to fri

What’s Korean Cinema? 56 – Voice & A Blood Pledge

The whispers in the corridor do not stop and the Ghost School Horror series out of Korea is on its fourth and fifth entry: 2005’s Voice and 2009’s A Blood Pledge. With Ke

What’s Korean Cinema? 55 – Wishing Stairs

The Monkey’s Paw and ballet collide in the third Ghost School Horror entry. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/literary back

What’s Korean Cinema? 54 – Memento Mori

The Whispering Corridors-series had wind in its sails commercially but rather than do a year later in the same all-girls school follow-up, the makers decided to create a

What’s Korean Cinema? 53 – Whispering Corridors

New wave Korean cinema of the late 90s and onwards logged iconic imagery, settings and atmosphere. Whether through blockbuster action, exploration of vengeance, relations

What’s Korean Cinema? 52 – The Ring Virus

Korean cinema throws their hat into the J-horror ring… by making a Ring of their own. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/bac

What’s Korean Cinema? 51 – Innocent Thing

The director of Volcano High goes back to school but throws out the fighty fighty stuff in favour of the psychological, teachers shouldn’t get romantically involved with

What’s Korean Cinema? 50 – Volcano High

Korean cinema could probably do a violence in school exposé with the best of them but here priorities were a little bit different. Putting actors and stuntmen on wires to

What’s Korean Cinema? 49 – Haeundae (Tidal Wave)

Welcome to Haeundae. It’s going to be a wet vacation. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Haeundae reception, discussion of d

What’s Korean Cinema? 48 – Flu

Outbreak or Contagion… Korean style. 2013’s Flu that’s up for review this episode. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. Running Times:  00m 00s – Flu director