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Bong Joon-ho

March 2024

  • The Myeongdong neighbourhood in Seoul at night.

    BTS, Blackpink, Squid Game, kimchi … what’s the secret of South Korea’s world-conquering culture?

    From K-pop to K-beauty, via film and fashion, South Korea is punching way above its weight. The boyband BTS alone rakes in billions every year. Are there lessons for other countries?

January 2024

  • South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has called for an investigation into the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun who appeared in his Oscar winning film Parasite.

    Parasite director Bong Joon-ho leads artist outcry over death of South Korean actor

    Oscar-winning director leads calls for inquiry into police investigative process following death of Lee Sun-kyun
  • Lee Sun-kyun at the Cannes film festival last year.

    Bong Joon-ho joins calls for investigation of Lee Sun-kyun’s death

    The actor’s is the latest in a string of celebrity deaths in South Korea and artists have called for a push to prevent further such tragedies
  • Vincent Van Gogh's Self-Portrait, 1889; Adrian Lester in Renegade Nell; Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie; Taylor Swift on stage; Matt Smith in An Enemy of the People; the Royal Ballet's Manon; New York City Ballet. Centre: Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in All of Us Strangers

    2024 culture preview
    From Bong Joon-ho to Van Gogh: Observer critics’ culture highlights for 2024

    From Withnail and I on stage to Olivia Rodrigo on tour, Sally Wainwright’s new drama to Blondie, Bruckner and Jez Butterworth, our experts guide you through the treats in store this year

December 2023

  • Peter Bradshaw

    The loss of actor Lee Sun-kyun casts a chill shadow over Korea’s film world

    Peter Bradshaw
    Lee, who has died aged 48, was a homegrown star who graduated to global fame in the multi-award-winning Parasite

July 2022

  • Psy performing Gangnam Style

    V&A to stage UK’s first major exhibition of Korean culture

    Show will feature immersive re-creation of set from Oscar-winning film Parasite as well as props from Squid Game

January 2022

  • Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Premiere Party, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 29 Sep 2021<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock (12508453fu) Robert Pattinson Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Premiere Party, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 29 Sep 2021

    Robert Pattinson set to star in Parasite director Bong Joon-ho’s new film

    The actor, who stars in the next Batman, will team up with the South Korean director for an adaptation of an Edward Ashton sci-fi novel

March 2021

  • Steven Yeun.

    Steven Yeun: ‘I deeply wanted to connect, so I would break myself to try and conform’

    The Korean-American actor has spent his career living a dual existence. He speaks about the Oscar buzz around his new film Minari, and why he loves the Fresh Prince

December 2020

  • Parasite

    Best films of 2020
    The 50 best films of 2020 in the UK: the full list

  • A whole family of cuckoos ... Parasite.

    Best films of 2020
    The 50 best films of 2020 in the UK, No 1: Parasite

September 2020

  • ‘No animals were harmed’ … Bae Doona in Barking Dogs Never Bite.

    Barking Dogs Never Bite review – Bong Joon-ho’s canine satire has teeth

  • Memories of Murder by Bong Joon-ho.

    Memories of Murder review – thrilling rerelease of Bong Joon-ho's breakthrough

August 2020

  • A still from THE HOST, a film by Bong Joon-Ho

    Stream team
    The Host: Bong Joon-Ho's breakout monster movie is eerily prescient, not-quite-escapist fare

    Parasite director focuses on humanising the dysfunctional family at the heart of a story that avoids obvious villains

June 2020

  • World premiere of Wonder Woman<br>epa05990693 US actor/cast member Ewen Bremner poses for the media upon arrival for the world premiere of ‘Wonder Woman’ at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California, USA, 25 May 2017. The Fantasy/Science-Fiction movie opens nationwide in the US on 02 June 2017. EPA/NINA PROMMER

    Lockdown watch
    Ewen Bremner: 'They should let Irvine Welsh script the Tiger King movie'

    The Trainspotting actor discusses his Netflix indulgences, his role in Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer – and how he hasn’t owned a TV for 25 years

May 2020

  • Parasite film still

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    Streaming: the best home invasion films

  • Clockwise from bottom left, The Assistant, Parasite, David Copperfield, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Bacurau

    The best films of 2020 so far

March 2020

  • Parasite - Black &amp; White Version Gisaengchung Year : 2020 South Korea Director : Joon Ho Bong Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Cho Oscar best film 2011. Image shot 2020. Exact date unknown.<br>2B0FFMW Parasite - Black &amp; White Version Gisaengchung Year : 2020 South Korea Director : Joon Ho Bong Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-Jeong Cho Oscar best film 2011. Image shot 2020. Exact date unknown.

    Parasite: Black & White Version review – horror with a shade of Ealing comedy

    Cinephile’s treat or ticket-peddling gimmick? Either way, this monochrome edition puts the masterful satire in a new light

February 2020

  • Something is awry … Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche in The Truth, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

    Lost in translation: when film-makers hit the language barrier

    Making films in another language is always a risk – for every Yorgos Lanthimos-style success, there’s a Wong Kar-wai disaster lurking around the corner
  • Steve Rose

    Trump's Oscars rant? He just wants Hollywood to see he's a star

    Steve Rose
    The US president’s tirade against Parasite’s best picture Oscar, preferring Sunset Boulevard and Gone With the Wind, masks his own frustration at being cold-shouldered by Tinseltown

  • Trump mocks Oscar win for Parasite: 'What the hell was that about?' – video

    Imitating an Academy Awards presenter, the president said: 'What the hell was that all about? We've got enough problems with South Korea, with trade. And after all that, they give them best movie of the year?'

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