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October 2019

  •  Sun-kyun Lee, left, and Yeo-jeong Jo in a scene from “Parasite.” (Neon via AP)

    Parasite: how Bong Joon-ho returned home to make his masterpiece

    The director’s wildly acclaimed, Oscar-buzzed thriller marks a fascinating high point in a career that’s recovered from a Hollywood struggle

May 2018

  • Universal downsizer … Josh Brolin as the population-reducing Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.

    From Infinity War to Okja: why overpopulation is cinema's crisis du jour

    The vexed issue of rising population is inspiring morally complex Marvel storylines and plots for movies such as Ready Player One and Downsizing

January 2018

  • Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer in Call Me By Your Name; Florence Pugh in Lady Macbeth; Robert Pattinson in Good Time; Garance Marillier in Raw; Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out.

    It’s the alternative Oscars…

    Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer critics pick their own shortlists

December 2017

  • Moments of the year: Daniel Craig in Logan Lucky, Jada Pinkett-Smith in Girls Trip, Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread and Margot Robbie in I, Tonya.

    Cannibalism, bad dates and ice skating: the best movie moments of 2017

    Guardian critics pick their favorite cinematic bits from the year, taking in scenes from films including Steven Soderbergh’s heist comedy Logan Lucky and ribald hit comedy Girls Trip

June 2017

  • Seo-Hyun Ahn as Mija and the titular star of Okja.

    With Okja, does Netflix have its first blockbuster movie?

  • An Seo Hyun as Mija with her ‘super-piglet’ friend Okja.

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    Okja review – a creature feature to get your teeth into

  • Okja (2017)

    Five of the best… new films
    Okja and By The Time It Gets Dark: this week’s best films in the UK

  • Alice McCarthy and Anna Martine in Rotterdam

    The ten best things to do this week
    The 10 best things to do this week: Love Supreme, Rotterdam and Okja

  • Okja director Bong Joon-ho: ‘In films, animals are either soulmates or butchered’

  • Summer arts preview 2017
    'It's a hustle': Jon Ronson on how he made it into movies with the help of Okja the giant pig

May 2017

  • Okja film still

    Cannes apologises after technical problems and booing disrupts Netflix film Okja

    Audience members hissed and stamped their feet after film starring Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal was shown in the wrong aspect ratio
  • Okja film still

    Okja review – giant Korean pig plus Tilda Swinton equals glorious family adventure

    Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-ho has delivered a wonderful film comparable to ET or Roald Dahl in this story of a 13-year-old girl and her outsize pet
  • Nicole Kidman in Top Of The Lake: China Girl.

    As Cannes turns 70, must cinema adapt to survive in new digital era?

    Festival bosses are welcoming TV shows but have banned Netflix films from the Palme d’Or

November 2015

  • Bong Joon-ho in Berlin earlier this year.

    Netflix invests $50m in Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-ho's new film

    VoD company backs movie about kindly monster, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano and Bill Nighy, as service moves into Asia
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