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10 Years Ago, a Legendary Korean Director Made His Greatest Sci-Fi Thriller — and Redefined a Classic Trope

If you can't overthrow the system, then you need to break it.

Inverse

My 5 favorite new to HBO Max movies that you should watch this month

HBO Max adds new movies every month to make itself a better Home Box Office. Here are five of our streaming editor's favorites.

Tom’s Guide

7 best movies like The Hunger Games — and where you can stream them

From The Maze Runner to Percy Jackson — these are the 7 best movies to watch if you enjoyed The Hunger Games.

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You Need to Watch the Best Sci-Fi Monster Movie on HBO Max ASAP

The real monster in 'The Host' is man, but also the big monster in Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi classic.

Inverse

Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux questions Parasite’s Best Picture Oscar win

‘It’s a ceremony in honour of American cinema,’ the Cannes Film Festival chief said

The Independent UK

Oscar nominations for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ mark long-overdue progress for Asian representation

Regardless of the results at Sunday’s ceremony, the 2023 Oscars made history for Asian representation, largely on the strength of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Tribune News Service

StudioCanal joins ITVX: here’s our pick of the best films joining the streamer

From children’s classics to Korean thrillers, here’s our pick of some of the best films dropping on the streamer

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Our pick of the best “Valentine’s” films for singletons (that aren’t remotely gooey)

Looking to watch something a little bit different? Here’s our alternative selection of movies that won't make you cringe this February

Evening Standard

'Mickey 17' release date, cast, trailer, and plot for Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi film

The sci-fi movie is a book-to-screen adaptation of the novel "Mickey7" by Edward Ashton.

Inverse

We’ve Copped Our First Look At Bong Joon-ho’s Next Flick Feat. Robert Pattinson In A Tube

It’s giving… tube.

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TV tonight: there’s a killer duck on the loose in this new slasher series

Wreck is BBC Three’s quackers new horror show. Plus, it’s official: Karen Pirie is the coolest TV detective. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Northman to Detroit: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Alexander Skarsgård is the Icelandic prince out to avenge his father’s murder in Robert Eggers’ bloodthirsty tale, while John Boyega is caught up with racist cops in Kathryn Bigelow’s 1967 reenactment of the Algiers Motel incident

The Guardian - UK

Korean cinematic rise years in the making, says 'Squid Game' star

TORONTO: Smash hits like "Squid Game" and "Parasite" may make it look easy, but Emmy-winner Lee Jung-jae says South Korean cinema spent years learning how to reach unprecedented global audiences through stories about the competitiveness and violence of modern life.

Bangkok Post

Korean cinematic rise years in the making, says 'Squid Game' star

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Smash hits like "Squid Game" and "Parasite" may make it look easy, but Emmy-winner Lee Jung-jae says South Korean cinema spent years learning how to reach unprecedented global audiences through stories about the competitiveness and violence of modern life.

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The Conversation

Hidden gems: Translators and interpreters in Australia play a critical if seldom seen role

Is Australia an English-speaking country? The answer seems obvious.

The Guardian - UK

Seoul to phase out Parasite-style semi-basement flats after storm deaths

Properties seen in Oscar-winning film to be curbed after three people drown in South Korean capital

AFP

South Korean auteur behind 'Oldboy' returns with 'pure' love story

Seoul (AFP) - Filmmaker Park Chan-wook, known for his ultra-violent thrillers that helped catapult South Korean cinema onto the global stage, is back with an altogether different work -- a restrained yet deeply emotional love story.

Inverse

5 years ago, the director of 'Parasite' made his most unsettling sci-fi movie

'Okja' is a powerful reminder about how film can change the world. The movie, by director Bong Joon-ho, debuted on Netflix five years ago.

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The Guardian - UK

The 20 best films set on trains – ranked!

The Railway Children Return is shortly to arrive on UK platforms and Bullet Train speeding down the tracks behind it. Until then – as rail strikes bring stations to a standstill – here are 20 vicarious train trips

Asharq Al-Awsat

S.Korea Has Big Cannes Night with Actor, Director Awards

The South Korean cinema industry added to a global winning streak on Saturday by scooping two key prizes at the Cannes Film Festival for a pair of beloved veterans. Star film-maker Park Chan-wook clinched the best director award for his erotic crime movie "Decision To Leave" while Song Kang-ho, best…

AFP

S.Korea has big Cannes night with actor, director awards

Cannes (France) (AFP) - The South Korean cinema industry added to a global winning streak on Saturday by scooping two key prizes at the Cannes Film Festival for a pair of beloved veterans.

AFP

Japan's Kore-eda back at Cannes with Korea collaboration

Seoul (AFP) - Acclaimed Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda is back in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with his first South Korean film which explores the country's controversial practice of "drop boxes" for unwanted babies.

Inverse

You need to watch the most important sci-fi thriller of the century ASAP

Political but not preachy, this over-the-top action sci-fi will shock and stimulate you. Here's why 'Snowpiercer' matters now more than ever.

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