Korean Cinema

Svaha: The Sixth Finger movie review — Korean horror offering is high on ideas but low on execution

Despite its campy title, Svaha: The Sixth Finger starts out to investigate our systems of belief and the power and sense of entitlement they engender. But the richness of its subtext and ideas fails to penetrate the thick layers of narrative that roil above it.

Korean film Ode to My Father is an important reminder that manipulative mainstream cinema just isn't our thing​

The Korean culture critic Chin Jung-kwon called Ode to My Father “a low-class tearjerker”. It’s currently the fourth highest-grossing film in South Korean cinema history.

Burning movie review: Lee Chang Dong's film brings a Haruki Murakami short story to life — and how

Burning was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.