Parasite

Here's why South Koreans' celebrations of Squid Game's Emmy wins were subdued

From K-pop sensations BTS and BLACKPINK to the movie “Parasite” that won four Oscars, South Korean pop culture is now a global phenomenon. While it was big news that “Squid Game” became the first South Korean drama to win an Emmy.

Kim Ki-young’s The Housemaid and constructing a class parable via architecture

Kim Ki-young’s landmark 1960 South Korean drama The Housemaid, which influenced Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite formally and thematically, is now available for streaming on MUBI.

Indie films making waves at global film festivals is often a sign of them subscribing to the Western idea of 'India'

The thing about film festivals is that those who judge films from a variety of countries are basically strangers to the realities of that country, aware of them only through narratives already in the media space.

Don’t cry, no Emmy, no Oscar for us desilog again

A larger question to ask ourselves is, why do we get snubbed repeatedly at international awards? Are we sending the wrong films?

Squid Game and Parasite aren't just massive South Korean crossovers, but also biting critiques of inequity

Money and power run the world we live in today, and people – like the characters in Parasite and Squid Game – are being driven to a point where they will do anything in their capacity to gain and maintain financial security.

Squid Game becomes Netflix's most popular series launch with 111 mn fans since September debut

By comparison, Regency romp Bridgerton reached 82 million households on debut, using Netflix's internal metric which includes any account that watched an episode for at least two minutes.

If you haven't watched Squid Game, you're missing out — on its predictability and pretense of social relevance

Squid Game has nothing to say about inequality and free will beyond pat truisms, and its characters are shallow assemblages of family and battlefield cliches, set loose upon a patently ridiculous premise.

Squid Game, South Korea's global hit show on Netflix, speaks to financial despair of the country's youth

“The stories and the problems of the characters are extremely personalised but also reflect the problems and realities of Korean society,” says Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Game.

Explained: Rise of Korean content in India, from shows like Squid Game to K-Pop

The global success of Oscar-winning Parasite, along with the ensuing lockdown, has led to interest in Korean films, shows, music, culture, and language in India.

Something in the Rain, perils of a young woman in Asian society, and a love like sudden showers

The K-Drama explores themes of societal hypocrisies, parental boundaries, office politics, everyday sexism, and heartbreak with such detail, sensitivity, and honesty, that the narrative informs the viewer of the South Korean way of life.