Memories of Murder (2003) Director: Bong Joon-ho Screenwriters: Bong Joon-ho, Shim Sung-bo Starring: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho, Byeon Hie-bong, Ko Seo-hie, Park No-shik, Park Hae-il Before Bong Joon-ho received international attention with his 2006 monster-driven family drama The Host, and long before the game-changing awards juggernaut Parasite, he gave the world […]
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This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. The Host (2006) Director: Bong Joon-ho Screenwriters: Bong Joon-ho, Ha Won-jun, Baek Chul-hyun Starring: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona, Ko Ah-sung To shamelessly appropriate and warp the catchphrase of a beloved cartoon character, The Host is smarter than the average monster movie. I
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Parasite (2019) Director: Bong Joon-ho Screenwriter: Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam In The Guardian’s live Cannes coverage, Gwilym Mumford wondered “whether [Parasite]’s genre elements might hold it back” in the competition for the Palme d’Or. It went on to win the award unanimously, as 2019 judge Alejandro
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Snowpiercer (2014) Director: Bong Joon Ho Screenwriter: Bong Joon Ho, Kelly Masterson Starring: Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Ah-sung Ko, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Tilda Swinton Bong Joon Ho’s Euro-Korean-American sci-fi thriller was excellent for one reason above all else: originality. This post-apocalyptic thriller never took audiences for granted, opposed the archetypal
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