I am an avid manhwa reader. It is what I automatically pick up during idle time, like when I am on the train or waiting for my lunch order to arrive. I never admitted this fact because, let’s face it, manhwa is pretty niche. Or so I thought. What is “manhwa”? For those of…
Fall In Love and Feel Your Heart Break as In-Yun Takes Center Stage Who hasn’t wondered, What if? “Past Lives” tells a remarkably tender story of the quiet devastation that can remain when people leave. In Celine Song’s film, it’s the engineer who’s the dreamer and the playwright who prefers decisions based on practicality over…
On the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War, “Ode to My Father” still stands as one of the most moving films about a war that divided both a nation also divided thousands of families caught in the cruel crosshairs of the battle for Korea. It was reported earlier this month that approximately 16,000 elderly South…
Revolutionary Artist Remembered in a Luminous Documentary Narrated by Steven Yeun Called “the Nostradamus of the video age” and the “father of digital art”, Nam June Paik was lionized for his visionary artistry decades ago. But now? His foundational contributions to digital pop culture have largely faded from collective memory, outside the art world. Amanda…
12 Things to Know and Why You Need to Re-Watch It Immediately There’s vibing with a show, representation-wise, then there’s “Beef”. Lee Sung Jin is the creator of the Netflix top hit which has shaken awake a generation that came of age in the 90s. We’ve blinked and now suddenly our hits are on the…
It’s always hard to say goodbye to beloved heroes and deftly portrayed villains. But the season finale of The Glory delivered a deeply satisfying conclusion to the remarkably popular series about getting revenge on high school bullies. Song Hye-gyo won the Best Actress award at the Baeksang Arts Awards for her role as a victim…
If you’re one of the millions of “Squid Game” fans patiently waiting for Season Two, catch Lee Jung-jae in a gem of a thriller from earlier in his career. Streaming now in North America is “New World”, a gripping Korean crime saga directed by Park Hoon-jung (“I Saw the Devil”) with excellent performances by “Squid…
“Mouse” is a dark and suspenseful Korean drama about a serial killer whose identity and motivations will leave you questioning your own sanity. Taking viewers down a rabbit hole where nothing is as it seems, “Mouse” challenges viewers to think hard about whether it is nature or nurture that determines who becomes a killer. The…
Physical: 100 exploded in popularity around the world, proving once again that brutal gamesmanship needs no translation. Dominating Netflix’s Global Top Ten in 78 different countries, the number of fans kept growing as 100 competitors winnowed down to a single winner. We won’t spoil the ending but the drama and cut-throat tournament “to find the…
“Reborn Rich” was 2022’s most-watched K-drama in Korea with its finale becoming the second highest-rated episode in Korean television history. Despite being aired on a cable network, rather than the three primary channels (KBS, MBC, and SBS), audiences could not get enough of “Reborn Rich”. Based on a popular Korean web novel, “Reborn Rich” is…