The members of Parasite’s central impoverished family, led by patriarch Kim Ki-taek (Song Kang-ho), are always lying to the film’s wealthy employers in ways that are obvious to the viewer ...
By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi space epic Mickey 17 has finally landed at the box office, where it opened to a sluggish $19.1 million after failing to wow audiences.
Director Bong Joon Ho envisioned the interaction between the two families as a cat-and-mouse game of spying, set in an open-plan house. This layout allowed him to depict the spatial relationships ...
From Okja's hybrid super pig to The Host's mutant squid, filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is no stranger to a good cinematic creature. His latest film, Mickey 17, adds an endearing critter to his pantheon ...
Of course Bong Joon Ho is an environmentalist. He recycles his own ideas. “Mickey 17,” a sloppy but enjoyable sci-fi comedy set in the year 2054, mashes together the monsterphobia of “The ...
A brooding vampire. A small-time criminal. Batman. Robert Pattinson has played so many roles that it inspired Korean director Bong Joon Ho to cast him as multiple versions of the same dude – 18 ...
Five years ago, South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho stood on the Oscars stage, stunned as his movie “Parasite” made history as the first non-English-language film to win best picture.