Earlier this month, one of my most anticipated movies of the year, “Mickey 17,” hit theaters to generally positive responses ...
Many recent best director winners have struggled with their follow-up films, begging the question: Why does this keep ...
The king is back.  Five years after Bong Joon Ho’s film “ Parasite ” became the first non-English language film to win Best ...
For many people, their introduction to South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, was from the immense success of his previous film “Parasite” in 2019. His latest work, “Mickey 17,” pulls ideas from many of ...
The movie uses these ideas to unsubtly deliver its messages, so much so that it can be too on the nose at times. An example of these types of messages includes the villain Kenneth Marshall, played by ...
I can’t think of a harder task than following up the Best Picture-winning “Parasite.” South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s ...
The filmmaker is revered for his incisive takedowns of the elite, but food is the fuel for his most shocking ideas.
Image from Free Malaysia Today I didn’t used to be afraid of dying. Most kids don’t think about dying growing up. It’s a very ...
Another point of contention is how heavy-handedly politician and mission leader Kenneth Marshall appears to satirize Donald ...
The world is at once scarily familiar and thoroughly, enjoyably loony tunes in “Mickey 17,” the latest Bong Joon Ho freakout.
Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 has a thematic connection to Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, starting with the ...
Director Bong Joon-ho entered the 2020s riding the crest of a wave. The South Korean’s 2019 movie “Parasite” had conquered ...