Finding some sweetness
"When Life Gives You Tangerines" tells Korean modern history through the lens of one family's creati...
Stories of small survivors
Filmmaker tells his father's story in a film to honor Korean War children...
Parents who care too much, or not enough
"Love Next Door" describes two friends who almost miss their chance for love...
Beyond Utopia: Another false narrative about Korea
A look at the producers of a recent PBS documentary, and its bias in relating Korean modern history...
A Greek tragedy, or maybe a Jerry Lewis movie
"The Third Charm" has love, charm, empowered women, but no rom-com ending!...
Generational joy and loss
"Pachinko" TV series unpacks the history of Zainichi in Japan through one family's perspective...
Reconciling a shared past
"When the Weather is Fine" explores the blessings and curses of small-town life
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Growing up grieving
"Please Don't Save Me": Quiet film reveals a deep story of two children and the difficult adult worl...
Coffee and compassion
"Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?" ~ Making coffee well and living well characterize this quiet drama...
A story in the moral margins
In "Decision to Leave", Chan-wook Park weaves a thriller complicated by romance...
Chosen to represent
New documentary film "Chosen" follows five House candidates forged in the fires of Sa-i-gu...
The right to his own story
"Blue Bayou": Ignoring adoptee human rights while making a film about adoptee human rights...
Walking the long road to peace
"Crossings", a film about Women Cross DMZ, by Deann Borshay Liem, launches nationwide in 2022...
The meaning of “Squid Game”
South Korea has been a big winner in the game of globalization, but it has come at a price...
The not-so-dutiful daughter
Yeena Sung of "Happy Cleaners" finds her way as a Korean American actor in New York...
“Han” and the family business
"Happy Cleaners" tells the story of Korean American family experience of surviving in the big city. ...
Parasite lost
Truth-teller Joon Ho Bong exposes troubling relationship between South Korea and the U.S....
A beautiful longing
"Land of My Father" explores national and family love through advocacy for a lonely island...
Korean Canadian sitcom
Kim's Convenience: Ground-breaking TV series goes way beyond funny immigrant themes...
Arranging a happy marriage
"The Love Marriage": In modernizing South Korea, a rom-com where love wins out in the end ...
Revenge and justice
"Inside Men": Psychological tension in off-beat drama of business and politics gone very wrong...
