Tom Jolliffe looks at Bong Joon-Ho’s work this century. Is there anyone better? There are some exceptional directors in cinema right now. Some fresh talent burning bright, just etching the beginnings of their (hopefully consistent) legacies. I’m massively into Robert Eggers right now, and the Safdie Brothers. Steve McQueen continues producing powerful work across several […]
Movie Review – Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
Barking Dogs Never Bite, 2000. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Bae Doona, Lee Sung-jae, Kim Ho-jung, Byun Hee-bong, Go Soo-hee and Kim Roi-ha. SYNOPSIS: An out-of-work professor wages a violent crusade against noisy dogs in his apartment complex. It’s fitting, in many ways, that Bong Joon-ho’s idiosyncratic first feature Barking Dogs Never Bite hit cinema […]
Movie Review – Parasite: Black-And-White Edition (2020)
Parasite: Black-And-White Edition, 2020. Directed by Bong Joon-ho. Starring Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Jang Hyae-jin, Park So-dam, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Ziso and Lee Jung-eun. SYNOPSIS: A poor family living in a semi-basement apartment trick their way into the lavish home of a wealthy one by posing as various household workers. It feels like […]
Memories of Murder with Disappearance at Clifton Hill director Albert Shin | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #87
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, filmmaker Albert Shin reveals the secrets of Disappearance at Clifton Hill and then discusses his admiration for Bong Joon-ho’s true crime classic Memories of Murder… On this week’s episode of The Pick of […]
TV Review – Snowpiercer Season One
Matt Rodgers reviews the first season of Snowpiercer… Adapting a revered film into a scripted hour-long television series is a brave move, especially one from the mind of newly crowned Hollywood royalty Bong Joon-Ho. But then people scoffed at the idea of Fargo being re-packaged for the small screen, and look at the masterful results […]
Parasite sets all-time Hulu record in first week of streaming release
Much like the box office and the Academy Awards, Parasite is now taking Hulu by storm. Bong Joon-Ho’s Best Picture-winning film saw its streaming debut on April 8th, premiering on Hulu exclusively. The streamer confirms to Indiewire that the film is a monster hit for them, breaking records in just one week of release. 2019’s […]
Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer finally set for UK Blu-ray and DVD release
Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho’s (Parasite) star-studded 2013 dystopian sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer is finally set to make its way to Blu-ray and DVD for the very first time in the UK on May 25th 2020 thanks to Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Check out the details here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon UK or Amazon US Set […]
Bong Joon Ho would love to make a musical, but it “would have to be different”
Following on from Parasite’s history-making success at the Academy Awards, director Bong Joon Ho has revealed he “would love to make a musical” in the future but it would have to be “different.” “I would love to make a musical,” Bong told Empire. “Characters would begin singing, then think, ‘Oh my God, fuck this, this […]
Parasite becomes the highest grossing foreign language film in UK box office history
Last month, Parasite made history at the Academy Awards by becoming the first foreign-language film to earn Best Picture while also taking home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film. However, the Oscar-winning dark comedy-drama directed by Bong Joon Ho is continuing to break records as Parasite has now become the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK […]
Mark Ruffalo confirms Parasite TV series rumours, “might be playing the father”
Last month, Parasite made history at the Academy Awards by being the first foreign-language film to earn Best Picture while also taking home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film. And it didn’t take long for HBO to announce a limited series spin-off based upon the feature film with rumours of Mark Ruffalo in […]
