This South Korean thriller combines political commentary, dysfunctional family satire, and earnest emotional pathos with the conventions of seventies drive-in movies and Japanese monster movies.
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Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Okja’ on Netflix
Okja, a social satire/political allegory/action fantasy from Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, skips theaters entirely to debut on Netflix. You may recall that it was a point of controversy at the Cannes Film Festival, not for its subject matter but because of the Netflix model of releasing its films straight to streaming. The Netflix logo elicited […]
Watch This! Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Okja’ coming to Netflix
Okja, Bong Joon-Ho’s follow-up to Snowpiercer, will debut globally on Netflix in June, with limited theatrical release in the U.S. the same day it debuts on Netflix. Jake Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins. Paul Dano, and Tilda Swinton star in the science fiction thriller about a young girl (Seohyun An) who must risk everything to prevent a […]