Bong Joon-ho – Stream On Demand

Bong Joon-ho stars in the gangster thriller from South Korea

‘The Man from Nowhere’ – South Korean vengeance on Peacock and MUBI

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Crime, DVD, Free, International Cinema, Kanopy, MUBI, Peacock, SVOD, thriller 06/04/2022 Sean Axmaker

South Korea’s top box office hit of 2010 is as slick and swift an underworld thriller as you’ll find.

Tilda Swinton in Bong Joon-ho 's 'Snowpiercer'

Last chance: ‘Snowpiercer’ – careening apocalyptic allegory on Peacock

!Featured, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (‘Parasite’) directs this high-speed allegory barreling down the science fiction tracks of genre cinema.

Bong Joon-ho's 2006 South Korean monster movie 'The Host'

‘The Host’ – Bong Joon-ho’s monster mash on Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Halloween, Hoopla, horror, Hulu, International Cinema, Kanopy 10/20/2020 Sean Axmaker

The Host (2006), Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean monster movie hit, is neither a parody, subversion, or revision of the often campy horror movie genre. It stirs a stew of genre conventions, from political commentary to dysfunctional family satire to earnest emotional pathos, into an often thrilling monster movie as indebted to the B-movies of seventies American […]

An Seo Hyun and friend in Bong Joon Ho's "Okja."

Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Okja’ on Netflix

!Featured, Action, Cult Movies, fantasy, Netflix, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, thriller 06/30/2017 Sean Axmaker

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 […]

Tilda Swinton and Giancarlo Esposito star in Bong Joon-Ho's new film

Watch This! Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Okja’ coming to Netflix

Netflix, News, Watch This! 03/19/2017 Sean Axmaker

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 […]