All articles by Jason Bechervaise
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Reviews‘Peninsula’: Review
Zombies have destroyed the entire Korean peninsula in Yeon Sang-ho’s follow-up to ’Train To Busan’.
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Reviews‘The Education’: Busan Review
A young Korean woman develops a relationship with the son of the woman she cares for
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Reviews'The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil': Cannes Review
This high-concept thriller from Korea is already set to be remade by Sylvester Stallone
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Reviews'Sub-Zero Wind': Busan Review
A teenager’s difficult relationship with her mother and stepfather plays out over several years
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Reviews'A Boy And Sungreen': Busan Review
A high school student searches for his missing father with the help of his best friend
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Reviews'Youngju': Busan Review
A teenage girl fights to support her troublesome brother after the death of their parents
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Reviews'Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days': Review
High-CGI fantasy sequel sees trials and tribulations in the afterlife
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Reviews‘Illang: The Wolf Brigade’: Review
Kim Jee-woon relocates the cult Japanese animated feature to a Korea on the eve of reunification
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Reviews'The Scythian Lamb': Busan Review
Ex-convicts take up residence in a Japanese seaside town in Yoshida Daihachi’s black comedy
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Reviews'On Happiness Road': Busan Review
A woman returns to her childhood home in this charming animation
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Reviews'Taklamakan': Busan Review
A man and a woman struggle to suvive in the bustling city of Seoul
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Reviews'Romans 8:37': Busan Review
A Korean church is rocked by scandal when one of its reverends is accused of sexual harassment
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Reviews'A Taxi Driver': Review
Jang Hoon has a commercial hit on his hands with this period piece about a notorious abuse of power in South Korea
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Reviews'The Battleship Island': Review
Ryoo Seung-wan’s blockbuster is the biggest release of the year in Korea, yet fails to live up to the promise of Veteran
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Reviews'The Merciless': Cannes Review
South Korea has another international hit on its hands with this crime-based noir thriller
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Reviews'Claire's Camera': Cannes Review
Korean director Hong Sangsoo turns in a characteristically enigmatic drama set during the Cannes film festival
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Reviews'On The Beach At Night Alone': Berlin Review
Life mirrors art in Hong Sangsoo’s latest meditation, about a director who has an affair with an actress