What's Korean Cinema? (Podcast on Fire Network)

Eeeeeevil Korean woman, reprehensible humans beings, in black and white, through the eyes of director Kim Ki-young. this means, What’s Korean Cinema? takes you back to 1960 and The Housemaid. Cue lightning. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Kim Ki-young bio & discussion 40m 30s – The Housemaid review Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at […]

Screaming and singing her heart out, set to a rhythm, a drum and a family drama underneath… it’s what’s depicted by legendary director Im Kwon-taek in Sopyonje from 1993. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/production background/Im Kwon-taek bio 30m 02s – Pansori background 33m 00s – Sopyonje review Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on [...

For this episode, we give Korea’s seemingly rare venture into fairy tale horror and fantasy in the form of Yim Pil-sung’s Hansel And Gretel from 2007 a look. A title brought to the UK through Terracotta Distribution so with Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid  is also Joey Leung of Terracotta. Running Times:  00m 00s – […]

We dive into the world of independent Korean cinema, perhaps its poster boy even as we take a look at Yang Ik-june’s hard hitting family drama Breathless from 2008.  A title brought to the UK through Terracotta Distribution so with Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid is also special guest Joey Leung of Terracotta. Running Times: […]

For our regular mix of something old, something new-ish, we turn to director Im Kwon-taek’s The General’s Son from 1990. The first of three examinations of brawling gangster turned politician Kim Doo-han and in the second half, Castaway On The Moon’s Jung Jae-young is an excellent police officer who’s also an excellent robber as it […]

What do you get when pairing up movies where the still and straightforward is mindblowing and when the rabid, perfectly indulgent is also mindblowing? Am not sure but you get enough reason for the crew here at What’s Korean Cinema? to examine two classic works, starting with Park Kwang-su’s 1988 drama Chilsu And Mansu and […]

Black and white, north or south, romance or political ideology, spies, Zippo lighters, world’s best photograph, Korean cinema of 1954 and the new millenium. This episode continues the theme of something older Korean and something newer ish. So Kenny B,  Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid and Stewart Sutherland are gathered to enjoy the benefits of […]

Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid dips into something old and classic as well as contemorary and classic. An examination of classic waves of Korean cinema and what they meant then and now. For this episode Kim Ki-duk’s 1964 “adolescent film” Barefooted Youth (1964) is discussed as well as Song Hae-sung’s classic drama […]

Two podcasts on Korean Cinema in one week!? Is it Christmas? NO! Is it Stoo’s birthday? YES IT IS! So the treat to the Podcast on Fire Network is this three hour special with Stoo, the Easy A – Andy Walker and Trevor Farley from Mass Moviecide UK. where we tackle the Vengeance Trilogy of […]

Utilizing the oppurtunity to mix the important, obscure, favourite and known Korean cinema in the eyes of the general audience, that’s how you create an interesting podcast for YOU as a creator and an approachable one for all hopefully so this episode Kenny B, Hangul Celluloid’s Paul Quinn and Rufus De Rham of cineAWESOME! are talking […]

Tune into a bit of a cut & paste episode this time around. A formal introduction is missing, we cut right to Stewart discussing the Terracotta Far East Film Festival with Phil Newton of Chris and Phil Presents. We switch across to Stew and Andy discussing their attendance to the Edinburgh International Film Festival seeing […]

Stoo, Easy A & Mass Moviecide UK’s Trevor return for What’s Korean Cinema #7 – More Hunky Buns (and more Kim Ji-wun love)! We discuss A Bittersweet Life and I Saw The Devil And Fucked Her. Wait, no sorry it’s I Saw the Devil from 2010. During the tea break, Stoo hops on the line with […]

Stoo and Andy team up with Mass Moviecide UK’s Trevor to discuss 2008’s The Good, The Bad And The Weird and 2013’s The Last Stand, both from director Kim Ji-wun!  Stoo also catches up with Korean Cinema guru Paul Quinn from Hangul Celluloid to gets his opinion on the double bill at hand. Stay tuned after […]

It’s Korean Kaiju Week  at What’s Korean Cinema! That OTHER Kim Ki-duk and his 1967 event film Yongary and the Kim Jong-il produced Pulgasari are up for examination by Kenny B and special guests Paul Quinn from Hangul Celluloid and Rufus L de Rham of cineAWESOME!. One has a darker behind the scenes tale than […]

Temporarily aborting Stoo’s ongoing series of examining beloved Korean cinema of his, Ken jumps in to provide his picks but now it’s open season on What’s Korean Cinema. Meaning the obscure and underrated will get its chance to shine whether deserved or not. 2009’s Castaway On The Moon fully deserves it though and helping Ken […]

Kyung-Taek Kwak’s epic friend- and gangster saga Friend (2001) is the subject for the third episode of What’s Korean Cinema? Listen in to hear Stoo, Ken and special guests Martin Cleary from New Korean Cinema (newkoreancinema.com), Paul Quinn from Hangul Celluloid (hangulcelluloid.com) and Rufus L de Rham from VCinema (vcinemashow.com), cineAWESOME! (cineawesome.com) discuss the careee...

  Stoo, Ken and special guests Rufus L de Rham from VCinema (vcinemashow.com), cineAWESOME! (cineawesome.com) and Martin Cleary from New Korean Cinema (newkoreancinema.com) dive deep into the war-comedy-drama Welcome To Dongmakgol. Korean cinema needs 2 hours. So do we. Episode 2 of What’s Korean Cinema? is also the contribution by the Podcast On Fire Network […]

The debut of the new show on the Podcast On Fire Network, follow Stoo and company through the love, hate, ups and downs of Korean Cinema during the next 6 episodes! This first entry focuses on Kwak-Jae-young’s 2001 romantic comedy My Sassy Girl. Also, Stoo, Ken and special guests Martin Cleary from New Korean Cinema (newkoreancinema.com) and […]