Korean cinema
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It seems critics are incapable of writing about Bong Joon-ho without talking about genres. Sometimes he’s called a master of genres, other times he’s praised for reinventing them, mixing them, or transcending them. Critics love to count them off: to date, there’s the quirky comedy (Barking Dogs Never Bite), the police procedural (Memories of Murder),
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The master of artful humiliation and passionless sex, South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has shocked and awed the festival scene like few before him. Though he’s as much hated as beloved, Hong shows no indication of abandoning the style and obsessions which have made him one of the most notable talents in cinema today.
Brian Hu 