There is a telling scene toward the end of Bong Joon Ho's much delayed, much anticipated Mickey 17. In it, the titular 17 (Robert Pattinson) stands shivering on the loading dock of his spaceship ...

Bong Joon-ho has not only never made a bad movie; he has delivered eight feature-length films separated only by degrees of brilliance and your personal preferences. Trying to rank them in any ...

From "The Host" to "Mickey 17," the beloved Korean director has a perspective and way of seeing the world that's all his own. When Bong Joon Ho took the stage of the 92nd Academy Awards to accept ...

See our ethics statement. While Mickey 17 is adapted from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7, Ashton’s version is a much more straightforward sci-fi story than Bong’s. In the Korean virtuoso ...

By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi space epic Mickey 17 has finally landed at the box office, where it opened to a sluggish $19.1 million after failing to wow audiences.

There's long been a current of topical anger running through the work of the brilliant South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho. Parasite was a domestic thriller and an indictment of economic inequality.

Bong Joon-ho is a one of a kind. He’s only made 8 films in the past 25 years, but each feature is a precious jewel, expertly chiseled and finely shined. There are a handful of thematic and ...

Bong hasn't lost his knack for shakings things up. It's been six years since South Korean cinema master Bong Joon-ho released "Parasite" and won Oscars for best picture, director and screenplay ...

From Okja's hybrid super pig to The Host's mutant squid, filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is no stranger to a good cinematic creature. His latest film, Mickey 17, adds an endearing critter to his pantheon ...

Of course Bong Joon Ho is an environmentalist. He recycles his own ideas. “Mickey 17,” a sloppy but enjoyable sci-fi comedy set in the year 2054, mashes together the monsterphobia of “The ...

So it was no surprise that Warner Bros were happy to throw a big, juicy $100m-plus budget at South Korean director Bong Joon Ho for his next project (his third English-language feature).