But in all this genre mastery, comedy is perhaps the sharpest tool in his kit. Whether it’s a well-timed diversion to give the viewer a break between intense moments, like every ridiculous, ...

Bong Joon Ho has turned his funny-sad excavations of life under capitalism into unlikely blockbusters. With “Mickey 17,” he’s bending a whole new genre. Credit...Djeneba Aduayom for The New ...

From “Parasite” to “Snowpiercer” to “The Host,” acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is a master of portraying worlds that are ...

After Parasite won Best Picture at the 2019 Oscars, director Bong Joon Ho got a blank check for his next project. So what did he make? Mickey 17: a $120 ...

Feb. 9, 2020 Yet for all its heavy, sometimes downright bleak themes, Bong considers “Mickey 17” his funniest film. “I think in real life, humans are just funny creatures,” he says.

Bong Joon-ho is a one of a kind ... These are beautiful, powerful, funny, wildly entertaining films. They are endlessly rewatchable and always break new ground. His 2019 feature “Parasite ...

Sometimes the world just needs to see Robert Pattinson in space with a strange accent, and “Mickey 17” is here to satisfy ...

The brilliant success of Parasite was always going to set an exceptionally high bar for Bong’s follow-up, and while Mickey 17doesn’t quite clear that extreme standard, it is still a sharp, funny, and ...

Bong is the South Korean filmmaker best known ... future that holds a cracked mirror to the present. It’s a very funny yet utterly serious story about ostensible winners and losers and about ...