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

Kenny B, Paul Quinn, Various
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What’s Korean Cinema? asks the question, possibly doesn’t answer it but gathers a cast of experts for an in-depth look at defining works of Korean cinema…even North!

  1. 12/20/2025

    What’s Korean Cinema? 65 – Christmas In August

    Today’s episode takes a gentler turn as we look at Christmas in August, the quietly acclaimed debut of Hur Jin-ho. Known for its stillness and emotional restraint, it became an early milestone of late-90s Korean cinema and helped cement Han Suk-kyu and Shim Eun-ha as iconic leads. With Kenny B and Korean cinema expert Paul […]

    1h 34m

  2. 07/19/2025

    Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 61: The Lake House

    (Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed) South Korea’s magical romance Il Mare is remade in America as The Lake House. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn.

    43 min

  3. 03/22/2025

    What’s Korean Cinema? 64 – The Foul King

    The heartfelt story of how you escape the headlock of horror—the director of A Tale of Two Sisters and I Saw the Devil gives us Song Kang-ho as a bank clerk turned wrestler in The Foul King (2000). With Kenny B, joined by resident Korean cinema expert—perhaps even Korean wrestling expert—Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m […]

    1h 16m

  4. 09/27/2024

    Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 44: Three more Korean shorts!

    (Previously published exclusively on the website, this episode is now available in the podcast feed) Extending the short movie-coverage in What’s Korean Cinema? 43, Kenny B and Paul Quinn review Kim Ji-woon’s Memories, Park Chan-wook’s Cut and Bong Joon-ho’s Shaking Tokyo. Only some of the biggest Korean directors ever.

    1h 5m

  5. 04/06/2024

    What’s Korean Cinema? 63 – Badland Hunters, The Chaser & Exhuma

    Kenny B and Paul Quinn discuss a trio of recent Korean films that can be found on streaming or digital, on blu ray, and on the cinema screens: Badland Hunters, The Chaser and Exhuma. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Badland Hunters review. 21m 23s – The Chaser review. 38m 25s – Exhuma review. Contact the […]

    56 min

  6. 03/23/2024

    What’s Korean Cinema? 62 – R-Point

    The Korean war movie gets spooky, in 2004’s R-Point. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/R-Point background. 49m 49s – R-Point review. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or X (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. What’s Korean Cinema? on Spotify Kenny B’s Letterboxd Hangul Celluloid. Error 4444 […]

    1h 23m

  7. 09/23/2023

    What’s Korean Cinema? 61 – Project Wolf Hunting, Midnight & The Moon

    Kenny B and Paul Quinn discuss a trio of recent Korean films that can be found on streaming or digital, on blu ray, and on the cinema screens: Project Wolf Hunting, Midnight and The Moon. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Project Wolf Hunting 25m 11s – Midnight 50m 46s – The Moon Contact the show […]

    1h 16m

  8. 03/04/2023

    What’s Korean Cinema? 60 – Il Mare

    Before there was a sassy girl, the ever so luminous Jun Ji-hyun starred in Il Mare, about a mailbox that is a portal to two years earlier. Going back to Korean cinema in the year 2000, with Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/reception/on Jun Ji-hyun 28m 25s […]

    1h 18m
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