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From rare, undiscovered classics to breakout releases, James Balmont rounds up the highlights from this year’s London Korean Film Festival

The best thing about this movie is it made me think of the Jim Morrison poem American Night:

April 27, 2021 Twitter/ParisMatchBe Youn Yuh-jung made history on Sunday (April 27) as she became the first Korean performer to walk away from the Academy Awards with an acting prize, after picking up the best supporting actress award. She was nominated for the American indie Minari, about a family of Korean immigrants in Arkansas in the 1980s. As the first Korean actor to even be nominated for an acting award at the Oscars, Youn’s win is garnering massive media attention in South Korea, where it is dominating the headlines. The media hubbub surrounding her awards campaign these past few mo...

Innocent Witness) explore greed in Beasts that Cling to Straws! Also known as Beasts Clawing at Straws, the crime thriller is based on Sone Keisuke's same-titled novel about eight strangers entangled in lies and betrayal over money. Besides the two leads, Bae Sung Woo ( The Great Battle), Yoon Yeo Jeong ( Canola), Shin Hyun Bin ( Rampant), Jin Kyung ( Love+Sling) and Jung Ga Ram ( The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale) also took part in director Kim Yong Hoon's first feature. Beasts that Cling to Straws won the Special Jury Award at the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam. After the sudden...

South Korean actors Jung Woo-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong attend the hand-printing ceremony ahead of the upcoming 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards on November 12, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea (Getty Images) Along with a star-studded nomination list featuring K-drama stars like Yoo Ah-in, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Hee-ae, Ra Mi-ran, Shin Min-ah, Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Yu-mi, Park Hye-su, and more, the award show has notched it up a level by inviting K-pop supergroup GOT7's Bambam to host the glamorous evening. Cherry on top, SM Entertainment's vocalist BoA and K-pop group Monsta X will b...