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Welcome To Hallyuwood: Bong Joon-Ho’s Shorts And The Korean New Wave

Before Parasite, Bong Joon-ho had certainly always been keeping busy. At this year's London Korean Film Festival, two of the director's short films are testament to the dramatic rise of the Hallyuwood film industry, finds James Balmont
Film

Lights Off: How La Haine Destroyed The Picture Of Postcard Paris

Mathieu Kassovitz's incendiary 1995 film La Haine lit our idealised view of Paris on fire – and remains just as corrosive 25 years on, finds James Balmont
Film

Run Dangan Run: How Japan Paved The Way For ‘Run Lola Run’

Thomas Tykwer's disorienting time-bending thriller Run Lola Run lit a spark for independent cinema in the 1990s – but a Japanese film paved the way just two years before. James Balmont writes on Dangan Runner, now on BFI Player

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