Want to be kicked in the balls, experience complex psychology and be filled with positivity? Korea made one such movie for ya and it’s 2008’s A Man Who Was Superman. Starring the sassy girl, we’ll tell you all about it. With Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid‘s Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Jeong Yoon-cheol biography […]

On this episode, we go back to 1983’s Declaration Of Idiot, directed by Lee Jang-ho. A silly, little art film from a director who didn’t want anyone to like it. It’s now considered a classic. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Production-background 28m 32s – Lee Jang-ho biography & discussion 41m 40s – Declaration Of Idiot review Contact […]

Based on the true story of Korean’s first serial killer, Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid’s Paul Quinn look back on Bong Joon-ho’s critically acclaimed and audience juggernaut Memories Of Murder. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Production-background 12m 30s – Bong Joon-ho biography & discussion 37m 50s – Memories Of Murder review Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at […]

Kenny B and Korean cinema expert Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid share their views on 1960’s The Aimless Bullet (considered the best Korean movie ever made), its director and legacy. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Production-background 20m 05s – Yu Hyun-mok biography & discussion 36m 04s – The Aimless Bullet review Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, […]

Your hosts take you back to the controversy the little film Lies, about S & M, caused in 1999. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Lies-novel and author Jang Jung-il discussion 10m 57s – Jang Sun-woo biography & discussion/Lies-controversy 33m 17s – Lies review Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes […]

Sexual awakening after a lifeless marriage… excuse for T & A or an attempt to deconstruct in a mature AND adult way? We’ll see what 1982’s Madam Aema holds as we review and discuss it. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Movie-series and censorship background 24m 48s – Jeong In-yeob biography & discussion 28m 49s – Madam […]

Bringing the unsettling, elegant, focused and dramatic, Kim Ji-woon’s A Tale Of Two Sisters is up for discussion. Does it hold a grip on audiences still or has rampant horror clichés outside of it diminished its power? Find out with Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid’s Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Movie- and production […]

Way before his kidnapping by Kim Jong-il or possible defection to North Korea, Shin Sang-ok honed his important voice in South Korean cinema and creating diverse work. Ranging from the gritty, documentary style thriller Flower In Hell to this widescreen period horror about a familiar trope and content within Korean film and TV. The fox […]

From a director who makes the most out of his sporadic filmmaking, we find Lee Chang-dong directing a lead performance with enough acting for 3 movies. So is his 140 minute drama Secret Sunshine from 2007, about grief, belief and emotional trauma worth the investment. Or do we need to watch vidoes of puppies to […]

For episode 19, we cover the oldest Korean movie with recorded sound in existence that also is the shortest Korean movie discussed on this show. And hence maybe the shortest episode we’re ever likely to record. Brevity is an art not practised today, in Korea and elsewhere but anyway, the movie is Sweet Dream from […]