There were fears that South Korea’s genre-bending class satire Parasite, while a massive hit everywhere else, would hit a snag when it reached American shores. See, Americans don’t like to read, especially at the movies.
10.02.2020 - 07:21 / variety.com
Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” won the best international film prize at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, making history as the first Korean film to do so.
The thriller is nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture, and was already the first Korean feature to be nominated for best international film. It already made history earlier in the night when it won the best original screenplay Oscar — becoming not only the first South Korean film to win an Oscar, but a relatively
There were fears that South Korea’s genre-bending class satire Parasite, while a massive hit everywhere else, would hit a snag when it reached American shores. See, Americans don’t like to read, especially at the movies.
SEOUL, South Korea -- K-pop superstar group BTS has canceled a series of planned concerts in Seoul in April due to concerns about a soaring viral outbreak in South Korea, its management agency announced Friday.
BTS showed the world how it’s done when they appeared on the latest edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. From the very first segment to the last, the K-Pop band was a hoot! The episode was basically a celebration of the South Korean boy band. Jimmy Fallon gave the boys a fun trip of New York as they all sat down in an NYC subway for a fun interview. And the boys did not hold back.
Donald Trump has taken a jab at the Oscars for awarding this year’s best picture honor to Parasite, because the film is South Korean. “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” Trump asked a rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
"I thought it was best foreign film," the president said of the film that won the Academy's top honor.
Donald Trump has taken a jab at the Oscars for awarding this year’s best picture honor to Parasite, because the film is South Korean. “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” Trump asked a rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
"I thought it was best foreign film," the president said of the film that won the Academy's top honor.
SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Da-hye, a 29-year-old South Korean, said that moving into a semi-basement apartment was her least-preferred option when she was looking for a new place to live.
By Anthony D'Alessandro
Parasite made history this week. The South Korean movie directed by Bong Joon-ho won three prestigious awards at the 92nd Academy Awards. From bagging the Oscars for Best Direction to beating 1917, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit and several other movies to bag the Best International Feature, Parasite became the first international movie in the almost 100-year long history of the award show to have won the Best Picture award. The movie has received praise from critics all over the world.
By Nancy Tartaglione
South Korean social satire “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry’s highest honour.
South Korean social satire “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry’s highest honour.
Hollywood history was made last night as South Korean film Parasite became the first non-English-language movie to win the best picture Oscar.
Bong Joon-ho is having a heck of a night.
Neon’s “Parasite” made history on Sunday night at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first foreign-language film ever to win a best picture Oscar.
South Korea, home to some of the most distinctive cinema of the past two decades, is finally basking in Oscars glory.Bong Joon Ho's acclaimed thrillerParasitescored big early in the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, winning in the best original screenplay category.
Bong Joon Ho made history on Sunday night, becoming the first South Korean filmmaker to win the best director Oscar for “Parasite.”