Bong Joon-Ho
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Bong Joon-ho’s 'Mickey 17' Misfires March 13, 2025
Nobody could be sadder than I am to report that Mickey 17 is a disappointment.I’ve been waiting eagerly for many months to see this latest effort by writer-director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer, The Host). I raced out to see it as soon as it o...
'Mickey 17' Is Bong Joon-ho's Most American Movie Yet March 11, 2025
This story contains mild spoilers for Mickey 17.When the indie distributor Neon recently won their second Best Picture Oscar with Anora, it also marked the fifth anniversary of their first win: for Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, a South Korean thriller abo...
‘Mickey 17’ Review March 10, 2025
Parasite, 2020’s Best Picture winner, is director Bong Joon Ho’s second-best film about the depredations of capitalism.Don’t get me wrong: Parasite’s a solid movie, particularly through the first 90 or so minutes. Bong does an impeccable job of intro...
The Expendability of Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ March 07, 2025
There are two Robert Pattinsons in Mickey 17—one sweet and dopey, one sullen and sharp, each the other’s distorted mirror image. They’re both clones hatched as part of a futuristic experiment designed to literalize the concept of “human resources”; t...
In Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho Misses the Moment March 06, 2025
Bong Joon-ho was delighted by a congratulatory letter he received from Martin Scorsese after his 2019 Korean-language film Parasite triumphed at the Oscars. At a press conference, Bong revealed that Scorsese had said he and other directors were keenl...
