Renee Graham's Guide To South Korean Cinema

Spike Lee's remake of the Park Chan-wook movie "Oldboy" has brought more attention to the South Korean film maker.

Here & Now pop culture critic Renee Graham tells host Robin Young that it's about time — there is a lot of exciting work coming out of South Korea.

“They’re incredibly original — a lot of these directors, they write their own work and they just take chances," Graham says. "They cross genres, there’s a lot of dark humor, there’s action, there’s incredible sort of emotional violence in these films. I mean, people keep saying they’re violent, but it’s much more an emotional level. I just think they’re fantastic.”

Graham shares a 10 of her favorite Korean films and says Americans will get another look at a Korean filmmaker's work, when Bong Joon-ho's "Snowpiercer" opens next year. She also mentions the 2001 romantic comedy "My Sassy Girl," directed by Kwak Jae-yong.