Quickly becoming Netflix’s most successful series ever (with an estimated 111 million viewers worldwide), Squid Game has turned the spotlight on Korea as a cultural hotspot.
That won’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s had half an eye on film reviews over the past years – with Korean films impressing both viewers and critics alike. Here are eight films and series worth watching, and where to catch them:
Moving On, Mubi
Our own film critic was surprised by how gripped she became by Moving On: a quiet – and deliberately understated – film about a family (a single father and two children) whose economic circumstances force them to move in with an elderly, and near silent, relative. ‘Nothing happens, but everything happens,’ writes Deborah Ross in her review, alluding to the film’s magical ability to draw the audience into following the family’s every move. Over in the States, one reviewer – the
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