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The new generation: directors from A-Z By Pierce Conran, Grady Hendrix, and Tom Vick A Who's Who of up - and - comers hot on the heels of Lee Chang - dong, Bong Joon - ho, Park Chan - wook et al..

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Bong Joon - ho is a masterful, one - of - a-kind filmmaker and show it with this film.

Bong Joon - ho once again proves himself to be one of the top directors in the world, with the gripping adventure, eco-thriller, and unabashed joyride that is Okja.

The Playlist's Picks: Wes Anderson for «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» Bong Joon - ho for «Snowpiercer,» Jonathan Glazer for «Under The Skin,» Jim Jarmusch for «Only Lovers Left Alive,» Denis Villeneuve for «Enemy.»

We've been intrigued by The Host (the monster movie, not the maligned Stephenie Meyer adaptation) director Bong Joon - ho's new sci - fi dystopia Snowpiercer.

Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Kang - ho Song, Jamie Bell, Chris Evans, Ewen Bremner, Bong Joon - ho, Octavia Spencer

«Snowpiercer» Easily one of our most anticipated of the year, we started to worry if we'd ever see «Snowpiercer,» the English - language debut of Korean master Bong Joon - ho («The Host,» «Memories Of Murder,» «Mother «-RRB-, given the bubbling controversy over the film and Harvey Weinstein «s intentions to release a truncated version.

Past Oscar contenders Isabelle Huppert (Michael Haneke's «Happy End»), Tilda Swinton (Bong Joon Ho's «Okja»), Emma Thompson (Noah Baumbach's «The Meyerowitz Stories»), Michelle Willams and Julianne Moore (Todd Haynes» «Wonderstruck»), Jeremy Renner («Wind River»), Al Gore («An Inconvenient Sequel»), Berenice Bejo (Jean - Luc Godard biopic «Godard Mon Amour») and Marion Cotillard (Arnaud Desplechin's «Ismael's Ghosts») all had films in Cannes last year, but none wound up in the Oscar race.

We're at the midpoint, and half of the competition films have screened, with titles by Robin Campillo, Michael Haneke, Todd Haynes, Bong Joon - ho, Andrey Zvyagintsev, and Yorgos Lanthimos standing out.

Directors Michael Binder — «Black or White,» «Reign over Me» Bong Joon - ho — «Snowpiercer,» «Mother» Niki Caro — «North Country,» «Whale Rider»

(in no particular order) «Birdman» (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) «Boyhood» (Richard Linklater) «Edge of Tomorrow» (Doug Liman) «The Grand Budapest Hotel» (Wes Anderson) «Interstellar» (Christopher Nolan) «The Lego Movie» (Phil Lord / Chris Miller) «Nightcrawler» (Dan Gilroy) «Snowpiercer» (Bong Joon - ho) «Under the Skin» (Jonathan Glazer) «Whiplash» (Damien Chazelle)

Okja, the latest experimental offering from lauded director Bong Joon Ho, started off with a controversial bang, but ended up winning over critics thanks to its big - hearted plot about a little girl whose giant pet pig is kidnapped by a meat corporation.

Last year, Cannes director Thierry Fremaux boosted his Competition lineup with two Netflix movies, Bong Joon Ho's «Okja» and Noah Baumbach's «Meyerowitz Stories,» but he was unable to play that card again, given France's unforgiving 36 - month theatrical exclusive window, which the streaming service can not abide.

Super pigs, rapid fire poo balls with both Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal playing cartoon like characters means this must be a Bong Joon - Ho film.

We are thrilled at the opportunity to premiere two of our highly - anticipated films from directors Noah Baumbach and Bong Joon Ho in this prestigious forum,» said Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer.

As far as Special Screenings and Out of Competition slots, a mixture of high profile English language features will likely pop up here just before their domestic release in the US, such as Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant and Bong Joon - ho's Okja.

«Snowpiercer» is a sci - fi sgiw based on the 2013 feature by Bong Joon - ho, that starred Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton.

The two Netflix films selected are Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories and Korean Bong Joon - ho's Okja.

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Suffice it to say, the latest from Korean director Bong Joon - ho (whose work includes the thrilling and darkly funny monster movie «The Host») is constantly inspired and full of surprises.

And he's already worked on one movie that Netflix will release, Bong Joon - Ho's creature feature Okja.

Few films without a firm release date (in most of the world, at least) have inspired as much chatter of late than Bong Joon - ho «s «Snowpiercer.»

From The Host «s Bong Joon - ho comes the international quad for Snowpiercer, via Twitch Film.

Director Bong Joon Ho's Okja stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Giancarlo Esposito, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Devon Bostick, Daniel Henshall, Shirley Henderson, Hee Bong Byun, Je Moon Yoon, Woo Sik Choi and newcomer An Seo Hyun.

«Okja» (Bong Joon - Ho, South Korea / U.

Radius - TWC has starting showing Bong Joon - ho's long - awaited sci - fi movie Snowpiercer, set entirely on a train traveling around a frozen world, in select theaters around the US (full list here).

And yes, it is sad that Bong Joon - Ho's Mother did not make the cut, as it is a very strong film with a fabulous central performance.

«I'm honored to be returning to Cannes, most especially this year with Okja and my partners at Netflix — it is wonderful to bring their first produced original film to premiere In Competition,» said Bong Joon Ho.

After 2013's criminally underrated Snowpiercer, South Korean director Bong Joon - ho and Tilda Swinton join forces again in this action drama.

Okja Director: Bong Joon - ho Writer: Bong Joon - ho, Jon Ronson Fans of South Korean auteur Bong Joon - Ho's...

Korean auteur Bong Joon - Ho's satire Okja, which was shown at Cannes Film Festival in May, was boycotted by Korea's big chain...

What about guys like Park Chan - wook or Bong Joon - ho?

Like just about every movie by South Korean genre extraordinaire Bong Joon - Ho, Okja is hard to classify: Its genetically enhanced DNA includes strands of sci - fi, comedy, social satire, girl - and - her - pig fairytale, and earnest omnivore message movie.

After it opens with French director Arnaud Desplechin's Ismael's Ghosts, Cannes will premiere films from streaming companies Amazon (Todd Haynes's Wonderstruck and Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here) and Netflix (Bong Joon - ho's Okja and Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories); debut TV series from Showtime (David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival) and SundanceTV Jane Campion's Top of the Lake); and host a virtual - reality art installation created by Alejandro Inarritu.

Korean director Bong Joon - ho is on the minds of many filmgoers this summer thanks to the Stateside release of the phenomenally strange dystopian train - enthusiast blockbuster

Bong Joon - ho's all - star eco-fantasy is a little bit of Spielberg, a little bit of Miyazaki and a whole lot of oddball

«I personally don't perceive the Palme d'Or [should be] given to a film that is then not seen on the big screen,» Almodóvar told the room full of press, a comment which seemed to suggest the two Netflix films in competition this year, Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories and Bong Joon - ho's Okja, have no shot at winning because they don't yet have a French theatrical release planned.

Okja By Amy Taubin Bong Joon Ho's shape - shifting tale of a girl and her genetically engineered superpig becomes an unflinching look at the industrial meat complex

Netflix's buzzy Okja, directed by Bong Joon - ho and starring Tilda Swinton, makes the cut, as does Wonderstruck, Todd Haynes's follow - up to last year's quietly stunning Carol.

This was the movie that jump - started the modern South Korean New Wave, laying the groundwork for everything from Park Chan - wook's baroque thrillers (Oldboy) to Bong Joon - ho's subversive genre work (The Host).

The latest from Korean director Bong Joon - ho is nothing short of wondrous to look at in varied, detailed ways.

In 2017, Netflix finally made its debut at the prestigious event with Bong Joon - ho's Okja and Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories.

Bong Joon - ho also marked another first in this sub-genre of horror by proudly showing off his creature early and often.

Bong Joon - Ho's internationally successful monster movie took the Godzilla concept to a much more human and compelling level.

, Bong Joon - ho added that he «loved working with Netflix» because he had «total freedom in terms of the casting, shooting, and editing».

As Tilda Swinton reteams with her Snowpiercer director, Korea's Bong Joon Ho, it's perhaps unsurprising...

Director: Bong Joon - ho Why it's relevant: A clever take on the world's ever increasing environmental crisis.

And there's finer post-apocalyptic escapism in Bong Joon - ho's «Snowpiercer,» which is playing around the country and arriving on VOD platforms this Friday.

There will likely be no easy end to the debate over whether Netflix belongs in competition at Cannes, but there can be no doubt that Bong Joon - ho does.