‘‘The Host,’’ a monster fable with an eco-conscious twist from Korean director Bong Joon-ho, is part of the MFA’s Korean Film Festival. (Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts) Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts

The Seoul of a new cinema at the MFA

By Damon Smith

Globe Correspondent / January 21, 2007

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Call it the Seoul effect: Since the late '90s, Koreans have been flocking to theaters in record numbers, exhibiting a cinephilic zeal for sassy romantic comedies, art-mangled horror flicks, and Hollywood-style action-thrillers made right in their own backyard. (Full article: 1198 words)