Netflix Korean Actioner ‘Uprising’ Sets Controversial Precedent as Busan Film Festival Opener: ‘We Still Support Independent Cinema’

Programmers at the Busan International Film Festival have given their opening gala to an historical action thriller ‘Uprising” with an all-star Korean cast that hails not from a traditional Korean studio, but from Netflix the global streaming platform that has both disrupted and elevated the South Korean content industry. Selectors have brushed aside criticism that […]