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

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Programmers at the Busan International Film Festival have given their opening gala to “Uprising,” an action thriller 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 […]