The contemporary Korean cinema has redefined how we understand genre. Good News , the latest, absurdist, tonally askew political satire from Byun Sung-hyun ( Kill Boksoon ) is part Dr. Strangelove , part The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (and those are just the films Sung-hyun directly references). From its very title to its bizarre form, Good News is an ironic consideration of the ways state media controls the narratives the populace consumes, using its kitchen-sink approach to argue that the very meaning of "truth" has been dismantled by power.

Inspired by the very real plane hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 in March 1970, Good News honors its historical beats but invents nearly everything else, which is part and parcel of Sung-hyun's mission. Overstuffed and overlo

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