Netflix: Watching the Juggernaut in the First Half of 2025
The streaming platform is racking up galactic numbers
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The Squid Game Finale: Long Live the Bumfight, Death to the Allegory
The Korean murder-thon seems oddly disinterested in real or plausible dysfunction
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Everything That’s Streaming In June 2025
Season four of ‘The Bear,’ the end of ‘Squid Game,’ and much more!
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‘The Black Orb’ Hovers Over North America
South Korea’s bestselling sci-fi novel of the last 20 years has arrived to terrify English-language readers
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South Korean Dramas: The Year in Review
There are many South Korean shows to watch on American streaming services. That doesn’t mean anyone is watching them.
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‘The Beast Games’ Have Begun
A dystopian game show for dystopian times
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Nothing Can Challenge Netflix
Look at the numbers. The streaming service has disrupted all aspects of the industry.
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Hug It Out With ‘Squid Game’
One of the great TV shows of all time mutates into just another sobby reality-show elimination-fest
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Everything That’s Streaming in November 2023
Godzilla, Scott Pilgrim, James Bond, AND Albert Brooks AND more
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Is This the End of South Korean Film?
There’s a reason the festival retrospectives don’t contain much from the present day
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Here’s the ‘Beef’
Netflix gets its groove back, and then some, with a wicked road-rage revenge thriller/farce
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‘All of Us Are Dead’: a Quiet Korean Zombie Invasion
Explaining the lack of coverage of the latest South Korean hit
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South Korean Dramas: It’s Not Just Squid Game
Other notable shows from the world’s trendiest entertainment market
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BFG Week In Review Podcast #024: ‘No Time To Die,’ ‘The Many Saints of Newark,’ and ‘Squid Game’
Our editor and writers break down the week in culture
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Everyone is Playing ‘Squid Game’
The deeply emotional appeal of the world’s most popular show
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