Bong Joon-ho, 'Mickey 17' and the Fine Art of Following Best Picture

I analyze the 'Parasite' auteur's latest and the coming acts from this decade's other helmers behind Oscar's top winners

HEY MICKEY! “Bong has this joyfulness to him,” Mickey 17 star Robert Pattinson has said of his director. (Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images)

When Parasite won its historic best picture Oscar in 2020, confirming that a new, truly international era of the Academy was upon us, director Bong Joon-ho handled all the hoopla with his characteristic good humor. “Tha…