Parasite must enjoy feeding off our wallet. We’re not complaining, though. We’re obsessed with the six-time Oscar-nominated film and its director, Bong Joon Ho. It’s just every time we turn around there’s something Parasite-ic popping up that we want to attend. In the coming days, there are several special Parasite screenings happening. It will play with a live score at Parasite Live to Picture, and a black-and-white version of the film, the director’s dream format, is hitting theaters. What will they think of next? Screenings in 4DX? Parasite garden parties? A VR experience? We’re there for all of it.

Parasite special screening with a live score happening in Los Angeles

We’re hoping they duplicate this event in New York City, but as of now, you must fly to Los Angeles for this one. On Sunday, January 26th, Parasite is screening at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel accompanied by a live score performed by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra and conducted by the film’s composer, Jung Jae Il. Bong Joon Ho will also be in the house to introduce the festivities. The Theatre at the Ace Hotel is a restored, 1,600-seat, 1920s-era movie palace. It’s the perfect venue for this pomp and circumstance. Tickets are still available.

Talking about Parasite‘s music, Sacred Bones is releasing the vinyl edition of Jung Jae Il’s thrilling soundtrack on February 14, 2020. It could be the perfect gift for that special someone. The label is producing limited quantities. It’s available as a 2xLP in peach (mail order only), “green grass” (mail order and in store), and “Scholar’s Rock” (only for members of the Sacred Bones Record Society) colored vinyl. You can pre-order now.

Special screenings in Bong Joon Ho’s dream format coming to NYC and Los Angeles

As for Parasite in black-and-white, we mentioned earlier that the film is screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in the format. Neon, Parasite‘s distributor, is also partnering with American Cinematheque in Los Angeles and Film at Lincoln Center in New York to bring this version to U.S. theaters. It will play in Los Angeles at the Egyptian Theater on January 31st. In New York, it will screen at the Walter Reade Theater on January 30th, followed by a week-long run at the Francesca Beale Theater. Tickets are on sale (FLC here, and Egyptian here)

Film at Lincoln Center has really pledged its allegiance to Parasite and Bong Joon Ho. Besides programming the film at the NYFF57, giving it an ongoing theatrical run, and hosting the New York premiere of the black-and-white version, FLC has presented two series inspired by Parasite, the Bong Show and Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003.

UPDATE 2/7: New Yorkers, if you weren’t able to catch the B&W version of Parasite at Film at Lincoln Center (it closed on February 6), it is now screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, IFC Center, and Alamo Drafthouse. The release of the B&W version also expanded to other markets. To see if it’s playing in a theater near you, visit the film’s website.

Other items coming up in the world of Bong

If that weren’t already enough, the Bong hits keep coming. Details of Bong and Adam McKay’s Parasite TV adaption for HBO continue to filter in (read the latest at The Wrap). And, according to Variety, Neon plans to release the new 4K restoration of Bong’s serial killer crime thriller Memories of Murder (2003) in theaters. The restoration recently screened to sold-out crowds at FLC’s Bong series. Neon hasn’t set a date for its theatrical release but we expect it should come soon.

Bong has a busy schedule between now and the Oscars. Next up, the Directors Guild of America Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 25th. Fingers crossed, he’s competing against Sam Mendes (1917), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), and Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit).