Showing posts with label classic film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classic film. Show all posts

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Busan 2014 Review: DOES CUCKOO CRY AT NIGHT, A Simple But Well Told Parable


Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival

By Pierce Conran

Playing alongside the 50-odd new Korean films playing at Busan this year is a retrospective of the work of Jung Jin-woo, a prolific director and producer active from the 1960s to the 80s. Known as a purveyor of social melodramas highlighting separation anxieties after the Korean War, Jung switched gears in later in his career, when he began to look at the plight of women in his country. Kicking off this chapter in his filmography was 1980's Does Cuckoo Cry at Night, a simple parable with a restrained yet evocative style.

Monday, August 25, 2014

Top 25 Korean Films of All Time


By Pierce Conran

I've thought about doing a list like this for some time but frankly found the task quite daunting. Having seen so many Korean films and there being so many that I love, drawing up a list inevitably meant cutting out a large number of films that I wish could get more recognition. But for our 4th anniversary (it's hard to believe it's been that long) I wanted to do something a little special. It certain did prove to be a difficult task...