Weekly Review Round-up (10/15-10/21, 2011)

This week we have a section dedicated to reviews from the recently wrapped Festival franco-coréen du film in Paris.  All of these are in French (my second language) and special thanks to Kim-Bong-Park, Made in Asie and asiafilm.fr for their hard work!  Also a number of The Yellow Sea reviews as it opens in the UK & Ireland.

Enjoy!

FFCF (Festival franco-coréen du film)

Anti Gas Skin

(asiafilm.fr, October 16, 2011)

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 16, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 17, 2011)

Bleak Night

(asiafilm.fr, October 16, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 13, 2011)

Café Noir

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 18, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 19, 2011)

Castaway on the Moon, 2009

(asiafilm.fr, October 14, 2011)

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 13, 2011)

Cheonggyecheon Medley

(asiafilm.fr, October 15, 2011)

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 16, 2011)

Come, Closer

(asiafilm.fr, October 14, 2011)

End of Animal

(asiafilm.fr, October 13, 2011)

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 15, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 15, 2011)

Grandmother's Flower

(asiafilm.fr, October 13, 2011)

Hello Ghost

(Made in Asie, October 17, 2011)

Invasion of Alien Bikini

(asiafilm.fr, October 18, 2011)

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 17, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 17, 2011)

Late Autumn

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 17, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 18, 2011)

Late Autumn, 1981

(Made in Asie, October 18, 2011)

Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild

(asiafilm.fr, October 19, 2011)

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 20, 2011)

Miracle on Jongno Street

(Made in Asie, October 13, 2011)

Possessed

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 14, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 19, 2011)

Sunny

(asiafilm.fr, October 19, 2011)

(Kim-Bong-Park, October 12, 2011)

The Code of a Duel

(asiafilm.fr, October 17, 2011)

(Made in Asie, October 17, 2011)

The Day He Arrives

(asiafilm.fr, October 15, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

Countdown

(Film Business Asia, October 19, 2011)

From Seoul to Varanasi

(Twitch, October 16, 2011)

(Variety, October 16, 2011 - Subscription Required)

Head

(Modern Korean Cinema, October 20, 2011)

Hindsight

(Variety, October 17, 2011 - Subscription Required)

Little Black Dress

(Modern Korean Cinema, October 18, 2011)

Memories of Murder

(subtitledonline, October 20, 2011)

Pink

(The Korea Times, October 20, 2011)

(Twitch, October 16, 2011)

Poetry

(straight.com, October 20, 2011)

Poongsan

(Film Business Asia, October 18, 2011)

Red Vacance, Black Wedding

(Twitch, October 16, 2011)

Silenced

(Film Business Asia, October 120 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Empire, October 2011)

(entertainment.ie, October 17, 2011)

(Hangul Celluloid, October 17, 2011)

(metro.co.uk, October 21, 2011)

(Mini Mini Movie, October 13, 2011)

PAST FILMS

Possessed, 2009

(Kim Bong Park, October 14, 2011)

Treeless Montain, 2008

(Mmegionline, October 18, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

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48th Daejong Film Awards

The Daejong film awards are the oldest and most prestigious film industry awards in Korea.  They are essentially the Korean oscars and they will soon be celebrating their 50th edition.  Just like the Oscars, they feature musical performances, celebrity presenters, and a host of other similarities.

Tonight the ceremony for the 48th Daejong film awards took place in Seoul.  A very even field battled it out this year as many films walked away with multiple awards and there was no outright champion of the event.  That said, while the films represented in this year's nominations were more-or-less all worthy contenders, they did not compare favorably to the stellar lineups of years past.  Last year's big winner was Lee Chang-dong's formidable Poetry,  while Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil and newcomer Jang Cheol-su's Bedevilled were among the other films that ranked high on the nominations list.

This year, the most nominated films were (wins in parentheses):

The Front Line - 12 (4)

The Yellow Sea - 11 (2)

Sunny - 9 (2)

War of the Arrows - 8 (4)

Blind - 7 (2)

The Unjust - 7 (0)

Hindsight - 5 (0)

Late Autumn - 4 (1)

Hello Ghost - 4 (0)

Late Blossom - 4 (0)

Detective K - 3 (1)

Romantic Heaven - 3 (1)

Moby Dick - 3 (0)

Poongsan - 3 (0)

The Last Blossom - 3 (0)

Bleak Night - 2 (2)

The six most nominated films were all big performers at the box office, each scored over two million admissions.  Currently I have only seen seven of the films listed above but it does seem like a poorer than usual roster.  As excited as I am to see The Front Line, War of the Arrows, Sunny, and Blind, I am not expecting them to make significant impressions on me like other Korean films have, but I hope I am wrong!

That said, this year's films are all solid and I am especially happy that Ryoo Seung-wan's brilliant The Unjust wound up with 7 nominations, although it is unfortunate that it wasn't able to bag a single win.  I thought it would pick up Best Screenplay at the very least but this went to Blind.  

I was also happy to see that  Late Blossom score 4 nominations even if it didn't win anything.  Personally I think it should have been nominated for Best Cinematography which  is always a great category for Korean film.  So far I've only seen one of the nominees so I'm exited to how the rest look, including winner The Front Line.

I was surprised that neither Quick nor the much-Ballyhooed Sector 7 managed to score nominations for Best Visual Effects.  The films were not well-received but by all accounts the effects were very impressive. War of the Arrows ended up taking the prize.

The biggest successes of the night were the big blockbusters The Front Line and War of the Arrows with 4 wins each, including Best Film for the former.  That result was not surprising as it is also the Korean selection for next year's Oscars.

In the face of some pretty stiff competition, Kang Hyung-chul won Best Director for the small but wildly popular Sunny, which also won Best Editing.

The acting categories all went to different films this year. Best Actor and Actress went to Park Hae-il for War of the Arrows and Kim Ha-neul for Blind, while Jo Sung-ha and Shim Eun-kyun walked away which the Supporting Actor/Actress prizes for The Yellow Sea and Romantic Heaven.

Bleak Night, which has very well-received critically but failed to draw much of an audience in Korea, was a big success tonight, winning its two nominations for Best New Director (Yoon Sung-hyun) and Best New Actor (Lee Je-hun, also nominated for The Front Line).  Meanwhile, best New Actress went to Moon Chae-won for War of the Arrows.

Best Production and Best Lighting went to The Front Line, Best Song went to Late Autumn, Best Costume Design went to The Yellow Sea, Best Art Design went to Detective K, and Best Sound Effects went to War of the Arrows.

Won Bin, who won last year's Best Actor for his role in The Man From Nowhere, was the recipient of the  Popularity Award.  This year's Lifetime Achievement Award went to actor Lee Dae-Geun.

Special thanks to Asian Media Wiki, which live-tweeted the results.

48th Daejong Film Awards Winners and Nominees:

Best Film
Winner:The Front Line
Nominees:
The Front Line
The Unjust
Sunny
War of the Arrows
The Yellow Sea

Best Director

Winner: 

Kang Hyung-chul (Sunny)

Nominees:

Jang Hun (The Front Line)

Kim Tae-yong (Late Autumn)

Ryoo Seung-wan (The Unjust)

Kang Hyung-chul (Sunny)

Na Hong-jin (The Yellow Sea)

Best Actor

Winner: 

Park Hae-il (War of the Arrows)

Nominees:

Kim Yun-seok (The Yellow Sea)

Ryoo Seung-beom (The Unjust)

Park Hae-il (War of the Arrows)

Yoon Kye-sang (Poongsan)

Lee Soon-jae (Late Blossom)

Cha Tae-hyun (Hello Ghost)

Best Actress

Winner: 

Kim Ha-neul (Blind)

Nominees:

Kim Ha-neul (Blind)

Kim Hye-soo (Villain and Widow)

Bae Jong-ok (The Last Blossom)

Yun So-jeong (Late Blossom)

Choi Gang-hee (Petty Romance)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: 

Jo Sung-ha (The Yellow Sea)

Nominees:

Ko Chang-seok (The Showdown)

Kim Sang-ho (Moby Dick)

Ryoo Seung-ryong (The Front Line)

Yu Hae-jin (The Unjust)

Jo Sung-ha (The Yellow Sea)

Jo Hie-bong (Blind)

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: 

Shim Eun-kyung (Romantic Heaven)

Nominees:

Kim Soo-mi (Late Blossom)

Kim Ji-young (The Last Blossom)

Seo Young-hee (The Last Blossom)

Shim Eun-kyung (Romantic Heaven)

Jang Yeong-nam (Hello Ghost)

Cheon Woo-hee (Sunny)

Best New Director

Winner: 

Yoon Sung-hyun (Bleak Night)

Nominees:

Kim Sung-hoon (Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North!)

Kim Young-tak (Hello Ghost)

Min Yong-keun (Re-encounter)

Park In-je (Moby Dick)

Yoon Sung-hyun (Bleak Night)

Best New Actor

Winner: 

Lee Je-hoon (Bleak Night)

Nominees:

Kim Hwan-young (Ryang-kang-do: Merry Christmas, North!)

Yoo Yeon-seok (Re-encounter)

Lee Je-hoon (The Front Line)

Lee Je-hoon (Bleak Night)

Jang Ki-beom (GLove)

Best New Actress

Winner: 

Moon Chae-won (War of the Arrows)

Nominees:

Kang So-ra (Sunny)

Moon Chae-won (War of the Arrows)

Baek Jin-hee (Foxy Festival)

Shin Se-kyung (Hindsight)

You Da-in (Re-encounter)

Best Screenplay
Winner:
Choi Min-suk (Blind)
Nominees:
The Unjust
Blind
Sunny
The Front Line
Hello Ghost

Best Cinematography
Winner:
The Front Line (Joo Woo-hyung)
Nominees:
The Front Line
Late Autumn
War of the Arrows
Hindsight
The Yellow Sea

Best Lighting
Winner:
The Front Line (Kim Min-jae)
Nominees:
The Front Line
Blind
Hindsight
Poongsan
The Yellow Sea

Best Production
Winner:
The Front Line (Lee Woo-jung)
Nominees:
The Front Line
Moby Dick
The Unjust
Sunny
Poongsan

Best Editing
Winner:
Sunny (Nam Na-young)
Nominees:
The Front Line
The Unjust
Blind
Sunny
The Yellow Sea

Best Music
Winner: Late Autumn (Woo & Choi Young-rak)
Nominees:
Late Blossom
Romantic Heaven
Late Autumn
Sunny
Hindsight

Best Art Design
Winner:
Detective K: Secret Of Virtuous Widow (Chae Gyung-sun)
Nominees:
Late Autumn
Detective K: Secret Of Virtuous Widow
War of the Arrows
Hindsight
The Yellow Sea

Best Costume Design
Winner:
The Yellow Sea (Chae Kyung-hwa)
Nominees:The Front Line
Sunny
Detective K: Secret Of Virtuous Widow
War of the Arrows
The Yellow Sea

Best Visual Effects
Winner:
War of the Arrows (Han Young-woo)
Nominees:
The Front Line
Romantic Heaven
Blind
War of the Arrows
The Yellow Sea

Best Sound Effects
Winner:
War of the Arrows (Choi Tae-young)
Nominees:
The Front Line
Blind
Detective K: Secret Of Virtuous Widow
War of the Arrows
The Yellow Sea

Popularity Award

Winner: 

Won Bin

Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner: 

Lee Dae-geun (actor)

Weekly Review Round-up (10/08-10/14, 2011)

A number of reviews covering a wide array of films coming in from the just wrapped-up Busan International Film Festival, although not quite as many as I would have thought. I imagine that given how Asia-centric the festival was this year, not too many English-language publications sent a critic. Also a few reviews from this year's Sitges Film Festival this week.

RECENT RELEASES

Always

(Blog About Everything, October 6, 2011)

Amen

(Busan Haps, October 8, 2011)

(You'll Never Be Hungry Again, October 8, 2011)

A Reason to Live

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 8, 2011)

Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

Black Dove

(Variety, October 13, 2011 - Subscription Required)

Blades of Blood

(Pop Matters, October 6, 2011)

Choked

(Screen Daily, October 12, 2011)

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

Dangerously Excited

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

End of Animal

(Twitch, October 10, 2011)

(Wildgrounds, October 13, 2011)

Hanji

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

I Am a Dad

(Modern Korean Cinema, October 12, 2011)

Metamorpheses

(Hangul Celluloid, October 10, 2011)

My Black Mini Dress

(hancinema.net, October 8, 2011)

Pink

(Screen Daily, October 10, 2011)

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

Poetry

(Twitch, October 12, 2011)

Punch

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 10, 2011)

The Cat

(Modern Korean Cinema, October 9, 2011)

The Day He Arrives

(East Asia, October 3, 2011 - French)

The Unjust

(Twitch, October 7, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Eye For Film, October 12, 2011)

(Row Three, October 10, 2011)

(Twitch, October 13, 2011)

White: The Melody of the Curse

(Japan Cinema, October 5, 2011)

PAST FILMS

Black Hair, 1964

(New Korean Cinema, October 8, 2011)

Castaway on the Moon, 2009

(Kim Bong Park, October 13, 2011 0 French)

My Sassy Girl, 2001

(dramabeans, October 11, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

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Weekly Review Round-up (10/01-10/07, 2011)

Another good week for reviews spread over a wide range of films. A number of reviews for I Saw the Devil (not sure why) and trio for BIFF opener Always. I anticipate that next week's edition will feature a lot fo BIFF reviews, until then!

NEW KOREAN RELEASES

Always
(Film Business Asia, October 7, 2011)

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 6, 2011)

(Variety, October 6, 2011 - subscription required)

Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon

(Init_Scenes, October 3, 2011)

Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild

(Seen in Jeonju, September 28, 2011)

The Crucible

(Soul's Rebel, October 1, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

A Barefoot Dream

(cut print review, September 15, 2011)

I Saw the Devil

(0.50 Action Express, October 5, 2011)

(Haunted Hell, October 5, 2011)

(moviefilmreview.com, October 5, 2011)

(Movies Onlines, October 7, 2011)

(Redzombie Reviews, October 5, 2011)

(Salient, October 2, 2011)

(The Cove, October 6, 2011) 

(themoviesnob, October 5, 2011)

Midnight FM

(Init_Scenes, October 4, 2011)

Moby Dick

(hancinema.net, October 1, 2011)

Poetry

(examiner.com, October 1, 2011)

The Man From Nowhere

(Radar Redux, October 3, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(collider.com, October 3, 2011)

White: The Curse of the Melody

(Modern Koreaa Cinema, October 6, 2011)

PAST FILMS

200 Pounds Beauty, 2006

(shantalks.wordpress.com, October 2, 2011)

Daisy, 2006

(poptastictees.com, October 2, 2011)

Death Bell, 2008

(Hangul Celluloid, October 3, 2011)

Forbidden Floor, 2006

(Init_Scens, September 30, 2011)

Joint Security Area, 2000

(cut print review, September 20, 2011)

Take Care of My Cat, 2011

(10 Mag, September 28, 2011)

Turn It Up to 11, 2009

(Init_Scenes, October 6, 2011)

(Twitch, September 22, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

To keep up with the best in Korean film you can sign up to our RSS Feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

Weekly Review Round-up (09/24-09/30, 2011)

An enormous amount of reviews this week (53!) due in part to Austin's Fantasia Fest and the release of Poetry in Toronto. I'm sure I've missed a couple though but if you can point me towards any more I will gladly include them!

NEW KOREAN RELEASES

Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon

(koreanfilm.org, September 2011)

Blind

(Ain't It Cool News, September 29, 2011)

(andrewmccants.com, September 24, 2011)

(austin360.com, September 23, 2011)

(austinist.com, September 26, 2011)

(cinemablend.com, September 23, 2011)

(fangoria.com, September 22, 2011)

(feelist.blogspot.com, September 26, 2011)

(Film School Rejects, September 25, 2011)

(The 72 Pins, September 23, 2011)

(Twitch, September 22, 2011)

Countdown

(Seongyong's Private Place, September 25, 2011)

(The Korea Times, September 29, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

GLove

(hancinema.net, September 24, 2011)

Hanji

(Twitch, September 24, 2011)

Haunters

(fantasticfest.festivalgenius.com, September 2011)

(feelist.blogspot.com, September 26, 2011)

(indieWIRE, September 26, 2011)

(insidepulse.com, September 25, 2011)

(The Austin Chronicle, September 29, 2011)

(Twitch, September 25, 2011)

Invasion of Alien Bikini

(fantasticfest.festivalgenius.com, September 2011)

(feelist.blogspot.com, September 27, 2011)

(klownsasesinos.com, September 26, 2011) - Spanish

(slashfilm.com, September 24, 2011)

(The 72 Pins, September 23, 2011)

(Twitch, September 23, 2011)

Moby Dick

(Modern Korean Cinema, September 30, 2011)

Poetry

(cynicritics.com, September 15, 2011)

(exclaim.ca, September 29, 2011)

(kdvr.com, September 23, 2011)

(nowtoronto.com, September 29, 2011)

(The Globe and Mail, September 30, 2011)

(The Grid, September 28, 2011)

(Toronto.com, September 30, 2011)

(Toronto Sun, September 30, 2011)

The Servant

(Init_Scenes, September 29, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Ain't It Cool News, September 24, 2011)

(fantasticfest.festivalgenius.com, September 2011)

(Film School Rejects, September 26, 2011)

(Film Threat, September 24, 2011)

(geekscape.net, September 28, 2011)

(hancinema.net, September 24, 2011)

(ifc.com, September 24, 2011)

(indieWIRE, September 26, 2011)

(klownsasesinos.com, September 26, 2011) - Spanish

(Sound on Sight, September 26, 2011)

(The 72 Pins, September 24, 2011)

(The Film Stage, September 25, 2011)

(Twitch, September 23, 2011)

PAST FILMS

Summer Time, 2001

(Hangul Celluloid, September 16, 2011)

The Sword With No Name, 2009

(buzzfocus.com, September 28, 2011)

Woman on the Beach, 2005

(The New Yorker, September 28, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

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Weekly Review Round-up (09/17-09/23, 2011)

A good number of new reviews this week including a whole bunch relating to the Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today MOMA screenings currently taking place in New York. Since most of those reviews are from the event itself I've put them in their own section at the bottom.

NEW KOREAN RELEASES

Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon

(Front Row Reviews, September 18, 2011)

Blind

(Fangoria, September 22, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

Amen

(Screen Daily, September 18, 2011)

(The Hollywood Reporter, September 22, 2011)

Bedevilled

(Twitch, September 22, 2011)

Metamorpheses

(Oriental Nightmares, September 19, 2011)

Officer of the Year

(Beyond Hollywood, September 21, 2011)

Poetry

(Metro Pulse, September 21, 2011)

Rolling Home With a Bull

(New Korean Cinema, September 22, 2011)

Secret Reunion

(Manila Bulletin, September 21, 2011)

Sin of a Family

(Beyond Hollywood, September 18, 2011)

Suicide Forecast

(Beyond Hollywood, September 15, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Cigarette Burns, September 7, 2011)

(Empire Online, September 2011)

PAST FILMS

A Good Lawyer's Wife, 2003

(Anikor, September 21, 2011)

Lost in the Mountains, 2009

(Twitch, September 22, 2011)

Mother Is a Whore, 2009

(Beyond Hollywood, September 18, 2011)

Passerby #3, 2009

(New Korean Cinema, September 19, 2011)

Rainy Days, 1979

(Init_Scenes, September 19, 2011)

Secret Sunshine, 2007

(Metro Pulse, September 21, 2011)

The Chaser, 2008

(sky.com, September 2011)

The Sword With No Name, 2009

(DVD Verdict, September 20, 2011)

YEONGHWA: KOREAN FILM TODAY

Animal Town, 2009

Hello Ghost, 2010

Influenza, 2004

Lost in the Mountains, 2009

Midnight FM, 2010

Mozart Town, 2008

Passerby #3, 2009

Rolling Home With A Bull, 2010

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

To keep up with the best in Korean film you can sign up to our RSS Feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

Weekly Review Round-Up (08/27-09/02, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

Foxy Festival

(Film Business Asia, September 1, 2011)

Hanji

(Film Business Asia, August 30, 2011)

I Saw the Devil

(Blog Critics, August 28, 2011)

Poetry

(Pop Matters, August 30, 2011)

(Twitch, September 1, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Rockets & Robots, August 29, 2011)

Troubleshooter

(Modern Korean Cinema, August 27, 2011

PAST FILMS

A Bittersweet Life, 2005

(Paper Blog, August 31, 2011)

Blue Swallow, 2005

(Hangul Celluloid, August 27, 2011)

Shim's Family, 2007

(Heroic Cinema, August 22, 2011)

The Chaser, 2008

(hubpages, August 28, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

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Weekly Review Round-Up (08/06-08/12, 2011)

A variety of films reviewed this week including another pair of broadsheet commentaries for Poetry as it continues to screen across the world.

NEW KOREAN RELEASES

Quick

(hancinema.net, August 6, 2011)

Sector 7

(Seongyeong's Private Place, August 6, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

Battlefield Heroes

(Variety, August 9, 2011)

Bleak Night

(Beyond Hollywood, August 9, 2011)

Children...

(Modern Korean Cinema, August 6, 2011)

I Saw the Devil

(koreanfilm.org, August 8, 2011)

Hanaan

(indieWIRE, August 9, 2011)

Moss

(Hangul Celluloid, August 7, 2011)

Oki's Movie

(The Reel Bits, August 6, 2006)

Poetry

(Herald Scotland, August 11, 2011)

(The Montreal Gazette, August 11, 2011)

Shotgun Love

(Beyond Hollywood, August 10, 2011)

The Cat

(koreanfilm.org, August 8, 2011)

The Last Godfather

(PopMatters, August 11, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(pulpcurry.com, August 10, 2011) also cross-posted on VCinema

PAST FILMS

Running Turtle, 2009

(Modern Korean Cinema, August 7, 2011)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

To keep up with the best in Korean film you can sign up to our RSS Feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.