By Pierce Conran After what had been a slow year Korean cinema received a huge shot of adrenaline with  Assassination , the latest f...

By Pierce Conran I'll admit that eight months ago I may have brought a certain amount of prejudice with me when I went to see Alon...

By Pierce Conran Following his Hollywood foray Stoker , Park Chan-wook returns to (mostly) home soil for his sumptuous and sensual ad...

By Pierce Conran Save the Green Planet director Jang Joon-hwan mobilizes dozens of familiar faces, including The Chaser and The Y...

By Pierce Conran Riding in on a wave of curiosity and anticipation, popular webcomic adaptation Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds , ...

By Pierce Conran Last year's peak summer box office season wound down with  Tunnel , a disaster film from A Hard Day (2014) direc...

By Pierce Conran Choi Dong-hoon's much anticipated period action-thriller Assassination wrapped its shoot on January 31st in Paju...

By Pierce Conran Outside of indie cinema, actors directing themselves in leading roles are quite rare in Korean films,  making Ha ...

Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran With big stars and a hefty budget,  Kun...

By Pierce Conran Following 2012's blockbuster caper hit The Thieves , director Choi Dong-hoon is back at it with the new period a...

By Pierce Conran With big stars and a hefty budget, Kundo: Age Of The Rampant marches into theaters with confidence and tongue pla...

By Pierce Conran Before he makes a decision on his offer to potentially star alongside Lee Jung-jae and Jun Ji-hyun in Choi Dong-ho...

By Pierce Conran Korean hitmaker Choi Dong-hoon is back at it again with a new 1930s set action thriller purported to be in the $12 mil...

In an era of oversaturation at the cineplex, with countless retreads and follow-ups dominating the marquees, sometimes a gimmick is just ...

Part of  Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC  of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). Writing in his book ...

Part of Rex Baylon's ongoing feature on director Lee Yoon-ki. To speak about love in a contemporary real world setting and ignore...

Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 11th New York Asian Film Festival. Korean cinema is filled to the brim with genre offerings and o...

Some sales in Cannes this week but not too much else to report though there are some great interviews and a new trailer for incoming summer...

Since the days of the New Korean Wave of the late 80s and early 90s men in Korean cinema have frequently found themselves on the road i...

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