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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Review: 1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES Offers Timely and Powerful History Lesson

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By Pierce Conran Save the Green Planet director Jang Joon-hwan mobilizes dozens of familiar faces, including The Chaser and The Y...
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Friday, December 1, 2017

Review: THE FORTRESS, Sublime Political Allegory Closes Its Doors to the Uninitiated

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By Pierce Conran One of the most impressive casts of the year lines up in the austere and languid period siege drama The Fortress . Le...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Review: C'EST SI BON Trades Rich 60s Music Setting for Dull Romance

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By Pierce Conran A terrific period setting is squandered in the disappointing C'est si bon , a twee and lethargic romance masquera...
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Friday, October 3, 2014

Busan 2014 Review: Bleak and Gripping, HAEMOO Prizes Character over Spectacle

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran To date, the summer of 2014 has seen the m...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Review: Kim Yun-seok on Form in SOUTH BOUND

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By Pierce Conran Normally, when a Korean film's characters decamp to the countryside, we can expect terrible things to happen. But...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Review: Bleak And Gripping, HAEMOO Prizes Character Over Spectacle

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By Pierce Conran To date, the summer of 2014 has seen the majority of mainstream Korean films fall into either of two categories: the...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

News: Jeon Do-yeon And Kim Yoon-seok In Talks for New Lee Yoon-ki Film

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By Rex Baylon For those Korean film fans that have an affinity for quiet settings and slightly damaged female characters, the films of ...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Review: Jang Joon-hwan Returns With Dark Thriller HWAYI: A MONSTER BOY

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By Pierce Conran Korean cinema has become known for its thrillers, and though the genre is one that is popular around the world, the...
Friday, April 26, 2013

UDINE 2013: The Thieves (도둑들, 2012)

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. The most anticipated Korean film of the year, with its dazzling ...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

New Korean Films: One Against All (2013 Week 6)

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(by Fabien Schneider) Small week  for Korean film releases , since there is only one new film that will land in theaters. But it...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

KCN: Weinstein Co. Picks up Snowpiercer, Interviews Galore and Much More (11/08-11/14, 2012)

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Lots of news this week, some of its relating to the London Korean Film Festival and its spectacular closing. Save the Green Planet director...
Monday, August 20, 2012

The Thieves (도둑들, Dodookdeul) 2012

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The most anticipated Korean film of the year, with its dazzling cast and international locations, opened late last month and has since ...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Punch (완득이, Wandeuki) 2011

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On the surface Lee Han’s new feature may not seem like much as it treads well-worn territory such of the coming-of-age drama and the sp...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Yellow Sea (황해, Hwang-hae) 2010

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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...
Monday, November 28, 2011

Korean Box Office Update (11/25/11/27, 2011)

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Weekend of November 25-27: Title Release Date Weekend Total 1 SIU 11/24/11 346,875 419,042 ...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Korean Box Office Update (11/11-11/13, 2011)

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Weekend of November 11-13: Title Release Date Weekend Total 1 Punch 10/20/11 462,670 3,382,457 2 Immortals (us) 11/10/11 391,317 490,...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Korean Box Office Update (10/28-10/30, 2011)

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Weekend of October 28-30, 2011: Title Release Date Weekend Total 1 Punch 10/20/11 594,125 ...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Korean Box Office Update (10/21-10/23, 2011)

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Weekend of October 21-23, 2011: Title Release Date Weekend Total 1 Punch 10/20/11 461,290 584,...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Dueling Masculinities in Running Turtle (Geobugi dallinda, 2009)

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Just a look at the synopsis for Running Turtle will invite a lot of comparisons to Na Hong-jin’s seminal 2008 work The Chaser . It is a thr...