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Yang Ik-june’s Breathless gets R2 DVD release

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by Philip Gowman on 16 March, 2010

in Film, Yang Ik-june

“ONE OF THE YEAR’S BOLDEST AND MOST THRILLING DEBUT FEATURES.” – EYE WEEKLY.COM
Following its critically acclaimed UK theatrical release in January, Yang Ik-june’s award winning Breathless comes to DVD on 22nd March 2010 as a two-disc Special Collector’s Edition featuring a host of exclusive extras including interviews with the director and cast members, specially filmed [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-02-22

22 February 2010 Film
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Kick a man when he’s down: steal his shoes from the funeral parlour. Sole searching in the JoongAng Daily http://bit.ly/adnzyI #
Biggest mass wedding in a decade: 14,000 are spliced in Unification Church ceremony: http://bit.ly/bFouGw #
New Product Approval Bill expected to be passed 26 Feb. Unnecessary intervention or saving bankers from themselves? http://bit.ly/c9Mk2s #
Good interview with [...]

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LKL’s top 10 K-films of the noughties

26 January 2010 2009 year-end posts
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Mark Russell over at Korea Pop Wars led the way with his fascinating list of films of the decade – in which the biggest shock was that there was no Park Chan-wook. GI Korea also has a list, which redresses the balance somewhat. So here is mine.
Over the years I’ve been reasonably diligent in giving [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-25

25 January 2010 Bae Doo-na
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Finally finished my top 10 K-films of the decade post. It took forever. 2003 was a good year! Post will be up on Tuesday. 12:57 PM Jan 22nd from web
Big article on Kimchi going global in the Washington Post http://bit.ly/89sKtf (HT: Marmot) 1:16 PM Jan 22nd from bit.ly
Trying to figure out why LKL is offline [...]

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Park Chan-wook’s most embarrassing DVD

22 January 2010 Film
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This week’s Time Out has a brief interview with Park Chan-wook, to celebrate the UK DVD release of Thirst. The subject? His 2,000-strong DVD collection.
For an obscure recommendation from his shelves, Park tips Sanjay Gupta’s Zinda, the Bollywood film that seems to be based on Oldboy. “A man, taken and locked up for 14 [...]

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Ninja Assassin: Could Stephen Colbert do this?

21 January 2010 Events news
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Yes, it’s the UK release of Ninja Assassin, starring Colbert’s nemesis, Rain.
Hollywood.com gave it 1 out of 10. “It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a decent ninja flick,” starts the review, before explaining why it is that we’re still waiting. But the review is reasonably complementary about Rain, reserving its main criticism for [...]

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Yang Ik-June’s Breathless gets theatrical release

13 January 2010 Events news
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And an opportunity to meet other Korean film fans.
Yang Ik-June’s Breathless was LKL’s film of the year 2009. It had a screening at the Korean Film Festival at the Barbican in November, and it is due for a UK release on 29 January at the Institute for Contemporary Arts in Pall Mall.
The release is courtesy [...]

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A belated look back at 2009

9 January 2010 2009 year-end posts
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For the past 3 years LKL has concocted a quiz of the year as a way of gathering together some of the news stories which have most caught our eye. This year, as I came to draw up the list in mid December I found it hard to think of anything amusing or diverting: most [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-12-28

28 December 2009 About LKL
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Top 10 Reasons We Can’t Wait to Close 2009: A gloomy look at the past 12 months in the Korea Times http://bit.ly/7kctSh. 6:44 PM Dec 22nd from bit.ly
Just watched Haeundae on R2 DVD. What was the fuss about? Dull, dull, dull. Maybe the domestic cut was better (17 mins longer). 9:14 PM [...]

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Treeless Mountain gets theatrical release

27 December 2009 Events news
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Treeless Mountain, one of the quiet successes of the London Korean Film Festival by director Kim So-yong, will be getting a UK theatrical release on 8 January 2010.
Synopsis
When their mother needs to leave in order to find their estranged father, seven-year-old Jin and her younger sister, Bin, are left to live with their Big [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-12-07

7 December 2009 Autumn K-film 2009
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FT: Samsung feels the heat from iPhone. http://bit.ly/702azK #
North Korean jeans on sale in Sweden. A snip at $215! The brand name? "NoKo". http://bit.ly/8fc6jI #
AWNtv: Trixter breaks down its vfx work from "Ninja Assassin." (HT – Saharial) http://bit.ly/7VXjAe #
Bong Joon-ho "Mother" Q&A with Tony Rayns: BFI have put an edited version of 14 November's event [...]

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2009-11-16

16 November 2009 Autumn K-film 2009
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Insadong Scandal is like Thomas Crown Affair, only slicker and with more twists. Highly recommended #
Don't forget Yu Hyun-mok retrospective tonight, with introduction by Daniel Martin. “Aimless Bullet” one of the best K-films ever. #
Aigoo! Is Yu Hyun-mok the most depressing director ever? I don't want to see any more of his films. Kim's Daughters [...]

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Is Lady Vengeance REALLY the best Korean film of the decade?

8 November 2009 Film
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That’s what The Times seems to think. I’ve never had much confidence in that paper when it comes to Korean film (one of their critics in particular, Wendy Ide, seems to have a complete downer on the country), but I’m not sure that many informed Korean film buffs would agree with the choice of Lady [...]

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London Korean Film Festival 2009

19 October 2009 Autumn K-film 2009
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The schedule is up on the Barbican website, and it’s a great range of the latest hits together with a retrospective of one of the classic directors. Text from the Barbican website, where you can also buy tickets:
Thursday 5 Nov, 7pm: Park Chan-wook: Thirst, with introduction by the director. I think this is the premiere [...]

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October is Park Chan-wook month

3 October 2009 Events news
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Director Park’s latest, Thirst, will have its official release on 16 October. But there’s a special preview on 5 October at the Curzon Soho, followed by Q&A with the director.
To celebrate Park’s presence in town, the KCC’s screenings this month are also by him: I’m a Cyborg on 8 October and Oldboy on 22 October, [...]

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