This year there have been more reviewers than ever covering the Korean Film Fest. Here are links to some of the reviews, to which I’ll add as and when I spot new ones.
Films are listed in the order in which they screened.
Title | Director | Reviews |
EK = Eastern Kicks | HC = Hangul Celluloid | LKL = London Korean Links | OW = Otherwhere | THN = The Hollywood News | ||
Kundo: Age of the Rampant (군도, 2014, 135mins, period action) | Yoon Jongbin | EK | OW | THN |
Pieta (피에타, 2012, 104mins, drama) | Kim Ki-duk | HC | THN |
A Girl at My Door (도희야, 2014, 119mins, drama) | July Jung | EK | LKL | THN |
Hwayi: A Monster Boy (화이, 2013, 125mins, thriller) | Jang Joon-Hwan | EK | OW | THN |
Hill of Freedom (자유의 언덕, 2014, 67mins, drama) | Hong Sang-soo | EK | LKL | OW |
Han Gong-ju (한공주, 2013, 112mins, drama) | Lee Su-jin | EK | LKL | THN |
Poetry (시, 2009, 139mins, drama) | Lee Chang-dong | HC |
Alive (산다, 2014, 175mins, drama) | Park Jungbum | THN |
Obsessed (인간중독, 2013, 132mins, romance) | Kim Dae-woo | EK | HC | THN |
Man in Love (남자가 사랑할 때, 2013, 120mins, romance) | Han Dong-wook | |
The Target (표적, 2014, 98mins, crime) | Yoon Hong-seung | EK | THN |
A Hard Day (끝까지 간다, 2013, 111mins, drama) | Kim Seong-hun | EK | THN |
Mise-en-scene Shorts 1 (미장센 단편 1) | ||
10 Minutes (10분, 2013, 93mins, drama) | Lee Yong-seung | |
One on One (일대일, 2014, 122mins, drama) | Kim Ki-duk | THN |
Mise-en-scene Shorts 2 (미장센 단편 2) | ||
Pascha (파스카, 2013) | Ahn Seon-kyoung | |
Mise-en-scene Shorts 3 (미장센 단편 3) | ||
Neighbours (우리 이웃 이야기) | Son Tae-gyum, Shin Sojeong, Kim Hee-jin | THN |
Moment to Remember (내머리속에 지우개, 2004, 117mins, romance) | Lee Jae-han (John H. Lee) | HC |
Manshin (만신, 2013, 104mins, documentary) | Park Chan Kyung | |
The Fake (사이비, 2013, 100mins, animation) | Yeon Sangho | |
Bitter, Sweet, Seoul (고진감래, 2013) Q & A with director PARKing CHANce | PARKing CHANce | LKL | THN |
Crocodile (악어, 1996, 102mins, drama) | Kim Ki-duk | EK | HC |
Under the Sky of Seoul (서울의 지붕밑, 1961, 115mins, drama) Introduction by Dr. Mark Morris | Lee Hyung-pyo | |
The Road called Life (메밀 꽃 필 무렵, 운수좋은, 날 그리고 봄봄) | Ahn Jae-hun, Han Hye-jin | LKL | OW |
In Conversation with Park Chan-kyong | ||
The King of Jokgu (족구왕, 2013, 100mins, comedy) | Moon Byung-ran | THN |
Musa, the Warrior (무사, 2001, 154mins, period action) | Kim Sung-su | |
Night Flight (야간 비행, 2013, 134min, drama) | Leesong Hee-il | THN |
I am Not a Hairdresser (난 미용사가 아니야) There is no Forest (무림) Faces (얼굴들) Deaf and Wind (귀머거리와 바람) | Lee Hyung-suk, Kim Na-kyung, Kim Minjun, Hwang Kyu-il | |
Haemoo (해무, 2014, 111mins) | Shim Sung-bo | THN |
The Youth (레디 액션 청춘, 2014, 126mins, Omnibus: The Rumour / Wonderwall / Enemies all Around / Play Girl) | Kim Jin-moo, Park Ga-hee, Ju Seong-su, Jeong Won-sik | |
Gyeongju (경주, 2014, 145mins, adventure) | Zhang Lu | EK |
Man on High heels (하이힐, 2013, 125mins, action comedy) | Jang Jin | THN |
Moebius (뫼비우스, 2013, 90mins, drama) | Kim Ki-duk | EK | HC | THN |
Cold Eyes (감시자들, 2013, 119mins, thriller) | Jo Ui-seok, Kim Byung-seo | EK | HC | LKL |
The Killer Behind the old Man (킬러 앞에 노인, 2014, drama) | Jung Woo-sung | LKL | OW |
The Dinner (만찬, 2013, 125mins, drama) | Kim Dong-hyun | EK |
Revivre (화장, 2014, 93 mins, drama) | Im Kwon-taek | EK | HC | LKL |
That’s a lovely list. Looking forward to the updates as well.
Where you there tonight? Don’t think I saw you?
P.S. I did review Hill of Freedom too, but strictly speaking that was for LFF…
Alua, I just added your Hill of Freedom.
I was there, one row behind the actors and about 5 or 6 seats along. It was nice to have it confirmed that, yes, acting an inflamed prostate was pretty tough ^_^