Watch out for choreography by the amazing Ahn Eun-mi in the song & dance numbers of Dasepo Naughty Girls at the KCC on Thursday http://t.co/IMWsHxGX [Read More]
Category: General film news (page 8)
Look out for the adult-themed animation The Dearest
Korea is really putting its adult themed marks on animations. I’ll be watching out for THE DEAREST (2011) http://t.co/Zf8ES0Tp – says @KoreanFilmBiz [Read More]
The London Korean Links Awards 2011
The sixth of LKL’s annual unscientific and very personal recognition of the best things of last year. And in the field of film, books and CDs what is encouraging is that there is so much to choose from. There were also plenty of good Korean cultural events in London, Edinburgh and elsewhere, but there was … [Read More]
WHITE (2011): another vengeful ghost
WHITE (2011): another vengeful ghost, this time haunting the world of K-pop. Sounds brilliant. http://t.co/GvCtEr1k RT @ColetteBalmain It has gone right to the top of my watching pile. [Read More]
Darcy’s top 10 of 2011
Darcy at Koreanfilm.org has compiled his top 10 list for the year with a surprising amount of low budget independents. Via @KoreanFilmBiz [Read More]
A look back at 2011 – part 1
LKL’s annual look back at the stories and events of the last 12 months; this year, a multi-part piece, starting with some heritage, film, and the development of Korean food among world cuisines. Heritage The Ilsungrok (diaries of the daily lives of Joseon kings) and the written and visual logs of the pro-democracy movement in … [Read More]
London Korean Film Festival round-up and Ryu Seung-wan’s The Unjust
The 2011 London Korean Film Festival gave the London audience a chance to assess, and in my case reassess, the work of Ryu Seung-wan. Ryu has had several of his films released in the UK on DVD, but he is not as well-known to the viewing public as the likes of Park Chan-wook and Bong … [Read More]
Lee Byung-hun lives again in GI Joe 2
Lee Byung-hun in GI Joe was one of my guilty pleasures of 2009, so I’m looking forward to the follow-up next year! http://t.co/O8bc06sZ [Read More]
Modern Korean Cinema features gangsters for a week
Check out Jopok Week on Modern Korean Cinema for reviews of Im Kwon-taek’s classic General’s Son 1 2 and 3, Kim Sung-su’s Beat, Song Neung-han’s No 3, Jang Hyeon-su’s Born to Kill, guest essays by Darcy Paquet and Connor McMorran on gangster comedy, by Rowena Santos Aquino on Masculinity and Beauty, plus box office reports … [Read More]
Feel-good hit Sunny is now out on DVD
Feel-good hit Sunny is now out on DVD at YesAsia (http://t.co/TSj2zCDN) – but this 3DVD special edition takes up far too much shelf space [Read More]
Getting to like Ryu Seung-wan
Catching up on my DVD pile, and getting to like Ryu Seung-wan. Looking forward to seeing some more next week at the #LKFF @koreanfilmfest [Read More]
“A thrilling reality ride” – Na Hong-jin’s Yellow Sea
Why South Korea’s action movies blow Hollywood out of the Yellow Sea http://t.co/Vs1aM5Mk. Guardian previews Na Hong-jin’s film, to screen at the London Korean Film Festival this year. [Read More]
The LKFF 1-minute mobile phone short film competition
A special event for budding Park Chan-wooks out there: The London Korean Film Festival presents The One Minute Mobile Phone Short Film Competition Over the last two years there has been a boom in mobile phone technology which the filmmaking community has whole heartedly embraced. The use of camera phones and other mobile equipment particularly … [Read More]
Do we need another Liaisons Dangereuses remake?
Do we need another Liaisons Dangereuses remake? EJ Yong’s was a bit dull. How will Hur Jin-ho fare with Jang Dong-gun? http://t.co/D5t6GM07 [Read More]
Bae Doo-na’s upcoming role in Cloud Atlas announced
Looking forward to seeing Bae Doo-na as a clone in Wachowski’s upcoming “Cloud Atlas”. Coverage in Chosun Ilbo | Korea Times | Joongang Ilbo [Read More]
Shim Hyung-rae could be ruined by big-budget D-War
Could monster budget of monster movie sink D-War director Shim Hyung-rae? http://t.co/CPDhYSy # [Read More]