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A look back at some of the films of 2017

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by Philip Gowman on 28 December, 2017

in 2017 year-end posts | Film reviews and comment

A review of some of the films that screened in London during the 2017 – another busy year. For me the undoubted highlight of the London film year was the Bae Chang-ho retrospective at the London Korean Film Festival: a chance to see a couple of his movies – including the classic Whale Hunting (1984) – […]

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Film review: A Taxi Driver

by Philip Gowman 31 August 2017
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I went along to watch A Taxi Driver out of a sense of duty. What can be said about Gwangju, I thought, that hasn’t been said already? I’d rather see a documentary. Plus, Korean movies with foreign actors always raise slight alarm bells with me (Isabelle Huppert in Hong Sang-soo’s In Another Country left me […]

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Walking in Another’s Shoes: Rough Cut to screen at the KCC

by Events Editor 25 October 2010
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The next screening at the Cultural Centre is Rough Cut: 7pm, Thursday 28th October Director: Jang Hun Cast: So Ji-seob, Kang Ji-Hwan Genre: Drama Certificate: 18 (South Korea) Running Time: 113 mins Venue: The Korean Cultural Centre UK Ground Floor, Grand Buildings 1-3 Strand, London WC2N 5BW RSVP: Booking is required, please email info@kccuk.org.uk or […]

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