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Director: Jin Mo-young

Festival Film Reviews: the four Korean films at the BFI London Film Fest 2015

posted 17 Oct 201528 Nov 2020 updated 28 Nov 2020 by Philip Gowman 5 minute read
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It was a very pleasing selection of Korean films at the BFI London Film Festival this year. And for the first time that I can remember, I managed to get to all of them. Here are the verdicts.   The Assassination 암살, Dir Choi Dong-hoon, 2015. With a fantastic ensemble cast, including Jeon Ji-hyun as […]

2015 Travel Diary day 1: Arrivals — an evening in Hongdae

posted 29 May 201525 May 2019 updated 25 May 2019 by Philip Gowman 5 minute read
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Myeongdong, Seoul, 29 May. One flight is much like the next, the only differences being the food and in-flight entertainment. Asiana did a very acceptable bibimbap on the way out and, more ambitiously, a ssambap on the way back. Their tinned makgeolli, which I sampled on the return leg, is not to be recommended. Maybe […]

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