This special screening of Lee Hae-young’s queer horror film The Silenced, in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre UK, marks the upcoming paperback publication of Jinhee Choi’s Forever Girls: Necro-Cinematics and South Korean Girlhood. Jinhee will introduce the screening, which will be followed by a drinks reception in The Atrium Bar, kindly sponsored by King’s … [Read More]
Director: Lee Hae-young
London Korean Film Festival 2023: the detailed schedule
Here’s one-page listing of all the films at the 2023 London Korean Film Festival. Click on the various links to go to the relevant page on the festival website for plot summaries and ticket details. Time Title Strand BFI = BFI Southbank | ICA = Institute of Contemporary Arts | PHC = Picturehouse Central | … [Read More]
A look back at some of the films of 2018
A wide variety of genres was presented to the London audience this year, from the return of the romantic melodrama (Be With You) to big budget fantasy (Along with the Gods). We also saw #MeToo beginning to have an impact, not just in the themes of movies such as Land of Seonghye and Testimony but … [Read More]
Korean films at the 2018 BFI London Film Fest
An exciting selection of Korean movies is lined up for the BFI London Film Festival, of which the highlight is undoubtedly Burning. Finally: Lee Chang-dong will be in town! All details below are from the BFI LFF website. Become a member and get access to tickets from 6 September, a week earlier than general release. … [Read More]
Korea Joa Project – ‘The Silenced’ BIFF 2015 screening and Q&A
This diary entry covers a Korea Joa Project day in Busan, from a milmyeon lunch to Megabox Haeundae screenings of The Silenced and Ode to My Father. It focuses on a rewatch of The Silenced and a post-screening Q&A discussing its genre shift, character relationships and directorial intent. [Read More]
The Silenced (경성학교: 사라진 소녀들, 2015) review: atmosphere, mystery and unfulfilled promise
Initially accomplished and deftly realised, The Silenced sadly soon becomes a victim of its own early promise. While the mystery at the film’s core has worked well enough as a theme in ‘B’ action movies and sci-fi TV shows, the praiseworthy aspects of The Silenced ultimately deserve a far more original and unpredictable outcome… [Read More]