Korean Blogathon 2011

The Korean Blogathon 2011 is now over!

Below are links to all of the posts in this years blogathon. It was our first year of running the event but certainly won’t be the last – we’ll be back at a similar time next year. Everyone at NewkoreanCinema.com and cineAWESOME.com would like to say thank you to everyone involved – everyone who took the time to write a post and everyone who took the time to read them. It really is appreciated. The aim of the blogathon was always to promote Korean cinema and to highlight the many great sites, writers and opinions about Korean cinema. The posts below speak for themselves – top tens, reviews, profiles, interviews, examinations of themes and ideas – there’s something here for everyone.

Thanks again to everyone!

(Don’t know what the Korean Blogathon is? Check out the original announcement here)

Monday 7th March 2011

Review of 'HaHaHa'

Interview with Yoon Seong-ho

Review of 'Portrait of Youth'

Du film coréen noir (de chez noir) - Review of 'The Last Witness' (French)

A Personal Top Ten

Review of 'Natali'

Review of 'A Spy Remaining Behind'

10 films Every Korean Film Fan Must See! Part 1 (Films 10 – 6)

Review of 'The Chaser'

Unresolved Contradictoriness - HAPPY END

Review of 'Steal It If You Can'

L’Arirang de Kuro (Kuro Arirang) de Park Chong-won - Review of 'Kuro Arirang' (French)

Korean Film Archive - Photo Report /// Képes beszámoló a Koreai Filmarchívumról

10 films Every Korean Film Fan Must See! Part 2 (Films 5 – 1)

What’s Korean Cinema? #02 – Welcome To Dongmakgol (Podcast)

Review of 'Late Autumn'

Why I Love Korean Cinema

Tuesday 8th March 2011

Review of 'The Good The Bad The Weird'

Review of 'Mother'

Review of 'Sky Blue'

A Secret Ray Of Sunshine

Top Ten Korean Films

Interview with Jang Cheol-su

Review of 'A Barefoot Dream'

Review of 'Castaway On The Moon'

Why am I so fascinated with Korean films?

Review of 'Bike Boy'

Review of 'Cruel Winter Blues'

Korean Actor Spotlight: Choi Min-Shik

Review of 'I Saw The Devil'

Joint Security Area (Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA) - Review of 'J.S.A.' (French)

Review of 'The Housemaid'

Review of 'Demon Empire'

Review of 'Baby and Me'

Review of 'Aimless Bullet'

Beyond Vengeance: Four from Korea

Review of 'My Boyfriend Is Type B'

Review of 'Sex Is Zero'

Wednesday 9th March 2011

Review of 'Hand Of Destiny'

Review of 'Moss'

Review of 'Sa-I-Gu'

Castaway in Hollywood: remakes of Korean films

Legendary Director Yoo Hyeon Mok (Part One)

Review of 'Mother'

Wonderwall: The Red Chapel and the Principals of Cultural Exchange

Review of 'I Saw The Devil'

I Saw the Devil VS. Man from Nowhere

Legendary Director Yoo Hyeon Mok (Part Two)

LEE Chang-dong's "Poetry"

Lee Hae-jun: Master of quirk

Review of 'Forever With you'

Review of 'Missing'

Review of 'Peppermint Candy'

Les Corrompus (Oyomdoen Jashik-dul) de Im Kwon-taek - Review of 'The Corrupt' (French)

Review of 'Closer To Heaven'

Review of 'Someone Behind You'

Korean Actor Profiles: Oh Dal-Su

DVD release: 71 Into the Fire

Review of 'Aachi and Ssipak'

Review of 'The Coast Guard'

Review of 'Haeundae'

Review of 'Kimjongilia'

Thursday 10th March 2011

Review of 'Memories of Murder'

A Million: the hypocrisy of "reality"

Review of 'Annyong, Sayonara'

Reading Korean Cinema – Books, Books and Books..

Review of 'Late Autumn'

Decline in Western Interest for Korean Cinema?

5 things that may surprise you about Korean cinemas

Korean Film Downunder Volume 1

La réception d’un film (French)

Review of 'Champion'

Review of 'Crush and Blush'

Noël en août (Palwolui christmas) de Hur Jin-ho - Review of 'Christmas In August' (French)

Review of 'Sympathy For Mr Vengeance'

What Should be on the Radar for Korean Cinema Fans

Review of 'A Bittersweet Life'

Review of 'Phone'

Memories Of Music – Korean Film Scores

Review of 'Sona, the other myself'

Review of 'Steal It If You Can'

The Popularity of the Korean Drama

Friday 11th March 2011

The Politics of Solitude: Oldboy and Korean Noir

Film Music and Kim Jee-woon: A Bittersweet Life Original Soundtrack

Review of 'Our Sweet Days of Youth'

Review of 'Auld Lang Syne'

Review of 'I’m Jin-Youn'

Tales from a K-Drama Widower

Review of 'The Quiz Show Scandal'

Review of 'Rough Cut'

Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Korean Cinema: Crossing Borders, Crossing Genres

Review of 'The Man From Nowhere'

An A to Z Guide to Korean Cinema – Part 1

Review of 'Bad Couple'

Review of 'No Mercy For The Rude'

Review of 'The Chaser'

Review of 'Thirst

Review of 'The Host'

Review of 'The Chaser'

Saturday 12th March 2011

What Can Be Done for Korean Film Distribution

Review of 'Oasis'

Review of 'Poetry'

Review of 'Nowhere To Hide'

Review of 'The Man From Nowhere'

The Significance of 'Manly Tears' for the Reclamation of the Male Id in Korean Cinema

Review of '71 - Into The Fire'

Review for 'Bedevilled'

Review of 'A Dirty Carnival'

Korean Cinema Blogathon 2011...the DARK SIDE!

How To Survive In A K-Drama World

100 Years of Korean Cartoon - Photo Report /// 100 éves a koreai képregény (manhwa)

Review of 'My Wife Is A Gangster 2'

Review of 'Ha Ha Ha' (French)

Review of 'The Foul King'

Korean Cinema Vs. Korean Television

The fairy tale of K-horror

A Small Look on the Turning Point in Korean Cinema

Ein kleiner Blick auf den Wendepunkt im koreanischen Kino (German)

An A to Z Guide to Korean Cinema – Part 2

Jeonju Film Festival and Jeonju Digital Project

Sunday 13th March 2011

10 Promising South Korean Films Released Domestically This Year (So Far)

Review of 'Midnight FM' (German)

Heading west: First Korea, then Hollywood

Korean Film Blogathon 2011 Highlights

Mama Loves Her Baby and Daddy Loves You Too: Maternal Instincts and The Host

Review of 'Moss'

An Interview with Director Gina Kim

I failed to write about Korean cinema, in the end

Review of 'The Housemaid'

Bong Joon-ho: Master of menace

Why South Korean Indies Will Live, and Hong Kong Indies May Not

Review of 'My Love'

Review of 'Thirst'

Review of 'The Quiet Family'

Men, Women and Hand-Scythes: Urbanoia and Gender in Yang Chul-soo’s Bedevilled

Welcomed to Dongmakgol: An Interview with Steve Taschler

Let Your Seoul Glow: My Journey to Korean Cinema

Progress Report: Sanggye-dong Olympic

Review of 'The Magicians'

Review of 'The Foul King'

Review of 'Daytime Drinking'

The Cage of Conscience: Visual Motifs in "Aimless Bullet"

Review of 'I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK'

La Petite fille de la terre noire (Geomen tangyi soneyeo oi) de Jeon Soo-il

Review of 'Gagman'

Observing Kim Ki-duk Part 1: Auteur Origin

Review of 'The Chaser'

Episode 25: The Housemaid(s) (Podcast)

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About the Author

avatar Martin Cleary is the founder and editor of the New Korean Cinema site. He is a contributor for the forthcoming Directory of World Cinema: Korea, has been a recurring guest on the 'What's Korean Cinema?' podcast and has participated in a discussion panel at the East Winds Symposium at Coventry University. He has written for the magazines Jade Screen and Screen Power and for several online sites including Electric Sheep and VCinema and was a team writer for the now defunct KFCCinema site.