korea Archive

  • Kang-jae is low-level gangster, a hoodlum who receives no respect from the gang that he runs with, he is seen as no more than a washed up and gutless slob . Following his release from a ten day jail sentence – for selling porno videotapes to teenagers – Kang-jae tries...

    Review: Failan (Song Hae-sung, 2001)

    Kang-jae is low-level gangster, a hoodlum who receives no respect from the gang that he runs with, he is seen as no more than a washed up and gutless slob . Following his release from a ten day jail sentence – for selling porno videotapes to teenagers – Kang-jae tries...

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  • Every month New Korean Cinema features a contribution from a guest writer who discusses a film of their choosing.  This month Pierce Conran – writer of Modern Korean Cinema – opts for Save The Green Planet… Once upon a time during a cold, wet winter’s night, my tattered shoes leaking,...

    Guest Post: Save the Green Planet and My Discovery of Korean Cinema

    Every month New Korean Cinema features a contribution from a guest writer who discusses a film of their choosing.  This month Pierce Conran – writer of Modern Korean Cinema – opts for Save The Green Planet… Once upon a time during a cold, wet winter’s night, my tattered shoes leaking,...

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  • Following the success of last years ‘Cinema On The Park’ – with over a thousand people attending – The Korean Cultural Office in Sydney have announced a second season of screenings. There’s a stack of amazing films to see, with a total of twenty-one titles (see below) making up the...

    Cinema On The Park 2 – Twenty-One Amazing Films

    Following the success of last years ‘Cinema On The Park’ – with over a thousand people attending – The Korean Cultural Office in Sydney have announced a second season of screenings. There’s a stack of amazing films to see, with a total of twenty-one titles (see below) making up the...

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  • It’s good news for Korean film fans in the London area as the Korean Cultural Centre has extended its film screenings from fortnightly to weekly. Additionally, this promises to be a particularly special year as each month will be dedicated to the work of a different director and the final...

    KCCUK – 12 Directors for 2012

    It’s good news for Korean film fans in the London area as the Korean Cultural Centre has extended its film screenings from fortnightly to weekly. Additionally, this promises to be a particularly special year as each month will be dedicated to the work of a different director and the final...

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  • A group of deadly assassins kidnap a hostage in the hope of getting a high ransom but when they manage to lose themselves in a forest and end up spending the night in a haunted house they manage to disrupt the plans of the ghosts to descend to heaven. The...

    Review: Romantic Warriors (Yun Je-gyun, 2003)

    A group of deadly assassins kidnap a hostage in the hope of getting a high ransom but when they manage to lose themselves in a forest and end up spending the night in a haunted house they manage to disrupt the plans of the ghosts to descend to heaven. The...

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  • Reviewed recently here on the site, Through Korean Cinema is a fascinating documentary that examines the history of the Korean film industry through the perspectives and experiences of five influential filmmakers. Having recently appeared at several international festivals, Through Korean Cinema will appear on DVD in 2012. Director Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso...

    “Introduce what they have missed”: An Interview with Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso

    Reviewed recently here on the site, Through Korean Cinema is a fascinating documentary that examines the history of the Korean film industry through the perspectives and experiences of five influential filmmakers. Having recently appeared at several international festivals, Through Korean Cinema will appear on DVD in 2012. Director Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso...

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  • In the third of our short series taking a look at some of the podcasts that – one way or another – cover elements of Korean Cinema, we catch up with the ‘Podcast On Fire Network’… Probably the first English-language podcast dedicated to Asian cinema, Podcast On Fire has grown...

    Listening To Korean Cinema: The Podcast On Fire Network

    In the third of our short series taking a look at some of the podcasts that – one way or another – cover elements of Korean Cinema, we catch up with the ‘Podcast On Fire Network’… Probably the first English-language podcast dedicated to Asian cinema, Podcast On Fire has grown...

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  • Earlier this year the first East Winds symposium and film festival was held at Coventry University – a three day event  with the intention of raising awareness of Asian cinema for a crowd ‘who might normally not have much chance to catch Asian cinema on the big screen.’  The event...

    Call For Papers: East Winds 2012, Coventry University

    Earlier this year the first East Winds symposium and film festival was held at Coventry University – a three day event  with the intention of raising awareness of Asian cinema for a crowd ‘who might normally not have much chance to catch Asian cinema on the big screen.’  The event...

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  • “It was the one military practice, the one token of martial skill, which ever held its own among a people who for thousands of years have preferred silks, pictures, poems and music, the stately crane in the paddy fields and the knarled [sic] pine on the mountainside.” —Historian J. L....

    “It’s technically very difficult getting a tiger into a film:” a conversation on Kim Han-min and his film, War of the Arrows

    “It was the one military practice, the one token of martial skill, which ever held its own among a people who for thousands of years have preferred silks, pictures, poems and music, the stately crane in the paddy fields and the knarled [sic] pine on the mountainside.” —Historian J. L....

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  • For the first in a short series examining some of the podcasts which – one way or another – cover elements of Korean cinema, we take a look at ‘The VCinema Show’… The VCinema Show is a well established podcast, which has recently released its thirty-fifth episode. An accessible mixture...

    Listening to Korean Cinema: The VCinema Show

    For the first in a short series examining some of the podcasts which – one way or another – cover elements of Korean cinema, we take a look at ‘The VCinema Show’… The VCinema Show is a well established podcast, which has recently released its thirty-fifth episode. An accessible mixture...

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