Review: K-Horror TWO MOONS Scrapes the Bottom of the Barrel

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By Pierce Conran I’m glad that I’m not a particularly big horror buff, because if I was, Korean cinema would seem like a real letdown these ... Continue reading →

Review: Pieta - What Does It Matter as Long as a Boy Loves His Mother?

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By John A. Riley A cavalcade of joyless masturbation, even more joyless coition, animal entrails splattered across the tiled floor of a bath... Continue reading →

Review: Korean Indie Koala Oozes Charm

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Simplicity is in rare supply in Korean cinema these days, so when a film like Koala comes along, it does so as a breath of fresh air. Nary ... Continue reading →

Revenge Week: Dirty Blood's Dangerous Payback

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Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). As a society Korea has been slow to change despite its economic growth. At times it can ... Continue reading →

Revenge Week: Don't Cry Mommy - A Necessary Lesson Poorly Delivered

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Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). It’s a funny thing to think you understand something and then experience it first hand, ... Continue reading →

Revenge Week: 26 Years - The Ultimate Revenge Narrative

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Part of MKC's  Revenge Week  (July 8-14, 2013). This is not a new piece but it just seemed too a propos not to include. Just like anyone... Continue reading →

Edinburgh 2013: Juvenile Offender (범죄소년, 2012)

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Part of  Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC  of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). As much as we may like to... Continue reading →

Edinburgh 2013: National Security (남영동 1985, 2012)

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Part of  Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC  of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). Though 2012 was an importa... Continue reading →

Edinburgh 2013: Virgin Forest (원시림, 2012)

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Part of  Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC  of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). Perhaps because of his lon... Continue reading →

Edinburgh 2013: Pluto (명왕성, 2012)

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Part of Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). We often claim that mainstr... Continue reading →

Edinburgh 2013: I Catch a Terrible Cat (こっぴどい猫, Japan) 2012

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Part of Connor McMorran's coverage for MKC of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 19-30, 2013). If there can be one major c... Continue reading →

Channeling the Classics: The Russian Novel (러시안 소설) 2012

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Though I scarcely have the time to read these days there are a few classic works of literature I always go back to. On the one hand the Fren... Continue reading →

The Grand Heist (바람과 함께 사라지다) 2012

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The heist film is a unique offshoot of the crime genre. It inhabits a region where the violence is all style, the risks are all calculated, ... Continue reading →

UDINE 2013: Korean Horror Comedies and Ghost Sweepers (점쟁이들, 2012)

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Korean cinema has proven on many occasions that it can be quite brazen when it comes to generic codes. It can sometimes seem like a kid has ... Continue reading →

UDINE 2013: The Thieves (도둑들, 2012)

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. The most anticipated Korean film of the year, with its dazzling cast an... Continue reading →

UDINE 2013: A Muse (은교, Eungyo, 2012)

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“ No Muse-poet grows conscious of the Muse except by experience of a woman in whom the Goddess is to some degree resident…A Muse-poet falls ... Continue reading →

UDINE 2013: Divorce, Korean Style: All About My Wife (내 아내의 모든 것, 2012)

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. (by Rex Baylon) There used to be a time when America was known as a ma... Continue reading →

UDINE 2013: A Gothic Fantasy: A Werewolf Boy (늑대소년, 2012)

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. (by Rex Baylon) Of all the film cultures in the world that embrace the ... Continue reading →

UDINE 2013: National Security (남영동1985, 2012)

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival. Corruption, injustice and terror have always been a sad reality of poli... Continue reading →

Fribourg 2013: National Security (남영동1985, Namyeong-dong 1985) 2012

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Playing at the 27th Fribourg International Film Festival (March 16-23, 2013) Corruption, injustice and terror have always been a sad reality... Continue reading →