News: Record Sales & Slim Profits for Korean Film Industry in 2014

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By Pierce Conran South Korea's film industry topped the two trillion won mark for the first time in 2014, reaching 2.03 trillion won (U... Continue reading →

Review: ODE TO MY FATHER Puts Blockbuster Spin On Melodrama

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By Pierce Conran Family takes centre stage in Ode to My Father , a new Korean melodrama that is every bit as bombastic as this year's na... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: The Beauty Of THE FATAL ENCOUNTER Is Only Skin Deep

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Following a slow few months, commercial Korean ci... Continue reading →

News: SNOWPIERCER Alert! Mark Your Calendars for June 27th

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By Pierce Conran Snowpiercer is finally getting a stateside release. The internet is saying June 27th but CJ Entertainment is telling me ... Continue reading →

Berlinale 2014 Review: Bong Joon-ho's SNOWPIERCER Delivers the Goods

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Cinema is a medium of motion and if anyone unde... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Another Huge Weekend for Snowpiercer and The Terror Live

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Following last weekend's record breaking 4.5 million admissions bonanza, business quelled somewhat over the past frame. However, at 3.6 ... Continue reading →

Review: Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer Delivers the Goods

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Cinema is a medium of motion and if anyone understands this, it appears to be Bong Joon-ho, whose visionary new work is a demented and stunn... Continue reading →

Korean Box Office: Pacific Rim Cashes in on Korea's Robot-philia

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Business was a healthy 2.62 million admissions (in line with last year) over the frame as two big releases duked it out for the top spot. Th... 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 →