Review: Mail-Order Bride Mystery-Drama THUY Driven by Strong Lead

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By Hieu Chau The notion of ordering a bride is largely written off as a joke in various parts of the world but the reality of the scenario ... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: Epic And Austere, ALIVE Depicts Dark Days For Korean Laborers

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Incessantly grim and pushing the three-hour mark,... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: DAUGHTER Explores The Ills Of Modern Korean Parenting

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Following a pair of indulgent films that awkwardl... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION Is David Lynch Meets Hong Sangsoo

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Following his terrific debut Romance Joe (2011), ... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: GIFTED Takes an Interesting Turn Before Veering Off Course

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Taking its cue from the common social grievances ... Continue reading →

Berlinale 2014 Review: SPROUT's Short and Sweet Seoul Odyssey

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran... Continue reading →

News: HAN GONG-JU Picks Up Yet Another Award in Rotterdam

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By Pierce Conran Following its debut at the Busan International Film Festival last October, Lee Su-jin's film Han Gong-ju has been blazi... Continue reading →

Busan 2013 Review: The Devastating Han Gong-ju Is BIFF's Hidden Gem

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. What is it that drives us to the cinema, time and again? What are ... 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 →

Yeonghwa: Korean Cinema Today 2012 - Pink (핑크, Pingkeu) 2011

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Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 3rd Yeonghwa: Korean Cinema Today event at NY's Museum of Modern Art. (previously published). The pa... Continue reading →