Reel Talk: Busan City vs. Busan Film Festival

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Every Friday I appear on a segment called Reel Talk for Arirang TV on the 2 o'clock news, mostly covering Korean cinema. Just over a wee... Continue reading →

News: BIFF Director Stays on, Censorship Concerns Linger

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By Pierce Conran Click here to read about the events leading up to this story. It appears that Busan Film Festival director Lee Yong-kwan w... Continue reading →

News: Busan Asks BIFF Director to Step Down, He Refuses (2nd UPDATE)

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By Pierce Conran 2nd Update (01/27) - Though the basic facts remains the same (refer to the original post and 1st update below), here is som... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: PARALLEL Means Well But Lacks Drive

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran The heart-warming story of a disabled ice hockey t... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: FACTORY COMPLEX, An Artful Look At Korea's Beleaguered Workforce

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran It's no secret that workers are subjected to p... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: LIVE TV Showcases Misogyny And Bad Filmmaking

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Found footage horror and digital age social themes... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: DOES CUCKOO CRY AT NIGHT, A Simple But Well Told Parable

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Playing alongside the 50-odd new Korean films play... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: TIMING Mixes Overstuffed Narrative And Plain Animation

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Popular webtoonist Kang Full has become a big nam... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: HAN RIVER Ponders Urban Malaise in Contemporary Korea

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran With black and white lensing, cheerful yet destitu... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: SOCIALPHOBIA Effectively Blends Social Agenda And Genre Tropes

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran The Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) returns to ... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: END OF WINTER Boasts Strong Cast And Subtle Mise-en-scene

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Dankook University scores a New Currents competit... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: WILD FLOWERS Wilts After A Bristling Start

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran The lives of aimless youths at the bottom of the ... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: WE WILL BE OK Hits Its Stride Too Late In The Game

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Writers are told to write about what they know, s... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: A MIDSUMMER'S FANTASIA Effortlessly Draws You Into Its Subtle Tale

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Taking place in the quiet town of Gojo in Japan, ... Continue reading →

Busan 2014 Review: ENTANGLED Gets Caught Up in Its Own Depressing Narrative

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 19th Busan International Film Festival By Pierce Conran Following the blistering debut Fatal , a gritty ra... Continue reading →

Berlinale 2014 Review: NON-FICTION DIARY Offers Captivating Glimpse of 1990s Korea

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

Busan 2013 Review: Personal and Subdued PASCHA Resonates

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Life has a habit of moving on, whether we'd l... Continue reading →

Busan 2013 Review: Thoughtful STEEL COLD WINTER Doesn't Stray from Its Comfort Zone

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Sometimes, even the most skillfully assembled vol... Continue reading →

Busan 2013 Review: Balls of Fury - The King of Jogku

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. (by Rex Baylon) The struggle of one team or individual to overcome... Continue reading →

Busan 2013 Review: The Fake Is a Bleak and Devastating Experience

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 18th Busan International Film Festival. Terrible things happen all the time but it's easy to ignore wh... Continue reading →