PiFan 2014 Review: MY ORDINARY LOVE STORY Is Not Your Ordinary Rom-Com

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By Pierce Conran Expectations play a large role in how we consume and react to cinema, particularly in the commercial realm. Genre formulas ... Continue reading →

PiFan 2013 - Before Sundown: Sunshine Love (2013)

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Arrested development has been a very prescient theme in Western media. The man-child, geek, otaku; no matter what you call it we are living ... Continue reading →

PiFan 2013: The Terror Live Can't Quite Go the Distance

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In an era of oversaturation at the cineplex, with countless retreads and follow-ups dominating the marquees, sometimes a gimmick is just the... 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 →

Dirty Blood (나쁜 피, Nah-beun pi) 2012

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As a society Korea has been slow to change despite its economic growth. At times it can seem like a gigantic, perpetually simmering pot of d... Continue reading →

Interview: Director Kong Quee-hyun (U.F.O.) Discusses Stress and Student Life in Korea

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Kong Quee-hyun directed his debut U.F.O. last year. His film premiered at the Pucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and following a ... Continue reading →

U.F.O. (2011)

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One of the recurring motifs in Korean cinema is the representation of repressed trauma. Whether as a lazy deus ex machina in a rote romcom o... Continue reading →

PiFan 2012: Osaka Violence (大阪外道, Japan) 2012

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Part of  MKC's coverage  of the 16th Puchon International Film Festival. The main prize-winner at this year’s Yubari Internatio... Continue reading →

Interview: 'Blood Fight in Iron-Rock Valley' Director Ji Ha-jean

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An in-depth interview with Ji Ha-jean, the up-and-coming director behind the award-winning low-budget western Bloody Fight in Iron-Rock Vall... Continue reading →