NYAFF Review: Very Ordinary Couple
When most non-Koreans think of Korean films, they think of deeply disturbed violence and bleak, depressing dramas (I know I used to). What ...
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Reviews
NYAFF Review: Secretly Greatly
Before the NYAFF screening of Secretly Greatly, director Jang Cheol-Soo (the man behind the oft-mentioned-by-me Bedevilled), came out and said a few words. ...
Features
Interview: Lee Won-Suk (How to Use Guys with Secret Tips)
The best film I saw at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (our recap of which will be up late next week) ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: Comrade Kim Goes Flying
The strangest thing about Comrade Kim Goes Flying is the nationality of its directors. When I first heard that there was a collaboration between the ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: How to Use Guys with Secret Tips
At last year’s NYAFF, it seemed like every other film I saw blew me away. Looking back at the roundup, almost half of ...
Review: Behind the Camera: Why Mr. E Went to Hollywood
As a reviewer, there’s only so many, there is a constant cloud hanging over my head questioning whether or not I am just ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: Eungyo (A Muse)
I have a tendency to forget, and I doubt that I’m the only one, that pedophilia does not refer to teenagers. In fact, ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: Confession of Murder
It’s interesting to see the way other cultures portray their media. I’m not talking about the television pundits that get across important plot ...
Features
NYAFF Interview: Jung Ji-Woo (Director of Eungyo/A Muse)
One of the more interesting films I saw at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival was Eungyo, also known as A Muse, ...
Reviews
Review: A Werewolf Boy
Werewolves are kind of dumb. They’re an amalgamation of two great flavors (wolves and people) that don’t go great together. The most telling ...
Sony and Disney stream movies still in theaters
Disney and Sony have begun testing what is basically an anti-pirating measure regarding their films in South Korea. What they are doing is ...
Trailers
Trailer: Snowpiercer
Although this trailer is a little wonky (the sound has a few problems), I can’t just ignore new footage of Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer. The ...