If you happen to be one of the early converts to ScreenAnarchy and were around when we were covering the Toronto Film Festival en masse then you're already aware that my favorite film from that festival was Kim Ki-Duk's brilliant 3-Iron. It's just a beautiful, subtle little film that blurs the line between fantasy and reality and could serve as a film-school text book in economical story telling. My full review is at the bottom of this page.
Anyway ... enough of the raving ... I noticed at the screening that the film had been picked up by Sony Classics - the same people currently doing a fantastic job with the equally fantastic House of Flying Daggers, nudge nudge - and so every time I've been in contact with them I've been sure to ask about the status of this little gem. Well, the persistence has paid off ... The Sony Classics website hasn't been updated yet but I've just received a note that the film will begin its run with a limited release in New York and LA on April 29th. Assuming Sony Classics follows their normal release pattern that should mean it'll hit most other major centers within the next couple weeks after that.
There's no official North American website for the film yet, but the fantastic Korean site is here. Be prepared to spend a fair bit of time poking around when you check it out ... it's a good one ...