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Following his terrific debut Romance Joe (2011), Lee Kwang-kuk is back in Busan with A Matter of Interpretation, a breathless play on dream logic with smart plotting and a great script that proves he's no fluke, and then some. Frustrated...

The lineup of FICUNAM 2014 is ready and things will kick off on February 27 with the Mexican premiere of one of the most anticipated films of the year: the final feature by animation master Miyazaki Hayao, The Wind Rises....

As far as the critical discourse of Korean cinema goes, few filmmakers have a more commanding presence than Hong Sang-soo, whose flowing narratives often feel like chapters in the same grand story. In a sense, his body of work reminds...

In Another Country was one of two films showed during the opening night of the 3rd Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA), here we revisit my review from earlier this year.Quick disclaimer before barreling on with my discussion of Hong...

Following the disastrous performance of CJ's high profile releases last year, such as Sector 7 and My Way, the assumption was that the company was going to rethink it's approach to blockbusters by focussing more on mid-level projects. Perhaps this...

R2B: Return to Base (previously known as Soar into the Sun), starring Rain (Ninja Assassin, Speed Racer), Shin Sae-kyung and Yu Jun-sang, opened in Korea earlier this week. The synopsis reminds me a lot of Top Gun, but the trailer...

Quick disclaimer before barreling on with my discussion of Hong Sang-soo's latest: This is the first film I've seen in a theater since my move to Korea and I saw it without subtitles and it must be said that my...

One of the summer's biggest blockbusters in Korea has just launched a teaser trailer, coming about a week after the first poster.  Soar Into the Sun, which will be released in August, stars Kpop hearthrob and threetime 'Time Magazine Most...

South Korean director Hong Sang Soo is a bit of an acquired taste; one that I've certainly acquired over the past five years of regular festival entries. His relationship-and-drinking dramas are not big on plot, but live and die on body language...