Tag: yumijeong
TRAIN TO BUSAN Sets Korean Box Office Records
It is safe to say that things are going rather well for Yeon Sang-ho's Train To Busan. The first live action film from the King Of Pigs director, Train To Busan had its world premiere in selection in Cannes prior...
Review: TRAIN TO BUSAN Rides the Rails With the Undead
For his live-action debut Train to Busan, indie animation director Yeon Sang-ho, whose films The King of Pigs and The Fake have drawn international acclaim, has taken the zombie thriller, stuck it into the claustrophobic confines of a train, and...
Cannes 2016 Review: TRAIN TO BUSAN, A Zombie Thrillride With Social Bite
For his live-action debut Train to Busan, indie animation director Yeon Sang-ho, whose films The King of Pigs and The Fake have drawn international acclaim, has taken the zombie thriller, stuck it into the claustrophobic confines of a train, and...
Mass Panic On The TRAIN TO BUSAN! Check Out The Teaser For The KING OF PIGS Director's Live Action Debut!
Korea's Yeon Sang-ho burst on to the world cinema scene back in 2011 with his Director's Fortnight selected animated feature King Of Pigs. And Yeon turned heads not just for the fact that he was directing animation in Korea -...
FICUNAM 2014 News: Full Lineup Revealed, With Miyazaki's THE WIND RISES As Opening Film
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....
Vancouver 2013 Review: OUR SUNHI Floats Across The Screen
I always hesitate when reviewing a film by a prolific director whom I am mostly unfamiliar with, especially one with plenty of dedicated followers and specialists. Such is the case with South Korea's Hong Sang-soo, who typically pumps out two...
KOFFIA 2012 Review: Hong Sang-soo's IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
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...
Review: IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
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...