Weekly Review Round-up (05/19-05/25, 2012)

A bevvy of reviews this week for Hong Sang-soo's latest as it vies for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.  Also a lot of great pieces on current Korean films and for Helpless which recently opened on limited in the US.

FUTURE FILMS

In Another Country - Out 03/31

(Cine Vue, May 24, 2012) 

(gulfnews.com, May 22, 2012)

(Indiewire, May 21, 2012)

(Plume Noir, May 24, 2012)

(Screen Daily, May 21, 2012)

(The Guardian, May 21, 2012)

(The Hollywood Reporter, May 21, 2012)

(The Huffington Post, May 22, 2012)

(The Telegraph, May 22, 2012)

(Variety, May 21, 2012)

(Village Voice, May 21, 2012)

The Emperor's Concubine - Out 06/06

(The Korea Times, May 22, 2012)

CURRENT FILMS

All About My Wife

(Film Business Asia, May 23, 2012)

(Seongyong's Private Place, May 19, 2012)

Architecture 101

(Film Business Asia, May 21, 2012)

As One

(Film Business Asia, May 25, 2012)

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, May 24, 2012)

The Taste of Money

(The Korea Herald, May 17, 2012)

RECENTS FILMS

A Reason to Live

(Beyond Hollywood, May 20, 2012)

Bestseller

(Cinema-V, May 13, 2012)

Head

(VCinema, May 22, 2012)

Helpless

(allkpop, May 19, 2012)

(City on Fire, May 24, 2012)

(Kpop and Jpop News, May 19, 2012)

(The One One Four, May 22, 2012)

Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild

(koreanfilm.org, May 23, 2012)

Love On-Air

(Japan Cinema, May 25, 2012)

My Way

(Movie Reviews From the Dark, May 21, 2012)

(The Presbyterian Outlook, May 21, 2012)

No Mercy

(chud.com, May 25, 2012)

Pacemaker

(Beyond Hollywood, May 19, 2012)

Planet of Snail

(The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy, May 19, 2012)

Punch

(Modern Korean Cinema, May 25, 2012)

The Front Line

(koreanfilm.org, May 2012)

Sector 7

(koreanfilm.org, May 23, 2012)

(voxy.co.nz, May 22, 2012)

The Yellow Sea

(AVForums.com, May 25, 2012)

PAST FILMS

Castaway on the Moon, 2009

(Cinema-V, May 13, 2012)

Flame, 1975

(koreanfilm.org, May 2012)

Rainy Days, 1979

(koreanfilm.org, May 2012)

The Sword in the Moon, 2009

(Init_Scenes, May 21, 2012)

The Weekly Review Round-up is a weekly feature which brings together all available reviews of Korean films in the English language (and sometimes French) that have recently appeared on the internet. It is by no means a comprehensive feature and additions are welcome (email pierceconran [at] gmail [dot] com). It appears every Friday morning (GMT+1) on Modern Korean Cinema. For other weekly features, take a look at Korean Cinema News, and the Korean Box Office Update. Reviews and features on Korean film also appear regularly on the site. 

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