Weekly Review Round-up (11/26-12/02, 2011)

A number of high-profile reviews for Na Hong-jin's sophomore feature The Yellow Sea as it opens in major cities across the US.  A number of new of other pieces including on current Korean hits Punch and SIU.

CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES

Amen

(Joong Ang Daily, December 2, 2011)

Punch

(abs-cbnnews.com, November 28, 2011)

S.I.U.

(The Korea Times, December 2, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

Blind

(hancinema.net, November 26, 2011)

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, November 30, 2011)

Clash of the Families

(Modern Korean Cinema, November 29, 2011)

Haunters

(Flight of the Fangirl, November 27, 2011)

Late Autumn

(Anikor, November 28, 2011)

Pained

(Seen in Jeonju, November 30, 2011)

Poetry

(National Post, November 25, 2011)

(Total Film, November 26, 2011)

Red Vacance, Black Wedding

(Film Business Asia, November 27, 2011)

Talking Architect

(Film Business Asia, November 27, 2011)

The Cat

(Asian Movie Pulse, November 27, 2011)

(Hanguk Yeonghwa, December 1, 2011)

The Front Line

(hancinema.net, November 26, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Film Journal, December 1, 2011)

(LA Weekly, December 1, 2011)

(The Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2011)

(The New York Times, December 1, 2011)

(Time Out New York, November 29, 2011)

PAST FILMS

Going By the Book, 2007

(searchindia.com, November 29, 2011)

Heaven's Postman, 2009

(Otherwhere, November 30, 2011)

Into the White Night, 2009

(iloveasian-movies.blogpsot.com, November 30, 2011)

Secret Sunshine, 2007

(japancinema.net, December 1, 2011)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring, 2003

(Cine-International, December 1, 2011)

The Fox With Nine Tails, 1994

(Hangul Celluloid, December 2, 2011)

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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Weekly Review Round-up (10/29-11/04, 2011)

A few reviews for Silenced (aka The Crucible/Dogani) this week as it opened in select locations in the US.  A variety of other pieces, including some on Sector 7 and The Yellow Sea.  I imagine that next week we will be seeing a lot of write-ups coming in from the London Korean Film Festival, which opened last night.

CURRENT KOREAN RELEASES

The Client

(Film Business Asia, October 29, 2011)

Silenced
(Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2011)
(The Daily Herald, November 3, 2011)
(The Jeju Weekly, October 28, 2011)
(The Seattle Times, November 3, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

A Better Tomorrow
(DVD Talk, November 3, 2011)
(japancinema.net, November 4, 2011)

Amen

(Film Business Asia, October 28, 2011)

Hero
(Modern Korean Cinema, November 1, 2011)

Moss

(unseen films, October 30, 2011)

Poongsan
(Modern Korean Cinema, November 3, 2011)

Sector 7
(free malaysia today, November 4, 2011)

(hancinema.net, October 29, 2011)

Stateless Things
(Anikor, November 1, 2011)

Sunny
(japancinema.net, November 3, 2011)

The Cat

(hancinema, October 29, 2011)

The Yellow Sea
(The Student, October 29, 2011)
(Varsity, November 2, 2011)

War of the Arrows
(Every Film in 2011, November 2, 2011)

PAST FILMS

Eye For an Eye, 2008

(Init_Scenes, November 1, 2011)

Family Ties, 2006
(Otherwhere, November 2, 2011)

Take Care of My Cat, 2001
(Otherwhere, October 28, 2011)

Yellow Hair, 1999

(Hangul Celluloid, October 30, 2011)

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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Weekly Review Round-up (10/08-10/14, 2011)

A number of reviews covering a wide array of films coming in from the just wrapped-up Busan International Film Festival, although not quite as many as I would have thought. I imagine that given how Asia-centric the festival was this year, not too many English-language publications sent a critic. Also a few reviews from this year's Sitges Film Festival this week.

RECENT RELEASES

Always

(Blog About Everything, October 6, 2011)

Amen

(Busan Haps, October 8, 2011)

(You'll Never Be Hungry Again, October 8, 2011)

A Reason to Live

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 8, 2011)

Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

Black Dove

(Variety, October 13, 2011 - Subscription Required)

Blades of Blood

(Pop Matters, October 6, 2011)

Choked

(Screen Daily, October 12, 2011)

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

Dangerously Excited

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

End of Animal

(Twitch, October 10, 2011)

(Wildgrounds, October 13, 2011)

Hanji

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

I Am a Dad

(Modern Korean Cinema, October 12, 2011)

Metamorpheses

(Hangul Celluloid, October 10, 2011)

My Black Mini Dress

(hancinema.net, October 8, 2011)

Pink

(Screen Daily, October 10, 2011)

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 11, 2011)

Poetry

(Twitch, October 12, 2011)

Punch

(The Hollywood Reporter, October 10, 2011)

The Cat

(Modern Korean Cinema, October 9, 2011)

The Day He Arrives

(East Asia, October 3, 2011 - French)

The Unjust

(Twitch, October 7, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Eye For Film, October 12, 2011)

(Row Three, October 10, 2011)

(Twitch, October 13, 2011)

White: The Melody of the Curse

(Japan Cinema, October 5, 2011)

PAST FILMS

Black Hair, 1964

(New Korean Cinema, October 8, 2011)

Castaway on the Moon, 2009

(Kim Bong Park, October 13, 2011 0 French)

My Sassy Girl, 2001

(dramabeans, October 11, 2011)

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. 

To keep up with the best in Korean film you can sign up to our RSS Feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

Weekly Review Round-up (09/17-09/23, 2011)

A good number of new reviews this week including a whole bunch relating to the Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today MOMA screenings currently taking place in New York. Since most of those reviews are from the event itself I've put them in their own section at the bottom.

NEW KOREAN RELEASES

Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon

(Front Row Reviews, September 18, 2011)

Blind

(Fangoria, September 22, 2011)

RECENT RELEASES

Amen

(Screen Daily, September 18, 2011)

(The Hollywood Reporter, September 22, 2011)

Bedevilled

(Twitch, September 22, 2011)

Metamorpheses

(Oriental Nightmares, September 19, 2011)

Officer of the Year

(Beyond Hollywood, September 21, 2011)

Poetry

(Metro Pulse, September 21, 2011)

Rolling Home With a Bull

(New Korean Cinema, September 22, 2011)

Secret Reunion

(Manila Bulletin, September 21, 2011)

Sin of a Family

(Beyond Hollywood, September 18, 2011)

Suicide Forecast

(Beyond Hollywood, September 15, 2011)

The Yellow Sea

(Cigarette Burns, September 7, 2011)

(Empire Online, September 2011)

PAST FILMS

A Good Lawyer's Wife, 2003

(Anikor, September 21, 2011)

Lost in the Mountains, 2009

(Twitch, September 22, 2011)

Mother Is a Whore, 2009

(Beyond Hollywood, September 18, 2011)

Passerby #3, 2009

(New Korean Cinema, September 19, 2011)

Rainy Days, 1979

(Init_Scenes, September 19, 2011)

Secret Sunshine, 2007

(Metro Pulse, September 21, 2011)

The Chaser, 2008

(sky.com, September 2011)

The Sword With No Name, 2009

(DVD Verdict, September 20, 2011)

YEONGHWA: KOREAN FILM TODAY

Animal Town, 2009

Hello Ghost, 2010

Influenza, 2004

Lost in the Mountains, 2009

Midnight FM, 2010

Mozart Town, 2008

Passerby #3, 2009

Rolling Home With A Bull, 2010

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. 

To keep up with the best in Korean film you can sign up to our RSS Feed, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.