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)

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Weekly Review Round-up (05/12-05/18, 2012)

A lot of reviews this week and many of them for a trio of action/war film which are currently making the rounds in North America, either in theatres or on the home video market.  I'm thrilled to see such interest in these titles but the fact that they all stem from the same genre doesn't really give me high hopes for expanding English-language consumers interest in the broader Korean film industry.  THese titles just confirm that Korean cinema, at present, is still viewed as a niche genre industry abroad, which couldn't be further from the truth.  Sigh...

Also from now on you may notice a few more Twitch reviews as I have been taken on as their Korean correspondent.

Enjoy!

FUTURE FILMS

Dangerously Excited

(Twitch, May 12, 2012)

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