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Showing posts with label colonial era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colonial era. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Review: ASSASSINATION Shoots Up a Storm With Stuffed to the Gills Spy Yarn

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By Pierce Conran After what had been a slow year Korean cinema received a huge shot of adrenaline with  Assassination , the latest f...
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Monday, August 20, 2018

Review: HERSTORY Foregrounds Sensational Cast in Best Comfort Women Tale Yet (by a Margin)

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By Pierce Conran One of the most sensitive issues in Korean society over the past few years has the been the acknowledgement of the pl...
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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Review: THE TIGER, A Gory, Gorgeous Battle To The Death

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By Pierce Conran Following the record-breaking success of Roaring Currents , Choi Min-sik returns to screens in another big-budget pe...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Review: THE AGE OF SHADOWS, Kim Jee-woon's Dazzling Period Spy Thriller

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By Pierce Conran Korean theatres have become inundated with films set during the Japanese Colonial period over the last few years but ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Review: ANARCHIST FROM COLONY Gets Lost on the Way Home

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By Rex Baylon Lee Joon-ik’s latest film  Anarchist from Colony  is a continuation of the director’s fascination with the grand events ...
Friday, February 3, 2017

Review: DONGJU: THE PORTRAIT OF A POET Offers Sober and Compelling Look at Korean History

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By Pierce Conran During the last year, the floodgates have opened for the Japanese Occupation Period in mainstream Korean cinema, yet...