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This year's Blogathon is run by Rufus over at
cineAWESOME! and all of the event's links can also be found at at
KOFFIA,
VCinema,
Hangul Celluloid,
New Korean Cinema,
HanCinema and
Far East Films.
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March 5, 2012
Richard Gray writes
“Korean First: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” over at KOFFIA!
Cho Seongyong reconsiders
The Yellow Sea over at his blog!
Amy watches
Spring Bears Love (with cineAWESOME! favorite Bae Doona) over at YAM Magazine.
Paul Bramhall writes about his first experiences with Korean cinema in the article
Hammer & Tooth: My First Encounter with Korean Cinema over at KOFFIA.
Our very own Jeff Wildman takes on one of the strangest romantic comedies in years:
I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay.
Sarah Ward writes about one of the best actors in the industry today with her article
Song Kang-ho: An adaptable icon over at KOFFIA
Giacomo Lee reviews highschool indie drama
Bleak Night and our first tumblr entry!
DBBorroughs watches the war film
71-Into the Fire over at Unseen Films.
Martin Cleary starts a great list with
Film Recommendations – Fifteen Films of the New Korean Cinema (Part One) over at New Korean Cinema.
Pierce Conran gives us the skinny on Korean ticket sales with
Korean Box Office Update (03/2-03/4, 2012) over at Modern Korean Cinema.
Wildgrounds takes us on a tour of Korea with
South Korean Film Locations.
Milo writes
Mighty South Korean Thrillers: The Yellow Sea and The Chaser over at Blog of the Northstar
Connor McMorran contributes three! Hong Sang-soo articles
Woman is the Future of Man HaHaHa and
The Day He Arrivesover at Rainy Day Movies.
Pierce Conran reviews Song Il-gon’s latest film
Always over at Modern Korean Cinema.
Ghost writes
KOREAN FILMS: WE AREN’T ALL ABOUT VENGEANCE over at Yam Magazine! (So true)
Orion looks at sci-fi omnibus film Doomsday Book in
Doomsday Book-Where is your Sci-fi Korea? over at Orion’s Ramblings.
Alua writes
Korean Cinema…Outside of London over on the blog Otherwhere.
Dini R. takes a look at
Bleak Night over at We Eat Lemon.
James Schergen reviews
Come Rain, Come Shine over at Flying Guillotine.
Ki Mun reviews
Helpless over at Scene in Korea.
Kenneth Brorsson, Rufus de Rham, Paul Quinn begin What’s Korean Cinema Season 2 with
Castaway on the Moon over at the Podcast on Fire network.
Kenneth Brorsson reviews
Oasis at Podcast on Fire Network.
Adam D. looks at the classic North/South feud in the form of kaiju films
YONGARY and PULGASARI over at VCinema Show.
Pierce Conran reviews
Countdown for the fine folks at VCinema.
Christopher Wheeler takes a look at Xtreme Korea with
The Man From Nowhere over at KOFFIA.
Colleen Wanglund looks back at
A TALE OF TWO SISTERS over at VCinema.
James Brown looks at his own experience with Korean cinema with
Audacious and Refreshing: Discovering Korean Cinemaover at KOFFIA.
Julyssa continues from last year with
MY LOVE FOR KOREAN CINEMA PART. 2 – SUNNY SIDE UP over at Yam Magazine.
Jimi reviews Kim Ki-duk classic
The Isle over at Oriental Film House
Anna reviews
Drifting Away over at Korean Indie (one of my favorite Korean music blogs)
Jacob Feltner reviews
Bleak Night in an episode of Podcast Without Honor and Humanity.
Brad Gullickson watches
The Good, The Bad and The Weird right here on cineAWESOME!
Wasim Hossain writes four! reviews:
I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Okay,
Poetry,
Feather, and
A Dirty Carnival.
Rufus talks about how he got started in the Korean film scene with
The Beginnings: or how a joke changed Rufus’ life right here on cineAWESOME!
"
The Emergence and Growth of Sexual Content in Korean Cinema" essay/paper that formed the basis for Hangulcelluloid's talk at the 'East Winds' symposium (Coventry university) in March 2012.
"Love, Loss and Laughter" essay/paper that formed the basis of Hangul Celluloid's talk at the 'Asian Exposure' symposium at CUEAFS last year.
March 6, 2012
Lynn Shipp reviews
Bichunmoo over at Wolves In Winter.
Mark talks about
The Problem of Movie Soundtracks over at Korean Indie!
Sung Moon reviews
Take Care of My Cat for Yam Magazine.
Julian Buckeridge takes a look at Director Ryoo Seung-wan’s career with
More Than Just an Action Kid over at KOFFIA.
Hieu Chau finds Korean film in
Cinema with a Vengeance at KOFFIA.
Paul Bramhall writes
Going International: A Look at ‘Ninja Assassin’ & ‘The Warrior’s Way’ for KOFFIA.
Martin Cleary continues his
Film Recommendations – Fifteen Films of the New Korean Cinema (Part Two) over at New Korean Cinema.
DB Borroughs reviews
Showdown over at Unseen Films.
Pierce Conran gives us his
Top 10 Korean Films of 2010 over at Modern Korean Cinema.
Andrew Saroch reviews
War of The Arrows for Far East Films.
Phil Mills reviews
Death Bell for Far East Films.
Andrew Skeates reviews
The Front Line for Far East Films.
Dini R. reviews 2011′s smash hit
Sunny over at We Eat Lemons.
Orion writes
Hollywood Invasion: the End of Korean Cinema? over at Orion’s Ramblings.
Mr. C reviews
Miss, Please Be Patient (1981) over at Planet Chocko.
Marc Raymond gives us a
“A Hong Sang-soo Primer” over at Cinephile Foreigner in Korea.
Rebo Luistro reviews
Hello Ghost over at Rebzombie Reviews.
Marc Saint-Cyr reviews Lee Chang-dong’s
Green Fish at VCinema.
Kimchi Soul talks about
DVD Bang Experience over at, well, her blog Kimchi Soul.
Connor McMorran graces us with three reviews of Ryu Seung-wan films:
No Blood, No Tears,
Crying Fist, and
The City of Violence over at Rainy Day Movies.
Pierce Conran reviews
Champ at VCinema.
Dr. Stan Glick highlights the
Hong Sang-soo retrospective at MoMI, and points to older reviews of
Secret Reunion,
Aachi and Ssipak,
Poetry, and
Secret Sunshine. As well as linking to an interview with
Lee Chang-dong, and highlighting a very special issue of
Asian Cult Cinema.
Alua reviews
Crossroads of Youth over at Otherwhere.
Colleen Wanglund reviews
Phone for VCinema.
Samson Kwok writes
A Special Film: Bong Joon-ho’s Mother for KOFFIA.
Richard Grey talks
Violence Meets Violence: I Saw The Devil over at KOFFIA.
Raelene L. talks about
Discovering Korean Cinema: Redefining Storytelling and Kim Ki-duk’s 3-Iron for KOFFIA.
Mini Mini Movie Review posts a piece on an
E J-Yong interview.
March 7, 2012
Dini R. Starts the day with a review of indie coming of age story
Eighteen on We Eat Lemons.
Matthew J. Constantine returns to review the Blade Runner rip-off
Natural City right here on cineAWESOME!
DB Borroughs reviews
Children at Unseen Films.
Pierce Conran gives us the
Korean Cinema News from 3/1-3/7 over at Modern Korean Cinema.
Paul Quinn posts two of his essays on Korean film done for the
East Winds Symposiums over at Hangul Celluloid.
Amy writes about her love for
Bae Doona (we love her too) over at Yam Magazine.
Paul Bramhall writes
Hollywood Bound: Korea’s Trio of Talent Head West for KOFFIA.
Orion reviews
Jeon Woochi over at Orion’s Ramblings.
Kimchi Soul reviews
Crossroads of Youth and
Handphone over at Kimchi Soul.
Ki Mun gives an overview of
Korean cinema for March 2012 over at Scene in Korea.
Mr. C. reviews
Armless Swordsman over at Planet Chocko. (I keep wondering where he gets all these great classic films!)
FilmPuff reviews
Haunted Village aka Arang over at Not A Film Critic (in Portuguese but you should all be using Google Chrome which will translate)
Christopher Bourne reviews
Tale of Cinema (part of the Love Will Tear Us Apart series at Japan Society NYC) over at The Bourne Cinema Conspiracy.
Pierce Conran reviews one of my favorite films
Chilsu and Mansu over at Modern Korean Cinema.
DB Borroughs reviews
The Man Who Was Superman over at Unseen Films.
Our own Jeff Wildman reviews
Oasis and
The Chaser right here on cineAWESOME!
Alua reviews
Treeless Mountain at Otherwhere.
John Berra covers
Dream for VCinema.
Rebo Luistro reviews
Black Dress over at Rebzombie Reviews.
VCinema drops Episode 40 covering
Saving My Hubby over at VCinema.
James Brown takes a
Time Out: An appreciative stroll through Promenade over at KOFFIA.
Tim Milfull talks about
How Oldboy Changed the Way I view Asian Cinema for KOFFIA.
March 8, 2012
Pierce Conran comes back strong with a review of 2011′s
Penny Pinchers over at Modern Korean Cinema.
Over at Unseen Films, DB Borroughs reviews the funny
Hi Dharma 2.
Dini R. is back from We Eat Lemon, this time with a look at the ‘sugar, spice and everything nice’
Antique.
Richard Gray over at KOFFIA gives us a look at
Lee Young-ae’s career.
Peter Nellhaus gives us a review of
Blood Rain at Coffee Coffee and More Coffee.
At Laxante Cultural, Pedro Alfonso takes a look at Chan-wook Park’s controversial
Thirst. (In Portuguese)
Over at Robot x Robot, Lynn Shipp compares the good, the bad and the ugly of Korean Comedies in
My Sassy Girlfriend Vs. Crazy First Love.
The one and only Dr. Stan Glick writes about
Tale of Cinema over at AsianCineFest.
Guest contributor Adam Hartzell writes about two of Martin Scorsese’s favorite films,
Park Ki-young’s Camels and Park Chan-ok’s Jealousy Is My Middle Name over at VCinema.
Over at Genkina hito’s J-Film Review, Jason Maher takes a look at Kim Jee-woon’s directorial debut
The Quiet Family.
Yogi reviews Joong-Hyun Kim’s
Choked over at Yogi’s Movie Consumption Blog.
Pierce Conran reviews Jo Beom-goo’s
Quick over at VCinema.
Orion gives us
The Promotional Weaknesses of Korean Films (Abroad) over at Orion’s Ramblings.
DB Borroughs of Unseen Films has written a review for the film
Cyrano Agency. (If you live in NYC, this coming Tuesday to see it for free)
Over at Life As Fiction, Rahat Ahmed reviews Lee Han’s
Punch.
Kim Ki-duk’s
3-Iron is reviewed by L over at La Troisième Chambre. (In French, but you can translate it with Google Chrome)
Christopher Wheeler discusses
Revenge: Korean Style over at KOFFIA.
Charles Heidel reviews Kim Jee-woon’s
The Good, The Bad, The Weird over at Greetings From Movie City USA.
Jacob Feltner from the fantastic Podcast Without Honor and Humanity has recorded three more episodes,
Oishii Man,
Marathon and
In Between Days.
Colleen Wanglund writes about
Epitaph over at VCinema.
Over at our friends at KOFFIA, Sarah Ward is
Delving Into the Darkness of Park Chan-wook.
March 9, 2012
Jaime Grijalba reviews
I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay over at Exodus 8:2 in Spanish.
Paul Bramhall writes yet another great piece for KOFFIA, titled
Hwang Jang-lee: King of the Leg Fighters, Hwang Jang-lee is generally awesome so you guys should really read this one.
Michel Boléchala reviews
The Cat for our first French entry over at SHINE.
Samson Kwok talks about how he discovered Korean cinema in
Original and Incredibly Fun: Discovering Korean Cinema over at KOFFIA.
Pierce Conran gives us the
Weekly Review Roundup for 3/5-3/9 over at Modern Korean Cinema.
Ki Mun reviews
Eighteen, Nineteen over at Scene in Korea.
DB Borroughs reviews
Truck over at Unseen Films.
Antoniya Petkova reviews the
DVD of Front Line at Cine Vue and
Midnight FM and
The Man from Nowhere over at iCov both from Coventry University East Asian Film Society.
Coventry University East Asian Film Society also gives us Spencer Murphy’s
interview with Lee Jeong-beom, Sabina Pasaniuc’s review of
Bedevilled, and Mihnea Gheorghita’s review of
Yellow Sea all at Cine Vue.
Josh Samford reviews
Yellow Sea over at Varied Celluloid.
Israel Serralvo writes about
Il Asian Cinema Awards in Spanish over at Hola Corea.
Tom Kent-Williams over at VCinema writes about the Korean animation
Sky Blue.
Pierce Conran, again from our friends at VCinema, gives us a ‘look’ at the Korean thriller
Blind.
March 10, 2012
Jon Jung, head honcho of VCinema, reviews
Metamorphosis.
Jimi reviews
Power of Kangwon Province over at Oriental Film House.
Dini R. reviews both
Christmas in August and
Cyrano Agency over at We Eat Lemon.
DB Borroughs reviews
Life is Cool and
Little Pond over at Unseen Film.
Gail Kavanagh gives us
10 Reasons to Become A Korean Cinema Addict over at Asian Cinema Cafe.
Kimchi Soul reviews
The Day He Arrives at Kimchi Soul.
Refresh Daemon reviews
Marathon over at Init_Scenes.
James Schergen reviews
Ad-Lib Night over at Flying Guillotine.
Mr. C reviews
Tigresses over at Planet Chocko.
Paul Bramhall takes a walk
In the Footsteps of the Stars: My Trip to the KOFIC Namyangju Studios over at KOFFIA.
Kieran Tully writes about
Korean film down under: accessibility for Australian audiences over at KOFFIA
Joseph Sampson gives us
3 Korean Movies for all Seasons at KOFFIA.
Sarah Ward gives us
Complex and Compelling: The Yellow Sea over at KOFFIA.
Orion gives us
Promotional Weaknesses of Korean Movies (Domestic) over at Orion’s Ramblings.
Ki Mun reviews
Stateless Things over at Scene in Korea.
March 11, 2012
Elwood Jones writes
An Introduction To Korean Cinema over at From the Depths of DVD Hell.
Kimchi Soul gives us the
Top 5 Korean Cinema Events in London over at Kimchi Soul.
Bruno Zunino reviews
Il Mare over at Asiaphile (in French).
Marc Saint-Cyr reviews
A Bittersweet Life for VCinema.
Refresh Deamon writes
Commentary: My Korean Cinema Story about his own personal experience with Korean film over at Init_Scenes.
DB Borroughs reviews
Quick and
Oki’s Movie over at Unseen Films.
Paul Quinn reviews
The Crucible (aka Silenced) over at Hangul Celluloid.
FilmPuff reviews
Doll Master over at Not A Film Critic in Portuguese.
Pierce Conran reviews
War of the Arrows over at Modern Korean Cinema.
Dini R. writes
Impressionable and Recommendable Korean Movies over at We Eat Lemon.
Mondocurry reviews
Quick at Unseen Films.
Andrew Saroch reviews
Penny Pinchers and
Blind over at Far East Films.
Orion reviews
Hansel and Gretel over at Orion’s Ramblings.
James McCormick reviews
Invasion of Alien Bikini right here on cineAWESOME!
Kieran Tully writes
Busan Film Festival 2011: The Reviews over at Tully’s Recall. (can also be found on
KOFFIA)
THE BIG KOFFIA CATCH UP UPDATE:
Paul Bramhall writes
Kim Ji-woon: International or Korean?…Take Your Pick.
Raelene Loong writes
Discovering Korean Cinema: J.S.A. Joint Security Area.
Hugo Ozman write about
The Won and Only Won Bin.
Christopher Wheeler muses on
Poetry: Discover how film can truly be a beautiful creature.
Paul Bramhall wrote
Lights, Camera, ACTION! – My visit to the Seoul Action School (posted on the 8th and I missed it!)
Kieran Tully writes
So you want to run a Korean Film Festival: The KOFFIA Story. (also posted on the 8th).
Pierce goes over the fortunes of Korean box office in this week's
Korean Box Office Update at Modern Korean Cinema.
Brad takes Gullickson a look at
The Warrior’s Way for cineAWESOME!.
Refresh Daemon reviews
A Moment to Remember and gives us
Commentary: Memorable Music Moments in Korean Film over at his blogs init_scenes and init_music.
mondocurry reviews
My Dear Enemy for Unseen Films.
Pierce Conran looks at
Upcoming Releases over at Modern Korean Cinema!
John Kreng reviews
A Bittersweet Life for his self named blog!
Jenna reviews
200 Pound Beauty for Yam Magazine.
Amy and Julyssa LOVE
Sunny over at Yam Magazine…seriously. They really love this film.
Colleen Wanglund gives us her
10 Favorite Korean Horror films over at VCinema.
Josh Samford grapples with the biopic
RIKIDOZAN: A HERO EXTRAORDINAIRE at VCinema.
