Feature: Girls and Dolls - The Many Faces of Bae Doo-na

By Hieu Chau

Emerging from South Korea as one of the country’s brightest and talented stars, actress Bae Doo-na has built a reputable career for herself with diverse roles in both her home country and abroad. Often praised for her naturalistic and sometimes demure approach towards acting, Bae Doo-na has worked with a plethora of talented individuals in her acting career, scoring the chance to work with several esteemed directors including the likes of Bong Joon-ho and Koreeda Hirokazu.

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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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