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Friday, April 14, 2023

KILLING ROMANCE Will Make You Fall in Love with Korean Cinema All Over Again

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By Pierce Conran Almost 20 years ago I walked into a theatre in Dublin, taking a chance on a strange-looking movie that no one had heard of....
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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Review: SEIRE, Ace Horror Debut Plunges Us into Korean Superstition

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By Pierce Conran Superstition and fatherhood collide in Park Kang's crisply staged and chilling indie horror debut Seire , which had it...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

Top 40 Korean Horror Films

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By Pierce Conran Korean horror isn't what it used to be. But it was never any one thing to begin with. For many years it was unfairly...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Top 10 Korean Films of 2020

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By Pierce Conran Korean cinema reached its peak in 2020, but, as it turned out, it did so far too early, and the rest of the year… well, I s...
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Busan 2020 Review: SELF-PORTRAIT 2020, Long yet Riveting Odyssey of a Drunk Savant

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran I’ll admit I went into Self-Portrait 2020 with a...

Busan 2020 Review: STEEL RAIN 2: SUMMIT Dives into Thrilling and Surprisingly Funny Geopolitical Waters

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Released three years, ago, the geopolitical actio...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Busan 2020 Review: LIMECRIME Tunes Up Coming-of-Age Drama with Sick Beats

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Sometimes all you need is a beat and a rhyme. Bas...

Busan 2020 Review: DELIVER US FROM EVIL, A Slick and Undemanding Action-Thriller Romp

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran It’s hard being an assassin, especially when you ...

Busan 2020 Review: SNOWBALL Gently Strikes with Familiar but Well-Told Tale

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran A wide variety of films find their way to the Bus...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

Busan 2020 Review: FIGHTER, Compelling Character Study Pulls Its Punches

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran After opening the festival in 2018 with Beautiful...

Busan 2020 Review: SPEED OF HAPPINESS Delivers Soothing Snapshot of a Unique Profession

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Documentary filmmaker Park Hyuck-jee, known for t...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Busan 2020 Review: A LEAVE, Responsibilities Clash in Compelling Character Study

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Part of MKC's coverage of the 25th Busan International Film Festival. By Pierce Conran Given that it successfully ousted a president aft...
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