With a vague opening, an array of super long one-shots, and a plot that somehow both impresses and frustrates, Alone delivers a miss-matched thriller that will divide audiences. After the om... Read more
The 2016 NYAFF is here and the first film that I had an opportunity to view was writer/director Kim Jin-hwang’s The Boys Who Cried Wolf. This South Korean almost noir/thriller is a mixed ba... Read more
This isn’t my favourite teen-crime noir thriller about social media justice with regards to the question of who’s the real villain in social media punishment…but it’l... Read more
Kim Ki-duk is one of the most notorious filmmakers working today. The South Korean auteur is, in ways, similar to Lars von Trier in that he doesn’t give a damn about the subject matter or w... Read more
Everyone loves free stuff and free movies are no exception. For fans of Asian cinema, especially gritty Korean cinema, next Tuesday do we have a nice surprise for you. On February 11th, Th... Read more
They don’t all come as enthralling as 2012 South Korean Action Thriller Confession of Murder. I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing a few films for this year’s New York Asian... Read more
(Editor’s Note: One of our readers, Ken Caldwell, asked if he could review a film that many of us have only heard rumors about, Pulgasari, the 1985 pet project of none other than North Korea... Read more
Off the beaten path of mainstream cinema, this weekend sees the release of a Chinese-Korean collaboration titled A Wedding Invitation, a romantic comedy directed by Oh Ki-hwan and starring B... Read more
One of the films at the upcoming Korean Cultureal Service Free Movie Night in NYC is the micro-budget genre film, Invasion of Alien Bikini directed by Young-doo Oh. As you can probably tell... Read more
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