Heralded for his honest portrayals of homosexuality in Korea, openly gay director Lee Song Hee-il cemented his solid reputation garnered from his 2006 debut feature length “No Regret” with the tryptic “One Night and Two Days.” Melodramatic yet genuine, his movies never shy away from depicting the ostracism that comes with being such a minority in Korea, oftentimes embedding subtle commentaries on the pressurised academic settings rife found in modern Korea within them. In “Night Flight,” the thematically rich follow-up to his successful trilogy, Lee Song continues his broad insight into the lives of disillusioned and disenfranchised youths, following three formerly tight-knit students as they each begin to pursue vastly different paths. After debuting at the (64th) Berlin International Film Festival, “Night Flight” continued to be a mainstay on the festival scene, creating faint buzz for its occasionally shocking forthrightness. Though not without its hiccups, Lee-song’s most assertive project to...
- 7/12/2020
- by Nathan Sartain
- AsianMoviePulse
Korean Film Nights continue with a second season for 2019 “Love Without Boundaries” – a programme of titles exploring Korean cinema’s bold exploration of romantic relationships existing on society’s margins. From the 4th of July to the 8th of August.
This season is programmed in collaboration with the Birkbeck Film Programming and Curating Ma course.
Love, in its many guises, has always been a central concern in cinema. From the long-established vision presented in Hollywood studio pictures to the local dialect of any national cinema, romance has always had a place on film. Outside of cinema’s mainstream however, many exemplary filmmakers have long strove to represent a range of transgressive love stories in their work, bucking the idealised view codified in typical cinema fare. Delving deep into the key works from Korean cinema that have pushed against socially-accepted views of love and relationships, our season seeks to offer a...
This season is programmed in collaboration with the Birkbeck Film Programming and Curating Ma course.
Love, in its many guises, has always been a central concern in cinema. From the long-established vision presented in Hollywood studio pictures to the local dialect of any national cinema, romance has always had a place on film. Outside of cinema’s mainstream however, many exemplary filmmakers have long strove to represent a range of transgressive love stories in their work, bucking the idealised view codified in typical cinema fare. Delving deep into the key works from Korean cinema that have pushed against socially-accepted views of love and relationships, our season seeks to offer a...
- 6/22/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Oprah Winfrey has an aha moment a minute—or so it would seem. In Vogue's September issue, the living legend shares some words of wisdom while discussing her return to acting and the legacy of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which went off the air in 2011. And, boy, does she have it figured out. "I don't know of a person who can honestly, deeply, profoundly speak to the word contentment. I've tried to talk to other people about this thing: I have no angst. No...nothing," she says. "No regret, no fear...just absolute joyful contentment." Here, E! News highlights some of Winfrey's best lessons learned: 1. Don't Wallow in Failure "I shall never forget Saturday...
- 8/14/2017
- E! Online
Next Entertainment World recently released the first trailer for the upcoming Korean thriller “Pandora” and it looks like the film will bring gripping action and intense drama.
The trailer begins and we hear sirens. The nuclear power plant is in red alert as the smoke looms and rises to terrorize the city. Villages are destroyed. Bodies mount. The firefighters are scrambling and the government admits…they can’t do anything to help. The whole city cries in chaos.
From the same producers behind critically acclaimed and commercial hit zombie film “Train to Busan”, “Pandora” tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people struggle to survive after a catastrophic nuclear disaster.
Award-winning filmmaker Park Jung-woo, known for his science fiction horror hit “Deranged” (2012), directs the star-studded cast led by Kim Nam-gil (“No Regret” (2006) “Portrait of a Beauty” (2008), “Pirates” (2014)). Nam-gil plays Jae-Hyeok, a man who fights to save his family against all odds.
The trailer begins and we hear sirens. The nuclear power plant is in red alert as the smoke looms and rises to terrorize the city. Villages are destroyed. Bodies mount. The firefighters are scrambling and the government admits…they can’t do anything to help. The whole city cries in chaos.
From the same producers behind critically acclaimed and commercial hit zombie film “Train to Busan”, “Pandora” tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people struggle to survive after a catastrophic nuclear disaster.
Award-winning filmmaker Park Jung-woo, known for his science fiction horror hit “Deranged” (2012), directs the star-studded cast led by Kim Nam-gil (“No Regret” (2006) “Portrait of a Beauty” (2008), “Pirates” (2014)). Nam-gil plays Jae-Hyeok, a man who fights to save his family against all odds.
- 11/18/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
South Korean sales agent also sells Red Family to Japan and Rough Play to Japan and Malaysia.
South Korean sales agent Finecut has announced a raft of deals led by thriller Haemoo (a.k.a. Sea Fog) [pictured], executive produced by Bong Joon Ho, which has pre-sold to Wild Side Films for French-speaking Europe and Twin for Japan.
Bong’s Memories Of Murder co-writer Shim Sung-bo is making a feature directorial debut with Haemoo, starring K-pop boy group Jyj member Park Yu-chun and top actor Kim Yoon-seok from The Chaser. Currently in production, the film is scheduled for a late summer release in Korea.
Russian Novel director Shin Yeon-shick’s action thriller Rough Play, written and produced by Kim Ki-duk, sold to Klockworx for Japan and Hwa Yea Multimedia for Malaysia. The film stars Lee Jun from Ninja Assassin.
Another film written and produced by Kim, Red Family - Lee Ju-hyung’s feature directorial debut which won the...
South Korean sales agent Finecut has announced a raft of deals led by thriller Haemoo (a.k.a. Sea Fog) [pictured], executive produced by Bong Joon Ho, which has pre-sold to Wild Side Films for French-speaking Europe and Twin for Japan.
Bong’s Memories Of Murder co-writer Shim Sung-bo is making a feature directorial debut with Haemoo, starring K-pop boy group Jyj member Park Yu-chun and top actor Kim Yoon-seok from The Chaser. Currently in production, the film is scheduled for a late summer release in Korea.
Russian Novel director Shin Yeon-shick’s action thriller Rough Play, written and produced by Kim Ki-duk, sold to Klockworx for Japan and Hwa Yea Multimedia for Malaysia. The film stars Lee Jun from Ninja Assassin.
Another film written and produced by Kim, Red Family - Lee Ju-hyung’s feature directorial debut which won the...
- 2/7/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama section, a passel of arthouse and international indies, has completed its lineup, which includes 24 world premieres. Full list below. Kicking off February 6, the program opens with Vietnamese director Nghiem-Minh Nguyen-Vo's sci-fi "2030," where much of the Earth's farmland has fallen below rising sea levels, wreaking havoc on the world's agriculture and industry. A strong array of Asian cinema continues with LeeSong Hee-il's South Korean thriller "Night Flight." His "White Night" and "No Regret" were fest faves in the past. Famed Taiwanese-Malaysian auteur Tsai Ming-liang will present the next installment in his "Walker" series, "Journey to the West." Also of note is "Keep the Lights On" director Ira Sachs' new film "Love Is Strange," starring Alfred Molina and John Lithgow as an older married couple in New York. This highly anticipated film will premiere at Sundance this month before heading to Berlin. Panorama.
- 1/17/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
A total of 24 world premieres are included in the Berlinale’s Panorama selection, which has added a number of Asian productions.
Some 36 films from 29 countries will feature in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16), of which 24 will be world premieres.
Most recently invited are works from Norway, Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Iran, Georgia, Greece, Hungary and Austria – with returning filmmakers Elfi Mikesch and Umut Dağ, who opened Panorama 2012 with Kuma, his directorial debut.
New titles include a number of Asian productions. In Ieji (Homeland) by Japan’s Nao Kubota, a farmer’s son, who first fled to the city, explores his home village in the Fukushima district, an area that is actually still a no-go zone following the disaster at the region’s nuclear power plant.
In the South Korean film Night Flight, LeeSong Hee-il presents a duel between two schoolmates. LeeSong previously showed the films No Regret and White Night in Panorama...
Some 36 films from 29 countries will feature in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16), of which 24 will be world premieres.
Most recently invited are works from Norway, Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Iran, Georgia, Greece, Hungary and Austria – with returning filmmakers Elfi Mikesch and Umut Dağ, who opened Panorama 2012 with Kuma, his directorial debut.
New titles include a number of Asian productions. In Ieji (Homeland) by Japan’s Nao Kubota, a farmer’s son, who first fled to the city, explores his home village in the Fukushima district, an area that is actually still a no-go zone following the disaster at the region’s nuclear power plant.
In the South Korean film Night Flight, LeeSong Hee-il presents a duel between two schoolmates. LeeSong previously showed the films No Regret and White Night in Panorama...
- 1/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The gruesome subject of organ theft has long been popular in Korean cinema, ripped from the headlines style tales of unfortunate people having their vitals forcibly removed having made for a number of very effective chillers over the years. Though the theme might not be new, with “Traffickers” debut writer director Kim Hong Sun definitely offers a different spin, playing out the story with one of the smugglers as his protagonist. The criminal in question is played by Lim Chang Jung, in a massive departure from the goofy comedy roles in “Sex is Zero”, “Shotgun Love” and others that he made his name in, joined by up and coming actor Choi Daniel (Cyrano Agency) as a man whose wife is snatched for harvesting, with Oh Dal Soo (“The Thieves”), Jo Yoon Hee (“Doomsday Book”) and Lee Young Hoon, (“No Regret”) in supporting roles. Lim plays Young Gyu, the former head...
- 3/17/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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