Kim Ki-young will be forever remembered for one of the undeniable Korean masterpieces, 1960's “The Housemaid”. Recently, however, and particularly after Youn Yuh-jung won the Oscar for “Minari”, much light was shed to some of his previous works that included her in the starring roles, “Woman of Fire” and “Insect Woman”, both well accepted films that featured a narrative similar to that of “The Housemaid”. On the other hand, “An Experience to Die For”, the third collaboration between the two, was made in 1990 as Kim's last work, but was not released as he is said to have been disappointed with the outcome and decided not to release it. The film was submitted to the censors twice — once in 1990 and again in 1995, but was not screened for the public until the 1998 Busan International Film Festival, following Kim's untimely death in a house fire.
“An Experience to Die For” will have two...
“An Experience to Die For” will have two...
- 4/20/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As December begins, you might be looking forward to spending time with friends and family over the holidays—and in need of some gift-giving inspiration. Look no further than Notebook's Cinephile Gift Guide, the proverbial online Shop Around the Corner (1940).Below is our third annual, lovingly curated guide to the holiday season. It's sure to spread film-themed cheer, and we hope it's thorough enough to surprise all of the film fans in your life.Jump to a category:Books about cinemaBooks by filmmakers and artistsHome videoMusicHome goods, posters, and gamesApparel Books About CINEMAFirst up is UK culture and music critic Ian Penman’s kaleidoscopic, genre-bending offering to Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors. The book has drawn comparisons to Charles Baudelaire and Roland Barthes, but is undoubtedly a sui generis response to a singular legacy.On offer this year from Another Gaze Editions is My Cinema by Marguerite Duras, a...
- 12/12/2023
- MUBI
Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave is exclusively showing on Mubi in many countries in the series Luminaries.Decision to Leave.It’s been a great pleasure and privilege to talk with Park Chan-wook for my ongoing interview project. This project, which has involved 4,000 conversations with visual artists, architects, poets, film directors, and novelists, aims at bringing all the art forms together, pooling knowledge to create a polyphony of art and culture of our time.In these interviews, there are often recurrent questions about unrealized projects and advice for future artists, but I particularly emphasize beginnings: How does an artist begin? How does someone come to art, or to cinema, or to architecture? What’s the first film, the first artwork, that the artist feels is when they found their own language?I’ve known director Park Chan-wook since Joint Security Area (2000) all the way through Lady Vengeance (2005) and The Handmaiden...
- 12/4/2023
- MUBI
“Cobweb,” the Kim Jee-woon-directed satire that debuted at Cannes this year, has been cleared for theatrical release in its native Korea later this month. On Monday it saw off an injunction that sought to derail its hometown debut.
The film is a tongue in cheek tribute to the Korean movies of the 1970s and plays partly as a film within a film, jumping from color to black and white as it does so.
It stars Song Kang-ho as director Kim, who needs just two more days of reshoots to craft a new ending to his latest film (also called “Cobweb”) so that it will no longer be the trashy potboiler everyone thought he was making. However, there is turmoil on Kim’s set and he has to deal with regular interference from the interventionist censorship authorities.
With the reputation of the real-world director Kin Jee-woon and Song’s star-power,...
The film is a tongue in cheek tribute to the Korean movies of the 1970s and plays partly as a film within a film, jumping from color to black and white as it does so.
It stars Song Kang-ho as director Kim, who needs just two more days of reshoots to craft a new ending to his latest film (also called “Cobweb”) so that it will no longer be the trashy potboiler everyone thought he was making. However, there is turmoil on Kim’s set and he has to deal with regular interference from the interventionist censorship authorities.
With the reputation of the real-world director Kin Jee-woon and Song’s star-power,...
- 9/18/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announce “Korean Cinema's Golden Decade: The 1960s,” a sweeping retrospective that features 24 films from this remarkable period in Korean film history. The series will run from September 1–17 and is one of the largest retrospectives ever of 1960s Korean Cinema outside of Korea, including many rarely screened films, several presented on 35mm archival prints.
Long before Bong Joon Ho, Hong Sangsoo, and Park Chan-wook catapulted South Korean cinema onto the world stage, the foundation of their country's film industry formed in the aftermath of the Korean War. The period kickstarted a wealth of eclectic and innovative filmmaking that culminated in the 1960s. Closer inspection of this decade, now widely considered Korea's premier film renaissance, reveals the arrival of seminal works from auteurs such as Kim Ki-young, Shin Sang-ok, Yu Hyun-mok, Kim Soo-yong, and Lee Man-hee, alongside a meteoric rise and reinvention of genres—from...
Long before Bong Joon Ho, Hong Sangsoo, and Park Chan-wook catapulted South Korean cinema onto the world stage, the foundation of their country's film industry formed in the aftermath of the Korean War. The period kickstarted a wealth of eclectic and innovative filmmaking that culminated in the 1960s. Closer inspection of this decade, now widely considered Korea's premier film renaissance, reveals the arrival of seminal works from auteurs such as Kim Ki-young, Shin Sang-ok, Yu Hyun-mok, Kim Soo-yong, and Lee Man-hee, alongside a meteoric rise and reinvention of genres—from...
- 8/17/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
The Japanese selection of Skip City International D-Cinema 2023, despite the fact that the diversity in terms of selection was significant, proved, essentially, the obvious. When Japanese filmmakers try to follow the recipes of the festival-favorite local directors the result is films that are either repetitive, or dull, or both, and most of the times much worse than the works of the aforementioned, with the lack of tension in particular bordering on the rather annoying. However, when they let their imagination free, both in terms of context and cinematic techniques, the result is surprisingly good, definitely in terms of the former, but frequently also of the latter. In that fashion, and considering the fact that I did not manage to watch every film, the ones that stood out where “My Mother's Eyes”, “Alien's Daydream”, and “Don't Go”
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- 8/1/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Montreal event runs July 20-August 9.
Nicolas Cage will receive the 27th Fantasia International Film Festival’s Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award while the Montreal event (July 20-August 9) will close with Quebcois collective Rkss’s We Are Zombies.
The closing film is based on the French comic book series Les Zombies Qui Ont Mangé Le Monde (The Zombies That Ate The World) and takes place in a world where zombies are referred to as “living impaired” and roam among ordinary people.
Megan Peta Hill (Riverdale), Alexandre Nachi (1991) and Derek Johns (The Boys) star in the feature from Rkss comprising François Simard,...
Nicolas Cage will receive the 27th Fantasia International Film Festival’s Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award while the Montreal event (July 20-August 9) will close with Quebcois collective Rkss’s We Are Zombies.
The closing film is based on the French comic book series Les Zombies Qui Ont Mangé Le Monde (The Zombies That Ate The World) and takes place in a world where zombies are referred to as “living impaired” and roam among ordinary people.
Megan Peta Hill (Riverdale), Alexandre Nachi (1991) and Derek Johns (The Boys) star in the feature from Rkss comprising François Simard,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The US filmmaker delivered a masterclass at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea.
At the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), Beau Is Afraid director Ari Aster gave a masterclass ahead of the film’s screening on opening night (June 29), in which he discussed working with actor Joaquin Phoenix and his affinity for Korean cinema.
On his first trip to South Korea, Aster sat down with his mentor from the American Film Institute (AFI), Barry Sabath, who is also dean of Bifan’s Fantastic Film School (Ffs) workshop, to talk about surrealist drama Beau Is Afraid.
The film stars Phoenix as Beau,...
At the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan), Beau Is Afraid director Ari Aster gave a masterclass ahead of the film’s screening on opening night (June 29), in which he discussed working with actor Joaquin Phoenix and his affinity for Korean cinema.
On his first trip to South Korea, Aster sat down with his mentor from the American Film Institute (AFI), Barry Sabath, who is also dean of Bifan’s Fantastic Film School (Ffs) workshop, to talk about surrealist drama Beau Is Afraid.
The film stars Phoenix as Beau,...
- 6/29/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
While The Glory K-drama takes the top spot as the most streamed non-English series, fans are still eagerly awaiting news on The Uncanny Counter Season 2. Since 2022, Ocn has teased the main cast returning to the fantasy K-drama, but the details are minimal. With multiple actors reported to make appearances in The Uncanny Counter Season 2, The Glory actor Kim Hieora confirms she will also appear.
‘The Glory’ actor Kim Hieora as the character Sa-ra | via Netflix ‘The Uncanny Counter’ Season 2 will bring back the demon-fighting team
In September 2022, Soompi reported that leading actor Kim Se-jeong was in talks to return to her role for The Uncanny Counter Season 2. When the K-drama originally ended, the main cast was more than enthusiastic about returning for a new season. Actor Jo Byeong-gyu was also reported to return to his leading role. Extraordinary Attorney Woo actor Kang Ki-young will also make an appearance.
The 2020 Ocn...
‘The Glory’ actor Kim Hieora as the character Sa-ra | via Netflix ‘The Uncanny Counter’ Season 2 will bring back the demon-fighting team
In September 2022, Soompi reported that leading actor Kim Se-jeong was in talks to return to her role for The Uncanny Counter Season 2. When the K-drama originally ended, the main cast was more than enthusiastic about returning for a new season. Actor Jo Byeong-gyu was also reported to return to his leading role. Extraordinary Attorney Woo actor Kang Ki-young will also make an appearance.
The 2020 Ocn...
- 3/22/2023
- by Gabriela Silva
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
One of the most important Korean filmmakers in the 1960s and 70s, Lee Man-hee established his reputation as a master of genre cinema, at a time the industry had yet to embrace horrors and thrillers, which have since become staples of the local film scene. Born in 1931 as the youngest of eight children, Lee took part in the Korean War as a codebreaker before entering the film industry in 1956, working as an assistant director for filmmakers such as Ahn Jong-hwa, Park Gu and Kim Myeong-je. He debuted as a filmmaker in his own right with “Kaleidoscope” in 1961, which featured the famous actor Kim Seung-ho. His third film, “Call 112” (1962) brought Le commercial success and his next task was to revolutionise Korea’s genre scene, notably with the horror “The Devil’s Stairway” and the film noir ” Black Hair”, both in 1964. Not one to stick to one formula, Lee also made a mark as an artistic filmmaker,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThe Mother and the Whore (1972).The lineup for this year's Cannes Classics boasts a 4k digital restoration of Jean Eustache's The Mother and the Whore, a rare screening of Satyajit Ray’s newly restored Pratidwandi, films by Vittorio de Sica, Orson Welles, Mike De Leon, and much more. After recently making Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's I Know Where I'm Going! available for free online, Martin Scorsese is set to narrate and executive produce a documentary about the filmmaking duo. Directed by David Hinton, the documentary follows Scorsese's personal journey with and relationship to Powell & Pressburger's films. David Cronenberg has announced his follow-up to Crimes of the Future: Starring Vincent Cassel and produced by Saïd Ben Saïd, Shrouds is about grieving widower whose technologically innovative (and controversial) cemetery is vandalized. Recommended VIEWINGThe trailer...
- 5/11/2022
- MUBI
By Ella Hermonio
A marital plot with a psycho vibe and a Romeo and Juliet twist, “The Housemaid” tells a classic domestic tale with a strong undercurrent about the postcolonial Korea which bore it.
This article is part of the Asian Cinema Education Film Criticism Course 2021
This 1960 Kim Ki-Young masterpiece features the home of a lovesome piano teacher’s family of four who is about to move to their new and bigger house. As their life gets better with their hard work, his wife unfortunately becomes sickly and in need of additional help to manage the household. As they try to sustain their new lifestyle, their peaceful family gets disrupted, little by little, with the arrival of their new housemaid, a docile yet quite cunning woman.
The new helper, played by Lee Eun-sim, shows at the onset a contrasting personality from the urbane family she works for. Obedient yet rough in manners,...
A marital plot with a psycho vibe and a Romeo and Juliet twist, “The Housemaid” tells a classic domestic tale with a strong undercurrent about the postcolonial Korea which bore it.
This article is part of the Asian Cinema Education Film Criticism Course 2021
This 1960 Kim Ki-Young masterpiece features the home of a lovesome piano teacher’s family of four who is about to move to their new and bigger house. As their life gets better with their hard work, his wife unfortunately becomes sickly and in need of additional help to manage the household. As they try to sustain their new lifestyle, their peaceful family gets disrupted, little by little, with the arrival of their new housemaid, a docile yet quite cunning woman.
The new helper, played by Lee Eun-sim, shows at the onset a contrasting personality from the urbane family she works for. Obedient yet rough in manners,...
- 12/12/2021
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
“The Housemaid” or “Hanyo” is a 2010 South Korean erotic thriller directed by Sang-Soo Im and is a remake of the 1960 classic by the same name, that one directed by the late Ki-Young Kim (1919–1998).
It opens with a very distinct shot of a woman dressed in black perched on the edge of a balcony, overlooking the bustling street market below. In obvious distress, she takes one last look before leaping to a certain death.
Having lost the family housemaid, Byung-Sik (Yeo-Jong Yun) hires the young and beautiful Eun-Yi Li (Do-Yeon Jeon) as a replacement. Her duties will include watching over the pregnant Hae-Ra (Seo Woo), becoming a friend and confidant to elementary student Nami (Seo-Hyeon Ahn) and keeping Hoon Goh’s (Jung-Jae Lee) household in order. And thus, she is offered a place to stay within their manor-esque residence.
Unfortunately, Hoon is a hard man to please and as he...
It opens with a very distinct shot of a woman dressed in black perched on the edge of a balcony, overlooking the bustling street market below. In obvious distress, she takes one last look before leaping to a certain death.
Having lost the family housemaid, Byung-Sik (Yeo-Jong Yun) hires the young and beautiful Eun-Yi Li (Do-Yeon Jeon) as a replacement. Her duties will include watching over the pregnant Hae-Ra (Seo Woo), becoming a friend and confidant to elementary student Nami (Seo-Hyeon Ahn) and keeping Hoon Goh’s (Jung-Jae Lee) household in order. And thus, she is offered a place to stay within their manor-esque residence.
Unfortunately, Hoon is a hard man to please and as he...
- 11/4/2011
- by The0racle
- AsianMoviePulse
Senna; Point Blank; The Housemaid; Chalet Girl
The very best documentaries should not only inform and entertain viewers with a working knowledge of their areas of scrutiny but also engage the interest and emotions of those who know little (and perhaps care even less) about the subjects. Recent homegrown examples include Julien Temple's brilliant Oil City Confidential, which proved a satisfying and thoroughly cinematic experience for non-aficionados of Dr Feelgood's brand of "Thames Delta blues"; and TT3D, which found in Guy Martin a voluble mouthpiece for the madness of the Isle of Man motorbike races that almost every year claim lives.
Equally remarkable is the emotional conjuring trick performed by director Asif Kapadia with Senna (2010, Universal, 12), which delves into the world of Formula One racing, arguably the most elitist, non-inclusive sport in the world. In a crucial and telling moment, the film's eponymous enigma reveals a longing...
The very best documentaries should not only inform and entertain viewers with a working knowledge of their areas of scrutiny but also engage the interest and emotions of those who know little (and perhaps care even less) about the subjects. Recent homegrown examples include Julien Temple's brilliant Oil City Confidential, which proved a satisfying and thoroughly cinematic experience for non-aficionados of Dr Feelgood's brand of "Thames Delta blues"; and TT3D, which found in Guy Martin a voluble mouthpiece for the madness of the Isle of Man motorbike races that almost every year claim lives.
Equally remarkable is the emotional conjuring trick performed by director Asif Kapadia with Senna (2010, Universal, 12), which delves into the world of Formula One racing, arguably the most elitist, non-inclusive sport in the world. In a crucial and telling moment, the film's eponymous enigma reveals a longing...
- 10/1/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Since I’m heading down to Austin for Fantastic Fest in less than a week, I thought I would write up a post with some of my recommendations from last year’s festival. Bonus-Fantastic Fest announced over the weekend that it has opened up an official shop on iTunes, making it even easier to access some of the best offerings from past festivals. The new shop features selections from 2005-2010, and you can rent or buy the titles. Film offerings include Sin City, Wolf Creek, Bug, The Host, Pan’s Labyrinth, There Will Be Blood, Trick ‘R Treat, The Human Centipede, 13 Assassins, Monsters and many more. Visit the Fantastic Fest iTunes page to browse the full selection. Many of the films from last year’s festival are also now available via Netflix or DVD, so you can watch them now. Keep in mind that most of these are very low budget,...
- 9/19/2011
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
Feb 25, 2011
Building on the notable commercial success of Park Chan-wook's Oldboy (2003) and Bong Joon-ho's The Host (2006) and Mother (2009), South Korea has risen in stature as the country to beat for a brand of innovative, stylish thriller that was once the province of the ailing Japanese film industry. The rare foreign country in which homegrown movies out-gross the Hollywood juggernauts on a routine basis, Korean films offer a true challenge to the stagnant formulas found in American color-by-numbers thrillers. Martin Scorsese's "Film Foundation" has recently restored Ki-young Kim's 1960 touchstone The Housemaid, one ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
Building on the notable commercial success of Park Chan-wook's Oldboy (2003) and Bong Joon-ho's The Host (2006) and Mother (2009), South Korea has risen in stature as the country to beat for a brand of innovative, stylish thriller that was once the province of the ailing Japanese film industry. The rare foreign country in which homegrown movies out-gross the Hollywood juggernauts on a routine basis, Korean films offer a true challenge to the stagnant formulas found in American color-by-numbers thrillers. Martin Scorsese's "Film Foundation" has recently restored Ki-young Kim's 1960 touchstone The Housemaid, one ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
- 2/25/2011
- CinemaNerdz
Reviewed by Lydia Ianni
(January 2011)
Directed/Written by: Im Sang-soo
Starring: Jeon Do-youn, Lee Jung-jae, Youn Yuh-jung and Seo Woo
A remake of the 1960 Ki-young Kim movie of the same name, the Korean erotic thriller “The Housemaid” delivers on both components of the genre. Not for the faint of heart, Im Sang-soo’s (“The President’s Last Bang”) new movie may push some viewers to the brink of what they are comfortable seeing but remains a deeply fascinating film about consumption, revenge and power structures.
“The Housemaid” starts out with a fairly familiar plot line: Wealthy woman Hae-ra (Seo Woo) hires Eun-yi (Jeon Do-yeon), a young woman in need of a job, to work as a maid and nanny to her young child and soon-to-arrive twins. Eun-yi soon begins an affair with her boss’ husband Hoon (Lee Jung-jae). When the head maid of the house confesses to Hae-ra’s mother...
(January 2011)
Directed/Written by: Im Sang-soo
Starring: Jeon Do-youn, Lee Jung-jae, Youn Yuh-jung and Seo Woo
A remake of the 1960 Ki-young Kim movie of the same name, the Korean erotic thriller “The Housemaid” delivers on both components of the genre. Not for the faint of heart, Im Sang-soo’s (“The President’s Last Bang”) new movie may push some viewers to the brink of what they are comfortable seeing but remains a deeply fascinating film about consumption, revenge and power structures.
“The Housemaid” starts out with a fairly familiar plot line: Wealthy woman Hae-ra (Seo Woo) hires Eun-yi (Jeon Do-yeon), a young woman in need of a job, to work as a maid and nanny to her young child and soon-to-arrive twins. Eun-yi soon begins an affair with her boss’ husband Hoon (Lee Jung-jae). When the head maid of the house confesses to Hae-ra’s mother...
- 1/20/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Filed under: Movie Photos, Cinematical
There just aren't very many movies like 'The Housemaid' made these days, and the ones that do see the light of day rarely come out of America. Not only is Sang-soo Im's (director of the great but scarcely available 'The President's Last Bang') film a smart, elegant and gorgeously shot erotic thriller, but it's also an experimental remake. Im's adaptation takes the formula of Ki-young Kim's 1960's film of the same name and completely flips the variables, modernizing the story while making for a fascinating case of how compelling and unique a remake can be while still maintaining the edge of the original.
Thankfully us here in the States don't have to worry about importing a copy of the film. IFC Films will be bringing 'The Housemaid' to Us shores on January 21st, starting with theatrical runs in New York and L.A.
There just aren't very many movies like 'The Housemaid' made these days, and the ones that do see the light of day rarely come out of America. Not only is Sang-soo Im's (director of the great but scarcely available 'The President's Last Bang') film a smart, elegant and gorgeously shot erotic thriller, but it's also an experimental remake. Im's adaptation takes the formula of Ki-young Kim's 1960's film of the same name and completely flips the variables, modernizing the story while making for a fascinating case of how compelling and unique a remake can be while still maintaining the edge of the original.
Thankfully us here in the States don't have to worry about importing a copy of the film. IFC Films will be bringing 'The Housemaid' to Us shores on January 21st, starting with theatrical runs in New York and L.A.
- 1/4/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
Hopscotch Films and Umbrella Entertainment have become the first Australian distributors to sign a deal with the on-demand platform Mubi, as the service launches on Sony’s PlayStation 3.
The agreement will see their catalogue join the thousands of independent and art house films in Mubi’s catalogue, and their new titles released day-and-date with the DVD/Blu-ray.
According to Cakarel, Australian distributors, rights’ owners and producers are “very progressive and open to new things”, and Mubi is currently in discussions with other potential sources of local content.
Starting today, PlayStation users will be able to download a free application to access Mubi and stream its content directly to their TV screens. Its collection includes content from major international studios and partners such as Celluloid Dreams and Martin Scorsese’s World cinema Foundation.
The service, however, is not a platform developed for emerging filmmakers to promote their films. Mubi has a...
The agreement will see their catalogue join the thousands of independent and art house films in Mubi’s catalogue, and their new titles released day-and-date with the DVD/Blu-ray.
According to Cakarel, Australian distributors, rights’ owners and producers are “very progressive and open to new things”, and Mubi is currently in discussions with other potential sources of local content.
Starting today, PlayStation users will be able to download a free application to access Mubi and stream its content directly to their TV screens. Its collection includes content from major international studios and partners such as Celluloid Dreams and Martin Scorsese’s World cinema Foundation.
The service, however, is not a platform developed for emerging filmmakers to promote their films. Mubi has a...
- 11/3/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
(Got a few more reviews from Ff to finish up so these will pop up here in the coming days)
The remake for Housemaid, originally created in 1960 and directed by Ki-young Kim, is a strange beast. I haven't seen the original but from what I've heard the new version is quite different. President's Last Bang Im Sang-soo Im creates a sordid tale of forbidden love, sociopathic behavior, decadence and hot and sweaty sex.
Eun-yi has been hired as a housemaid at a ridiculously lush household by the insanely wealthy and handsome Hoon and his stupefyingly beautiful and very pregnant wife Haera. Eun-yi is a free spirit but her new job requires her to act proper and is constantly reminded of that by the old housemaid Byung-sik who has worked for the family for decades.
I guess owning a shit ton of money makes your life boring and lose interest in...
The remake for Housemaid, originally created in 1960 and directed by Ki-young Kim, is a strange beast. I haven't seen the original but from what I've heard the new version is quite different. President's Last Bang Im Sang-soo Im creates a sordid tale of forbidden love, sociopathic behavior, decadence and hot and sweaty sex.
Eun-yi has been hired as a housemaid at a ridiculously lush household by the insanely wealthy and handsome Hoon and his stupefyingly beautiful and very pregnant wife Haera. Eun-yi is a free spirit but her new job requires her to act proper and is constantly reminded of that by the old housemaid Byung-sik who has worked for the family for decades.
I guess owning a shit ton of money makes your life boring and lose interest in...
- 10/5/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The Miff (Melbourne International Film Festival) proceedings begins today. Even for non-members, all sessions are now open to purchase tickets for as screenings commence the 22nd and conclude August 8th. I thought it a prudent time to post my viewings (Ok not all of them but the highlights) and talk a little about the great line-up this year, which has turned out to be very diverse and a tiny bit disappointing.
Last years program included 'Love Exposure' which at the time I was desperate to see, so it was a relief that it was included and turned out to be the festivals best film, if not, dare I say the best film ever, and also a relief that brilliant distributors Third Window Films released on DVD soon after.
This year my must-see movie is Nakashima's school revenge tale 'Confessions' which was not on the program, nor was the...
Last years program included 'Love Exposure' which at the time I was desperate to see, so it was a relief that it was included and turned out to be the festivals best film, if not, dare I say the best film ever, and also a relief that brilliant distributors Third Window Films released on DVD soon after.
This year my must-see movie is Nakashima's school revenge tale 'Confessions' which was not on the program, nor was the...
- 7/9/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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