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The Taste of Money (2012)
The Taste of Money is Im Sang-soo’s seventh film, and a successor of sorts (if not a direct sequel) to 2010’s The Housemaid. I haven’t seen the latter, so I can’t write much about it here, but it seems clear from this trailer that it’s a thriller/melodrama set in the rarefied world of South Korea’s super-rich.
The Taste of Money inhabits the same universe. … (read more)
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White Vengeance (2011)
A mysterious man tells a group of scholars at a remote historical site the story of two generals, once friends and allies, who wrestled for control of the throne in a long and bloody game of chess — literally and figuratively — during the last days of the Qin Dynasty.
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Bleak Night (2011)
For the KOFFIA festival I was given two films to review. Both films deal with young people. The other film, Silenced, dealt with the way adults can abuse the rights of the very young, in ways horrific and saddening. Here, in Bleak Night, it is the young people, mostly, whose own dealings with each other propel the tragic events at the film’s core.… (read more)
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Silenced (2011)
This is not a film that is easily reviewed. Dealing with an explosive topic — the physical and sexual abuse of children — and based on true events, it is one that cannot easily break the divide between the viewer’s own emotional response and a critical one. It’s fortunate, then, that Hwang Dong-hyuk’s direction is both thoughtful and forceful, worthy of the film’s text.… (read more)
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War of the Arrows (2011)
War of the Arrows opens with a chase. Armed men bear down upon a teenager dragging a little girl who stumbles and falls. Before they are brought down, their pursuers are taken down by their father. Given that moment of relief, they are ordered to flee before seeing their father cut down by the attacking forces. Now orphans, they find themselves at a friend of their father’s where they are fostered.
Such a tragic opening lends itself to a revenge … (read more)
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Giveaway: ‘The Raid’ on DVD (closed)
Courtesy of Madman, we’re hugely excited to have five copies of the Indonesian action film The Raid on DVD to give away. If you’re an action film fan and didn’t catch it at the cinemas during its run, now’s your chance to see it for nothing!… (read more)
Interview: Director Gareth Evans on ‘The Raid’
A little while ago, as part of their release of Indonesian action film The Raid on DVD/Blu-Ray/streaming, our friends at Madman offered me the chance to interview the film’s writer/director, Gareth Evans.
If you haven’t seen the film, read our review for a bit of context, then read on for the interview!… (read more)
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ONE showing old-school flicks this weekend
Our own Tom pointed out that Channel Ten’s mostly-sports channel ONE is making the best of their time slots that compete with Olympics coverage, and serving up some Hong Kong classics this weekend on free-to-air TV:… (read more)
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Tagged Jackie Chan, Jet Li, One
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