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TKFF 2012 – A Tale of Two Sisters Review (Kirk Haviland)

Toronto Korean Film Festival 2012 A Tale of Two Sisters Starring Kim Kap-su, Yum Jung-ah, Lim Su-jeong and Moon Guen-young Written and Directed by Kim Jee-Woon After bursting on to the scene back in the late nineties with The Quiet Family (1998) and the Foul King (2000), director Kim Jee-Woon’s first international success came withContinue reading “TKFF 2012 – A Tale of Two Sisters Review (Kirk Haviland)”

TKFF 2012 – Save the Green Planet! Review (Kirk Haviland)

Toronto Korean Film Festival 2012 Save the Green Planet! Starring Shin Ha-kyun, Baek Yun-shik, Hwang Jeong-min and Lee Jae-yong Written and Directed by Jang Joon-hwan TIFF Midnight Madness veteran Save the Green Planet closes out Sci-Fi night at the inaugural TKFF. Jang Joon-hwan’s bizarre and surreal abduction black comedy has been garnering accolades for yearsContinue reading “TKFF 2012 – Save the Green Planet! Review (Kirk Haviland)”

TAD Summer Screenings 2012 – The Pact Review (Kirk Haviland)

TAD Summer Screenings 2012 The Pact Starring: Caity Lotz, Casper van Dien, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Agnes Bruckner Written and Directed by Nicholas McCarthy MINOR SPOILERS The second half of the first night of TAD’s summer screenings brought us the Sundance hit The Pact. Billed as a creepy supernatural house based horror, TheContinue reading “TAD Summer Screenings 2012 – The Pact Review (Kirk Haviland)”

TAD Summer Screenings 2012 – Juan of the Dead Review (Kirk Haviland)

Toronto After Dark Juan of the Dead Starring – Alexis Diaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro, Andros Perugorria, Jazz Vila and Eliecer Ramirez Written and Directed by Alejandro Brugués Back on September 2011, during an afternoon TIFF screening of all things, is when I was first introduced to Juan de los Muertos (Juan ofContinue reading “TAD Summer Screenings 2012 – Juan of the Dead Review (Kirk Haviland)”

TKFF – Mother Review (Kirk Haviland)

Toronto Korean Film Festival 2012 Mother Starring – Kim Hae-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo and Yoon Je-moon Written by Park Eun-kyo and Bong Joon-ho Directed by Bong Joon-ho One of Korea’s new masters of cinema is the incomparable Bong Joon-ho. Starting with his breakthrough in 2003 Memories of Murder, a film I have yet toContinue reading “TKFF – Mother Review (Kirk Haviland)”