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TKFF 2012 Festival Wrap-Up (Kirk Haviland)

TKFF 2012 Kirk The first ever Toronto Korean Film Festival wrapped on July 1st after a nine-day run in its first year. The highlights of the festival were the films of course, closing with the latter two entries of the famed Vengeance Trilogy from Park Chan-wook, Oldboy and Symapthy for Lady Vengeance on 35mm filmContinue reading “TKFF 2012 Festival Wrap-Up (Kirk Haviland)”

TKFF Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Review (Kirk Haviland)

Toronto Korean Film Festival 2012 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Starring – Lee Yeong-ae, Choi Min-sik, Kwon Yea-yeong and Kim See-hoo Written by Park Chan-wook and Jeoung Seo-gyeong Directed by Park Chan-wook Now the undeniable creative leader of the Korean film movement of the last decade is by far and away Park Chan-wook. Starting with 2000’sContinue reading “TKFF Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Review (Kirk Haviland)”

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)”

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)”