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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Revenge: Korean Style!
  2011/06/11,
  Alfred Hitchcock once said "Revenge is sweet and not fattening", a stance shared in Korea as the suspense thriller genre has become synonymous with their film industry. Along with the melodrama, revenge films and themes have become all too easy to identify in some of the most famous films to come out of Korea in the last ten years. This apparent sweet tooth has indeed been affected by Korea's turbulent socio-political history and perhaps a social consciousness persists that past injustices have not been adequately addressed both globally and locally,...More

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  [HanCinema Korea's Diary] Introduce Yourself to Korean Cinema: 7 Films to Get You Started
  2011/05/28,
  Are you interested in Korean cinema but don't know where to start? The following is a short list of films that I believe would give any film enthusiast a good grounding for what Korean cinema has to offer. They include award-winning films, films that provide insight into Korea's history and culture, as well as a couple of fantastic genre films that Korean cinema tends to favour.,...More

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  Kim Ki-duk Wins Best Picture in Un Certain Regard at Cannes
  2011/05/23, Source,
  Director Kim Ki-duk poses during a photocall of Director Kim Ki-duk poses during a photoca,...More

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  Cannes hears out filmmaker's angst
  2011/05/22, Source,
  Kim Ki-duk's feet in a scene from "ARIRANG - Movie", a documentary-style drama that won best picture in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, Saturday Kim Ki-duk wins sidebar competition with torn self-portrait By Lee Hyo-won Kim Ki-duk's controversial self-portrait shared the best picture award with a German drama at the Cannes Festival's sidebar competition, Saturday,...More