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  Korean Cinema 2011: The View from Here
  2012/01/14, Source,
  US-based author and curator of film at the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC, Tom VICK shares his views on recent trends he has noticed programming their Korean film festival. How do you introduce new Korean films to an American audience? Since 2004, when I began programming the Korean Film Festival DC, the answer to this question has become more difficult to answer. This is not to say that it's harder to find good films. Quite the opposite. The problem (if it can be called a problem) is that there are so many films to choose from.The explosion of digital production and distribution in the last decade or so has made it easier than ever to make a film, but harder than ever find an audience for it,...More

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  Korean films set for Stockholm festival
  2011/10/28, Source,
  The 22nd Stockholm International Film Festival has announced its line-up to include a slew of films from the Republic of Korea including Hong Sang-soo's "The Day He Arrives", which previously screened in Cannes. In the Asian Images section along with "The Day He Arrives", the festival has selected up-and-coming director Jeon Kyu-hwan's "Dance Town", about North Korean escapees, Kim Ki-duk's self-portrait documentary "ARIRANG - Movie", and Na Hong-jin's brutal thriller "The Yellow Sea",...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2011/08/25 in Korea
  2011/08/25, Source,
  Korean movies opening today 2011/08/25 in Korea "Invasion of Alien Bikini", "Nostalgia" and "Pong Ddol",...More

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  An alien in a bikini heralds the return of the B movie
  2011/08/04, Source,
  A poster of the Korean B movie "Invasion of Alien Bikini" The landscape of the nation's film industry is starkly polarized, with either star-studded commercial films or low-budget independent films dominating the field. Looking back on the first half of the year, Korean films like "Late Blossom", "Detective K" and "Sunny" have become huge hits with rising and seasoned actors. But indie films are also making their mark. A string of independent films including "Re-encounter", "Bleak Night", "The Journals of Musan" and "Play" have drawn audiences of more than 10,000 each, a figure most indie filmmakers dream about,...More