- COLUMN
- Kanryu currents in Japan, past and present
- Tokyo-based journalist and filmmaker Jason GRAY examines the ebb and flow of the Korean Wave in Japan over the past ten years, pinpointing the highs and lows. The Korean wave of popular culture in Japan, referred to as “kanryu” or ”hanryu” in Japanese, has had an interesting ebb and flow over the p...
- by Jason GRAY / 03-06-2012
- From Korea with love
- Bangkok-based writer and critic Kong RITHDEE looks at the influence of Korean moving images in Thailand and gauges the depth of the Korean Wave. In late January, SO Ji-sub and HAN Hyo-ju walked down the red carpet at HuaHin International Film Festival, the inaugural edition of the cinefest held in ...
- by Kong RITHDEE / 02-06-2012
- Korean Cinema 2011: The View from Here
- 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 programmin...
- by Tom VICK / 01-05-2012
- Bittersweet Life: Korean cinema's secret popularity in the UK
- International distribution expert and analyst and former Screen International journalist Robert Mitchell looks at the gulf between artistic and business successes of Korean cinema in the UK.Ask any cine-literate film-goer, critic, blogger or tweeter in the UK about Korean cinema and you’ll be greete...
- by Robert Mitchell / 11-29-2011
- Korean Wave rises to China challenge
- From HU Jintao to Rain, Leafie and Madame Freedom, international journalistClifford Coonan looks at the popularity of Korea’s films and other culture and the challenges they face in China. Very little is known of the personal life of Chinese President Hu Jintao, but we do know that he likes paper-c...
- by Clifford Coonan / 11-01-2011
