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  1. Review
    Silenced: Film Review

    Silenced: Film Review

    2:54 pm PST 12/26/2011
    • Maggie Lee
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    Were "Silenced" not based on fact, its unchecked depiction of corporal and sexual abuse in a Korean school for the deaf could be construed as sensational, manipulative, even sadistic. Read More

  2. Review
    Leafie: Film Review

    Leafie: Film Review

    11:00 pm PST 12/7/2011
    • Maggie Lee
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    The trials and tribulations that a farm hen undergoes to bring up her adopted duckling in "Leafie" makes the multitasking mom in "How Does She Do It" look like a dud. Read More

  3. Review
    The King of Pigs: Film Review

    The King of Pigs: Film Review

    9:44 pm PST 12/7/2011
    • Maggie Lee
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    A shocking tale of teen violence that’s as allegorical in its animalistic imagery as Lord of the Flies and Shohei Imamura’s works, "The King of Pigs" announces the arrival of a raw, dark, adult-oriented genre of independent animation in Korea that has hitherto only made as shorts. Read More

  4. Review
    Laddaland: Film Review

    Laddaland: Film Review

    9:44 pm PST 12/7/2011
    • Maggie Lee
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    Like the showroom furniture in the trendy condos that figure so significantly in this tale of real estate gone ghoulishly wrong, Thai horror "Laddaland" is hiply designed and assembled, cost-effective, functional and cozily familiar. Read More

  5. Logan Lerman Looks Lost In Translation During Korean TV Interview (Video)

    3:22 am PDT 10/24/2011
    • Steven Schwankert
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    Was Logan Lerman channeling Bill Murray's Lost in Translation character Bob Harris during a recent Korean TV interview? Read More

  6. Korea's Finecut Sells 'Poongsan' and 'Leafie'

    Korea's Finecut Sells 'Poongsan' and 'Leafie'

    9:00 pm PDT 10/17/2011
    • Karen Chu
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    Korean animated feature "Leafie" and the Kim Ki-duk-produced "Poongsan" reaped a fine harvest for Seoul-based sales agent Finecut at the Asian Film Market in Busan and MIPCOM in Cannes. Read More

  7. Busan International Film Festival Wraps with New Currents, Flash Forward Awards

    Busan International Film Festival Wraps with New Currents, Flash Forward Awards

    6:57 am PDT 10/14/2011
    • Steven Schwankert
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    The Busan International Film Festival closed Thursday morning with the Morteza Farshbag of Iran's Mourning and Loy Arcenas's Niño sharing the top prize in the New Currents competition. Read More

  8. Japan’s ‘My Man’ Takes Asian Project Market Prize

    6:09 am PDT 10/14/2011
    • Lee Hyo-won
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    Yet-to-be-made film projects vied for prizes at the Asian Project Market, with the top award going to Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s "My Man – Watashino Otoko," which Thursday walked away with a $20,000 check from Busan Metropolitan City officials. Read More

  9. New Look Busan Film Festival Draws to a Close

    New Look Busan Film Festival Draws to a Close

    9:48 am PDT 10/13/2011
    • Steven Schwankert
    • Elizabeth Kerr
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    The Busan International Film Festival drew to a close on Thursday, with the 2011 edition featuring numerous firsts, but leaving question marks about the festival’s direction going forward. Read More

  10. BUSAN FILM FESTIVAL: THR's Festival Daily

    BUSAN FILM FESTIVAL: THR's Festival Daily

    10:43 am PDT 10/12/2011
    • THR Staff
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    THR's international critics weigh in on the strength of this year's festival program, run by new director Lee Yong-kwan following the resignation of founding director Kim Dong-ho; plus news and reviews on the seventh day of the Korean event. Read More

  11. Review
    Mitsuko Delivers: Busan Film Review

    Mitsuko Delivers: Busan Film Review

    5:53 am PDT 10/12/2011
    • Maggie Lee
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    Japanese independent director Yuya Ishii introduces a 24-year-old pregnant drifter who is so relentlessly upbeat she bosses the saddest losers into adopting her optimism. Read More

  12. 'The Lady's' Michelle Yeoh Rejoices Over Release of Dissident Zarganar

    'The Lady's' Michelle Yeoh Rejoices Over Release of Dissident Zarganar

    2:01 am PDT 10/12/2011
    • Steven Schwankert
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    Actress Michelle Yeoh and director Luc Besson hailed news of the release of Burmese comic Zarganar, calling it "joyful news," as the pair discussed the Aung San Suu Kyi biopic "The Lady" on Wednesday. Read More

  13. Hanji: Busan Film Review

    10:40 pm PDT 10/11/2011
    • Kirk Honeycutt
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    Korean director Im Kwon-taek, in his 101st film, tells how bureaucrats and artisans came together to rescue Korea's traditional paper-making business in a mix of documentary and dramatic fiction. Read More

  14. Chronicle of My Mother: Busan Film Review

    10:39 pm PDT 10/11/2011
    • Elizabeth Kerr
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    In this sentimental drama by Japanese director Harada Masato, a bitter author makes peace with his mother as her memories begin to fade. Read More

  15. Asia Pacific Films Launches Pay-Per-View Site

    10:29 pm PDT 10/11/2011
    • Steven Schwankert
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    A new pay-per-view site will offer fans of Asian cinema the chance to watch a curated collection of films from China, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea and Singapore, Asia Pacific Films announced Wednesdsay. Read More

  16. South Korean Sensation Rain Enters Military as Hundreds of Fans Bid Him Farewell

    South Korean Sensation Rain Enters Military as Hundreds of Fans Bid Him Farewell

    4:32 pm PDT 10/11/2011
    • Sofia M. Fernandez
    • Lee Hyo-won
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    The pop singer-actor’s latest film, "Soar Into the Sun," will be released in 2012. Read More

  17. Review
    Inseparable: Busan Film Review

    Inseparable: Busan Film Review

    1:02 pm PDT 10/11/2011
    • Kirk Honeycutt
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    Kevin Spacey plays a mysterious ex-pat living in China in the writer-director Dayyan Eng’s first Chinese movie with an American star. Read More

  18. Watch Indian Circus: Busan Film Review

    10:47 am PDT 10/11/2011
    • Kirk Honeycutt
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    Director-writer Mangesh Hadawale approach the issues of third-world corruption and lack of opportunity in this story about young children who want to go to the circus. Read More

  19. BUSAN FILM FESTIVAL: THR's Festival Daily

    BUSAN FILM FESTIVAL: THR's Festival Daily

    10:45 am PDT 10/11/2011
    • THR staff
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    News, reviews and analysis from the fifth day of the Korean festival, including a look at Luc Besson's "The Lady." Read More

  20. Korean Animators Face Screen, Financing Barriers

    5:13 am PDT 10/11/2011
    • Park Soo-mee
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    "Leafie, A Hen into the Wild" was nicknamed “the emperor of the matinee” in Korea when the film first hit theaters this summer. Read More

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