16 August 2011
, directed by Sang-il Lee (李相日), 2010, 139 minutes Review by Susan Meehan It is five years since the release of Sang-il Lee’s hugely enjoyable Hula Girls [read our review on issue 11], a Full Monty-style feel-good film replete with social commentary and the only one of his works I’d seen. I was, naturally, looking [...]
9 May 2011
If you think that a teacher revengefully lacing students’ milk with her late former lover’s HIV-positive blood is as macabre and horrific as it gets, the final scenes of Confessions will have you hooked and gripped to your seat in uneasy disbelief.
1 April 2011
directed by Tran Anh Hung, 2010, 133 minutes
Review by Susan Meehan
14 December 2010
Still Walking [歩いても 歩いても], directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda [是枝裕和], 2008, 114 minutes
Review by Susan Meehan
6 August 2010
directed by Satoshi Kon (今 敏), 1998, anime, 82 minutes, based on novel of same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi (竹内義和)
6 August 2010
Directed by Naoko Ogigami, Released in 2006, 102 mins
Review by Susan Meehan
22 February 2010
Directed by Kim Longinotto & Jano Williams
2000, 100 minutes (Available on DVD from 25 January 2010 as double release: Gaea Girls/Shinjuku Boys).
Review by Susan Meehan
1 December 2009
Directed by Yakusho Koji (役所 広司)
2008, 131 minutes
Review by Susan Meehan
1 November 2009
Directed by Shindo Kaneto (新藤兼人)
2008, 118 minutes
Review by Susan Meehan
1 November 2009
Directed by Hiroki Ryuichi (廣木隆一)
2008, 126 minutes
Review by Susan Meehan
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