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Lkff: The Yellow Sea Review
16 November 2011 7:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Director Hong-jin Na made something of a splash with his début film, The Chaser, in 2008 and the film quickly brought him to the attention of Hollywood with Warner Brothers buying up the remake rights to The Chaser for $1 million.
Hong-jin Na’s latest, The Yellow Sea, is also the first Korean film to receive investment from a major Hollywood, with Fox International reaching into their deep pockets to contribute to the project. The Yellow Sea is very much a Korean production though with Hong-jin bringing back the same cast and crew for his second film and swimming in very familiar waters to his début both in terms of the genre and the way in which he approaches it stylistically.
The Yellow Sea crosses back and forth across the titular sea, between the Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Yanbian and Seoul in South Korea. Much like the border crossing narrative the lead character, »
- Craig Skinner
Fantastic Asia Film Festival Ticket Giveaways (Melbourne Only)
7 November 2011 7:58 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
The Fantastic Asia Film Festival (or Faff) takes place 10-13 November (This Week!) at Cinema Nova Carlton and is the best in cutting edge, sexy blood soaked Asian-genre greatness!Just some of the highlights from general festival days include Sion Sono's Guilty of Romance, Iguchi's Karate-Robo Zaborgar and direct from Fantastic Fest Zombie Ass, Hong-jin Na's prolific The Yellow Sea, the super original Invasion of Alien Bikini and the noir martial-art-fused Wu Xia! We haven't even touched the surface here!To get your hands on a double pass, in 25 words or less just state the film you'd most like to see and why.Competition ends Wednesday Aest 5:00 Pm, sound off in the comments below, and for inspiration check out our line-up right HERETwitch, partnering with Faff »
Film Review: 'The Yellow Sea'
25 October 2011 2:05 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★★★☆ Director Hong-jin Na turned a lot of heads in 2008 with the Cannes hit The Chaser, a thrilling story based on one of South Korea's most bizarre serial killers. Along with actors Jung-woo Ha and Yun-seok Kim, he was part of a fantastic trio which even got the attention of Warner Bros. for a possible Us remake. Two years later, they’re at it again with The Yellow Sea (2010).
The Yellow Sea brings back the two amazing leads and matches them with a plot that unfolds over two-and-a-half action-packed hours. Gu-nam (Ha) is a cab driver from Yanji City a Korean border town straddling North and South and a melting pot of cultural backgrounds including Russian, Chinese and Korean. We are informed that over half the people living there make their living by illegal means. It only seems fitting to get a first glimpse of Gu-nam in an illicit mahjong gambling den. »
- Daniel Green
Fantastic Fest 2011: The Yellow Sea Review
3 October 2011 12:45 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Action and character propel The Yellow Sea through an epic run time that features more knife fights than I could count. Everything about this film is dark, brutal, and unforgiving. Director Hong-jin Na (The Chaser) weaves a complex story of love, debt, and crime in a setting many are unfamiliar with. There is even a thread of dark comedy from the ways characters can do the unexpected. At 157 minutes, this isn't an easy film to make time for, yet if you are looking for an action film with an actual plot, some surprises, and excellent fight sequences, it is something I cannot recommend enough. Hit the jump for my full review. There is a place in China between North Korea and Russia called Yanji that is made up mostly of Korean immigrants. The people there are mostly without Korean citizenship, yet make an annual trek across the border, working illegally to make ends meet. »
- Bill Graham
Fantastic Fest Weekend Recap Part 1: ‘The Yellow Sea,’ ‘Headhunters,’ ‘The Corridor’ and ‘Livid’
26 September 2011 6:34 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Swamped doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt this weekend, yet I’m still alive and well. The ticketing system from earlier in the week continued to work flawlessly for all involved, though I heard a few grumbles about some not getting tickets for the screenings they wanted. However, standby at Fantastic Fest has yet to fail me or anyone I know that were diligent and willing to wait. Instead of having a daily journal as was intended for this weekend, I have decided to clump them all together in two parts for today. So, let’s get to the recap of this fantastic weekend.
The Yellow Sea from director Hong-jin Na (The Chaser) is a Korean action drama that showcases over half a dozen vicious knife and hatchet fights in a riveting but long-winded story. The film follows a down on his luck taxi driver who is »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Fantastic Fest 2011 Announces Final wave of Film Programming
7 September 2011 5:22 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
September is the busiest month for the Sound On Sight team with Telluride, Tiff, Pop Montreal, The Atlantic Film Festival, New York Film Festival and yes Fantastic Fest. Starting September 22nd anyone interested in genre film will have their eyes on Fantastic Fest, one of the biggest and possibly coolest fests in the world. After months waiting, the organizers have finally announced the final wave of programming. Here is the press release.
Austin, TX–Wednesday, September 7th, 2011– Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of feature film programming including the world premiere of The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence on opening night courtesy of IFC Midnight and Comic-con Episode IV: A Fan’S Hope on closing night.
The Human Centipede became a cultural sensation after its premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2009 where it won Best Horror Film and Best Actor. The festival is excited to welcome back director »
- Ricky
"Human Centipede 2" sets world premiere at Fantastic Fest
7 September 2011 2:28 PM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Guess it's just a centipede-y kind of day. Aubrey already showed you a new preview image from "The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence." Now I've got the info on where you'll be able to see the film for the very first time: Austin's Fantastic Fest, on September 22. The deranged depravity debuts as this year's Opening Night Film.
Along with the announcement that director Tom Six's sequel to everyone's favorite ass-to-mouth horror movie will make its world premiere at the festival, Fantastic Fest also solidified the remainder of its lineup today. You can see it all below, but here are a few noteworthy highlights: the Us premiere of Morgan Spurlock's San Diego Comic-Con documentary, "Episode IV: A Fan's Hope," a Cuban zombie movie called -- you're gonna love this -- "Juan of the Dead," and a 30th anniversary screening of "An American Werewolf in London" with makeup artist Rick Baker in attendance. »
- Matt Singer
Fantastic Fest Announces Final Wave of Programming for 2011
7 September 2011 12:22 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
If you've been on the fence about attending this year's edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, which runs from September 22-29, then the announcement that came today about their final wave of programming should make up your mind. With these additions, just about every film on our radar will be making an appearance at this year's fest! Read on for the details.
From the Press Release
Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of feature film programming including the world premiere of The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence on opening night courtesy of IFC Midnight and Comic-con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope on closing night.
The Human Centipede became a cultural sensation after its premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2009, where it won Best Horror Film and Best Actor. The festival is excited to welcome back director Tom Six and producer Ilona Six with the second installment of the depraved series. »
- The Woman In Black
Final Wave for Fantastic Fest Fest 2011 Announced
7 September 2011 10:44 AM, PDT | Destroy the Brain | See recent Destroy the Brain news »
Wow. In two weeks, Michael and I will begin our 14 hour drive from St. Louis to Austin. We are super excited to be attending and giving you guys advance reviews of films that, more than likely, every horror and genre loving freak out there will want to read. The final wave has been announced and while we only see that we got one more hit on our prediction list, I’m still happy with what was announced. We will be attending the World Premiere of The Human Centipede Part 2: Full Sequence and the new film from the directors of Inside, Livid. Much more is in store so read beyond the break.
From the Press Release:
Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of feature film programming including the world premiere of The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence on opening night courtesy of IFC Midnight and Comic-con Episode »
- Andy Triefenbach
Fantastic Fest 2011 Final Wave Includes World Premiere Of ‘The Human Centipede 2′
7 September 2011 10:30 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
We're mere weeks away from the craziest genre films in the world invading Austin, Texas for Fantastic Fest 2011. They've already announced not one [1], but two waves [2] of films that'll screen at the festival and now the third and final wave has been revealed. It includes the opening night, world premiere of The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence, the closing night U.S. premiere of Morgan Spurlock's new documentary Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, the much anticipated Juan of the Dead, Sundance darling Take Shelter, a 30th anniversary screening of An American Werewolf in London with Rick Baker in person and poster by Olly Moss and more. Plus, Drafthouse CEO Tim League will be fighting bare-knuckle brawler James Quinn McDonagh to usher in the a screening of the documentary [3] Knuckle. Read the full third wave of films and see some hype videos for the fight after the jump. »
- Germain Lussier
Fantastic Fest adds Comic-Con doc, “Human Centipede” sequel
7 September 2011 10:10 AM, PDT | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Only the folks at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin would try and use the words “Fantastic” and “Human Centipede” in the same sentence. Yet it’s that unique taste in spectacular genre cinema that keeps thousands flocking to Fantastic Fest in Austin each fall, and this year’s slate shouldn’t disappoint.
Tom Six’s sequel to his vile “Human Centipede” will hold its world premiere on opening night of this year’s Fantastic Fest, which runs Sept. 22-29 in Austin, Tex.
Other notable films programmed for this year’s fest include a retrospective screening of John Landis’s “An American Werewolf in London,” the Texas premiere of Jeff Nichols’s “Take Shelter,” and Morgan Spurlock’s “Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope,” which will close this year’s event.
The full slate is below:
A Boy And His Samurai (2011)
Us Premiere
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura, »
- Sean O'Connell
Fox Acquires ‘Miss Bala’ and ‘The Yellow Sea’; Release Dates Set For ‘Project X,’ ‘Bullet to the Head,’ and More
23 August 2011 9:48 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Two Cannes films will be hitting American shores in the near future, as ShowBlitz reports that Fox International is distributing both Gerardo Naranjo‘s Miss Bala and Hong-jin Na‘s The Yellow Sea, the former of which earned a strong review from Raffi. Bala follows a young woman who wants to be a beauty queen, but her actions soon lead her into the world of a Mexican drug cartel. Sea, meanwhile, is centered on a cab driver whose wife goes missing for six months. He’s eventually given an offer by a hitman: kill one person, and they will be reunited.
Obviously, neither are the most commercial fare; that gives me a greater appreciation for the company, a feeling that’s only increased by me wanting to see both of these. When we might actually see them hasn’t been specified, but Bala is playing at both Toronto and New York next month, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Laff 2011: The Yellow Sea (aka The Murderer) review
28 June 2011 11:26 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Hong-jin Na. Review: Adgy. Director Hong-jin Na’s debut, The Chaser (our review) was one of the more impressive movies to come out of Korea in the last couple of years, so expectations for his sophomore feature, The Yellow Sea, were high. Would he be able to match the intensity and action of his previous film? In this reviewer’s opinion, the answer is a resounding “Yes". The film follows Gu-nam, played by Jung-woo Ha (previously seen as the bad guy in The Chaser), a poor Chinese Korean living in China and working to pay off the massive debt incurred to smuggle his wife into South Korea. When his gambling debts begin to spiral out of his control, Gu-nam is hired by local mobster Myun, played by Yun-seok Kim (previously seen as the protagonist in The Chaser), to assassinate someone in South Korea, paying off his obligations. As you might expect, »
Laff 2011: The Yellow Sea (aka The Murderer) review
28 June 2011 11:26 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Hong-jin Na. Review: Adgy. Director Hong-jin Na’s debut, The Chaser (our review) was one of the more impressive movies to come out of Korea in the last couple of years, so expectations for his sophomore feature, The Yellow Sea, were high. Would he be able to match the intensity and action of his previous film? In this reviewer’s opinion, the answer is a resounding “Yes". The film follows Gu-nam, played by Jung-woo Ha (previously seen as the bad guy in The Chaser), a poor Chinese Korean living in China and working to pay off the massive debt incurred to smuggle his wife into South Korea. When his gambling debts begin to spiral out of his control, Gu-nam is hired by local mobster Myun, played by Yun-seok Kim (previously seen as the protagonist in The Chaser), to assassinate someone in South Korea, paying off his obligations. As you might expect, »
Laff 2011 Review: The Yellow Sea
24 June 2011 4:53 PM, PDT | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
It goes without saying that those keeping on eye on the films of South Korea have been privy to somewhat of a cinematic renaissance in the past decade, with such visionaries as Chan-wook Park, Joon-ho Bong, and Jae-woon Kim exploding on the scene with works that are not only eye-catching, but tackle challenging subject matter in a way that transcends geography. Hong-jin Na has, with his second film The Yellow Sea, proven he deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as those exciting filmmakers.
Na’s previous film, the fantastic and under seen The Chaser, found its groove in the twisty gutters of Seoul’s criminal underworld. The Yellow Sea, though also focused on the enterprise of crime, approaches its subject matter from a more grounded place, at least initially. Ku-Nam (Ha Jung-woo) is a down-on-his-luck taxi driver on the Chinese side of the China-Russia-Korea border, an area well »
- Michael Merlob
Yellow Sea gets UK distribution
9 June 2011 5:34 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Eureka Entertainment have aquired the UK theatrical rights for Na Hong-jin’s second feature, Yellow Sea and not just that they have set a release date of October 21st 2011. Here is the press release that Eureka put out yesterday:
Eureka Entertainment to distribute Guilty of Romance and The Yellow Sea in the UK & Eire Eureka Entertainment would like to announce that they will be distributing the Japanese film Guilty of Romance & the Korean film The Yellow Sea (Hwanghae) in the UK & Eire.
Guilty of Romance is the erotic thriller by Japanese cult director Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Cold Fish) which premiered with a Gala Screening at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The theatrical and DVD rights for the film were acquired by Eureka from Films Boutique and will be released theatrically on 30 September 2011 in selected cinemas nationwide.
The Yellow Sea, starring Yun-seok Kim is »
- Paul Koren
Line-Up for 2011 Cannes Film Festival Includes ‘Midnight in Paris,’ ‘Tree of Life,’ ‘Melancholia’
14 April 2011 1:36 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
The anticipation of summer isn’t reserved for superheroes and sequels – it’s also the time for the Cannes Film Festival, which is like an actual World Series of international film. Occurring this year from May 11th through May 22nd, this year has many anticipated titles from its list of “all-star” directors that includes Woody Allen, Pedro Almoldovar, Terence Malick, Lars Von Trier, etc. Out of all of these films, I am most excited for Von Trier’s Melancholia, though Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is a close second.
Released today, here’s the list of films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with many of these titles bound to be big deals in the movie world during and after their premieres:
Opening film:
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Main competition:
Pedro Almodóvar – La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello – L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la Maison Close
- Nick Allen
Cannes unveils 2011 lineup
14 April 2011 6:50 AM, PDT | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
The 64th Festival de Cannes has unveiled its lineup for 2011. Although it boasts of big names like Pedro Almodovar and Lars Von Trier, no Indian film has found a place in it.
Vikramadiya Motwane’s Udaan had been screened at Un Certain Regard section last year.
The complete selection:
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
- NewsDesk
Cannes film festival 2011: The full lineup
14 April 2011 5:41 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The openers, the competition contenders, un certain regard, special screenings ... here's the Cannes film festival list in full
Opening film
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris
Main competition
Pedro Almodóvar: La Piel que Habito
Bertrand Bonello: L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la Maison Close
Alain Cavalier: Pater
Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne: Le Gamin au Vélo
Naomi Kawase: Hanezu No Tsuki
Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
Radu Mihaileanu: La Source des Femmes (The Source)
Takashi Miike: Ichemei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai)
Lynne Ramsay: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Markus Schleinzer: Michael
Paolo Sorrentino: This Must be the Place
Full line-up for the 64th Festival De Cannes is announced!
14 April 2011 4:27 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
The 49 films that will be playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival were announced this very morning. The 64th festival kicks off from May 11th until May 22nd. We’re pleased to see that Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be making its debut out of competition, as well as Mel Gibson’s The Beaver (dir. Jodie Foster).
A full list of the movies that are screening are posted below!!!
Excited about any of them?
Opening Night Film:
Midnight in Paris – Dir: Woody Allen
Competition:
L’Apollonide (House of Tolerance) – Dir: Bertrand Bonello
Drive – Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn
Footnote – Dir: Joseph Cedar
Hanezu No Tsuki – Dir: Naomi Kawase
Ishimei (Hari-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) – Dir: Takashi Miike
The Kid With The Bike – Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Le Havre – Dir: Aki Kaurismäki
Melancholia – Dir: Lars von Trier
Michael – Dir: Markus Schleinzer
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia – Dir: »
- Paul Heath
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