London Korean Film Festival 2017 26 October – 19 November 2017 www.koreanfilm.co.uk by Richard Hamer The London Korean Film Festival is now 12 years old, and has firmly established its reputation as the home for exciting, surprising Asian cinema in the Capital. This year – as the cliché goes – is no different: With a […]

The Day After Directed by Hong Sang-soo Starring Kwon Haehyo, Kim Minhee and Kim Saebyuk Screening at LKFF October 26th, 2017 by Richard Hamer Presented in black and white, every scene amounting to little more than two people sat opposite each other talking, The Day After is a quiet, fascinating little movie. Kwon Haehyo plays […]

Right Now, Wrong Then (Jigeumeun matgo geuttaeneun teullida) Directed by Hong Sang-soo Starring Jung Jae-young and Kim Min-hee by Ruth Thomson The opening fifteen minutes of Right Now, Wrong Then by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo is painfully endearing. Film director Ham Sung (Jae-yeong Jeong) is in a small town for a screening of his […]