A darker ending for Hollywood’s “OldBoy”?
Hollywood’s remake of Park Chan-Wook’s OldBoy has been percolating for several years now. Steven Spielberg was originally attached to direct Will Smith in the lead role, but earlier this year, it was announced that Spike Lee would be directing Josh Brolin based on Mark Protosevich’s screenplay. While Lee struck many as a more appropriate directorial choice than Spielberg, one question still lingered: would Hollywood “wuss out” and deliver a cleaner,... Read More
LoveHKFilm reviews Bong Joon-Ho’s “Mother” and Park Chan-Wook’s “Thirst”
LoveHKFilm — one of my favorite sources for all things Asian cinema — recently posted reviews of arguably the two biggest Korean film releases of the year, Bong Joon-Ho’s Mother and Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst. Kevin Ma’s review of Mother: As strong as the script is, the strongest aspect of Mother is the continuing maturation in Bong’s directorial style. Every shot and every camera movement is well-calculated, with no shot ever staying with a single... Read More
Cannes Unveils 2009 Lineup
The lineup for the 2009 Festival de Cannes was released today. Many notable entries here, but I know I and at least one other Filmwell critic have been rejoicing that Pixar’s Up is opening the festival – the first animated film to ever do so. Other fabulously notable directors with work at Cannes will be Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, Ken Loach, Michael Haneke and Park Chan-wook. Also, Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus... Read More
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