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The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (마녀 2, Park Hoon-jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A “perfect model” of transhumanism takes refuge in a remote farmhouse in Park’s sequel to The Witch: Part One. The subversion.

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Aug 7, 2022 • Subscribe

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Night in Paradise (낙원의 밤, Park Hoon-jung, 2020)

A fugitive gangster encounters a terminally ill young woman in idyllic Jeju in Park Hoon-jung’s melancholy gangster noir.

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Feb 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Devils (악마들, Kim Jae-hoon, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A detective consumed by thoughts of vengeance suddenly wakes up in the body of the serial killer he’s hunting in Kim Jae-hoon’s twisty thriller.

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Jul 31, 2023 • Subscribe

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Tinker Ticker (들개, Kim Jung-hoon, 2013)

A jaded young man finds himself torn between continuing to fight the system and a total capitulation to it in Kim Jung-hoon’s explosive debut feature.

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Nov 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Collectors (도굴, Park Jung-bae, 2020)

An intrepid tomb raider becomes embroiled in an elaborate plot to steal a precious sword from a tomb in Gangnam in Park’s hugely enjoyable crime caper

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Nov 10, 2021 • Subscribe

Brave Citizen (용감한 시민, Park Jin-pyo, 2023) [Fantasia 2024]

A former boxer turned schoolteacher rediscovers the strength to fight back when faced with unchallenged bullies in Park Jin-pyo’s cathartic dramedy.

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Aug 16, 2024 • Subscribe

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Next Sohee (다음 소희, July Jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A policewoman investigating the suicide of a teenage girl uncovers a dark web of corporate exploitation in July Jung’s hard hitting drama.

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Aug 20, 2022 • Subscribe

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Seire (세이레, Park Kang, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A new father finds himself haunted by paternal anxiety and old transgressions in Park Kang’s eerie folk horror.

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Sep 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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Hopeless (화란, Kim Chang-hoon, 2023)

An alienated young man dreaming of an idyllic life in Holland has his illusions slowly crushed by the world around him in Kim Chang-hoon’s gritty drama.

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Dec 23, 2023 • Subscribe

The Killer (더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이, Choi Jae-hoon, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A cynical hitman stumbles on a dark conspiracy when the teenager he’s supposed to be babysitting is kidnapped in Choi Jae-hoon’s retro action thriller.

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Aug 8, 2022 • Subscribe

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Mother Land (엄마의 땅: 그리샤와 숲의 주인, Park Jae-beom, 2022) [Fantasia 2023]

A little girl becomes the spiritual defender of her traditional culture in her quest to cure her mother’s mysterious illness in Park Jae-beom’s stop motion fairytale.

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Our recommendations: Fantasia 2023

Any cinephile should watch these 5 Japanese movies at the Fantasia Film Festival.

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Jul 12, 2023 • Subscribe

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Not in This World (이 세상에 없는, Park Jung-bum, 2019)

A dejected young woman finds a kindred soul in a forest-dwelling holy fool but is eventually pushed towards the dark side in Park Jung-bum’s epic of human misery

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Nov 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Mad Cats (Reiki Tsuno, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

The captive felines of Japan are mad as hell and they aren’t going to take it anymore in Reiki Tsuno’s absurd action comedy.

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Aug 5, 2023 • Subscribe

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River (2023) review [Fantasia Film Fest 2023]

If you like low-key humour and some time-twisting fun, you should not miss Yamaguchi’s latest.    

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Aug 1, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (다섯 번째 흉추, Park Sye-young, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A mouldy mattress gradually becomes sentient while traversing vistas of human loneliness in Park Sye-young’s experimental feature.

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Sep 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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Shin Kamer Rider (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]

Anno delivers an action-hero experience that is both incredibly fun and emotionally touching.

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Jul 26, 2023 • Subscribe

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Drive (드라이브, Park Dong-hee, 2023)

Forced to livestream her own kidnapping, an influencer must confront her authentic self in Park Dong-hee’s tense kidnap thriller.

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Oct 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Flowers of Mold (너를 줍다, Shim Hye-jung, 2023)

A cripplingly shy woman finds herself trawling her neighbours’ trash in a frustrated bid for connection in Shim Hye-jung’s offbeat romance.

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Nov 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Deep Sea (深海, Tian Xiaopeng, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A young girl finds herself in a whimsical fantasy world of colour and light in TIan Xiaopeng’s stupendous animation.

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Aug 9, 2023 • Subscribe

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Insomniacs After School (2023) review [Fantasia Film Fest 2023]

Ikeda’s narrative contains all the right ingredients, but the final mixture is not able to give the narrative the emotional impact it looks for.

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Jul 29, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Swordsman (검객, Choi Jae-hoon, 2020)

A master swordsman is dragged back into the world of courtly intrigue years after renouncing the code of violence when his daughter is taken by slavers in Choi’s…

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Mar 4, 2021 • Subscribe

Killing Romance (킬링 로맨스, Lee Won-suk, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A once famous actress sets out to reclaim her autonomy from an abusive, controlling, billionaire husband in Lee Won-suk’s hilariously off the wall comedy.

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Aug 7, 2023 • Subscribe

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Small Fry (잔챙이, Park Joong-ha, 2023)

A dejected actor begins to feel like a fish caught on a hook only to be cast back in Park Joong-ha’s tense chamber drama.

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Nov 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Bear Man (웅남이, Park Sung-kwang, 2023)

A pair of bare cubs decide to become human with entirely different results in Park Sung-kwang’s zany comedy.

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Sep 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2023

In Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9

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Jul 4, 2023 • Subscribe

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Fantasia Confirms First Wave of Titles for 2023

Runs in Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9

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May 11, 2023 • Subscribe

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Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2023 Programme

In Montreal July 20 to Aug. 9.

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Jul 7, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Singer (소리꾼, Cho Jung-lae, 2020)

When his wife is kidnapped, a pansori singer has only his singing to rely on in Cho Jung-lae’s Joseon-era tale of social oppression and resistance.

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May 16, 2024 • Subscribe

The Beast (비스트, Lee Jung-ho, 2019)

Internal police politics frustrate the hunt for a potential serial killer in Lee Jung-ho’s dark social thriller.

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Jan 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Episode 77 - The Park

This was an episode that we planned to do a while back, but terrible sound quality caused it to never be released. Now that we have time to…

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Apr 20, 2011 • Subscribe

Sinkhole (싱크홀, Kim Ji-hoon, 2021)

A new homeowner sees his investment in the future crumble beneath his feet in Kim Ji-hoon’s harrowing disaster dramedy

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Sep 2, 2021 • Subscribe

As Long As We Both Shall Live (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]

An over-the-top and highly powerful romance narrative.

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Aug 10, 2023 • Subscribe

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Fantasia 2010

Tuesday, Fantasia announced the highlights of its programming and posted all the details on its website . The 14th edition of the Fant...

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Jul 3, 2010 • Subscribe

Bleach, Naruto, King of Thorn, Metropolis, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

Golden Fantasia

detective fiction, 推理小説、games,

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Mar 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, When They Cry, Umineko: When They Cry, When the Seagulls Cry Specials

●SIGNATURE● R.I.P. Kim Jung Gi

Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,

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River (リバー、流れないでよ, Junta Yamaguchi, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

The staff of a hotel along with its guests find themselves trapped in an infinite two minute loop in Junta Yamaguchi’s strangely poignant farce.

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Aug 12, 2023 • Subscribe

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Insomniacs After School (君は放課後インソムニア, Chihiro Ikeda, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

Two teens begin to overcome their fears and anxieties after bonding over their shared insomnia in Chihiro Ikeda’s adaptation of the Makoto Ojiro manga.

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Jul 26, 2023 • Subscribe

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White Day by Hyun-Jung Gu

I was wrong about when White Day occurs! Women have to wait a whole month after Valentine’s Day to get a return gift–March 14!   There are not a…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Feb 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Hunt (헌트, Lee Jung-jae, 2022)

Two men circle each other in search of an elusive double agent in Lee Jung-jae’s intensely paranoid political thriller.

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Nov 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Amagi Brilliant Park: A Fantastically Flawed Theme Park

I think you guys know a lot my tastes in media from my posts, right? For instance, Full Metal Panic. For the past few years, Mecha March has…

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Sep 18, 2020 • Subscribe

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Bear Man 웅남이 (2023) Director: Park Sung-kwang [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]

Bear Man 웅남이 (2023), by director Park Sung-kwang, is a solid comedy/action/crime film about bears that turn into men. It makes good on its premise and offers an…

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Jul 17, 2023 • Subscribe

May 18 (화려한 휴가, Kim Ji-hoon, 2007)

Following the assassination of president Park Chung-hee in 1979, many assumed that democracy would return and that the society would be liberated from its authoritarian past. That did…

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Alienoid (외계+인 1부, Choi Dong-hoon, 2022)

Alien cyborgs and feudal magicians battle cosmic disorder in the opening instalment of Choi Dong-hoon’s epic science fiction fantasy.

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Aug 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Amagi Brilliant Park

Episodes: 13 + OVA Summary:  When new transfer student Isuzu asks Seiya Kanie out on a date at gunpoint, he knows something odd is going on. Especially since…

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Jan 10, 2023 • Subscribe

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Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom

detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,

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Apr 19, 2022 • Subscribe

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Snowball (최선의 삶, Lee Woo-jung, 2020)

The previously close friendship between three teenage girls is disrupted by shame and societal repression in Lee Woo-jung’s cruel story of youth

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Aug 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Not Out (낫아웃, Lee Jung-gon, 2021)

A young man goes to drastic lengths to make his baseball dreams come true in Lee Jung-gon’s unexpectedly dark character study

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Oct 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Search Out (서치 아웃, Kwak Jung, 2020)

A trio of dejected youngsters fight back against a sense of despair by chasing an internet serial killer in Kwak’s dark cyber thriller

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Mar 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Alienoid: Return to the Future (외계+인 2부, Choi Dong-hoon, 2024)

Choi Dong-hoon’s hugely entertaining sci-fi-inflected fantasy adventure Alienoid ended with a classic cliffhanger promising resolution only in an as then unscheduled sequel. Part two arrives almost…

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Aug 8, 2024 • Subscribe