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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

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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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

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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The Childe (귀공자, Park Hoon-jung, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A boxer finds himself in a precarious position after travelling to Korea in search of the father who abandoned him in Park Hoon-jung’s bloody thriller.

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Aug 19, 2023 • Subscribe

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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

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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Aug 16, 2023 • Subscribe

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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

Convenience Story (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Miki delivers a great psychological mystery narrative, yet it might not be for everyone.

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Aug 6, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Fish Tale (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very heart-warming and touching narrative that shows that a subject does not necessarily need to make use of the neurotic solution to inscribe himself within the societal…

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Jul 31, 2022 • Subscribe

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My Small Land (マイスモールランド, Emma Kawawada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A young woman’s life is destabilised when her father’s asylum claim is rejected in Emma Kawada’s empathetic debut feature.

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Jul 26, 2022 • 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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Convenience Story (コンビニエンス・ストーリー, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A blocked writer finds himself stranded in an uncanny reality in Satoshi Miki’s surreal sci-fi adventure.

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Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Moon (더 문, Kim Yong-hwa, 2023)

Geopolitical tensions are sparked when a Korean astronaut is marooned in space in Kim Yong-hwa’s futuristic science drama.

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Feb 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Shin-Ultraman (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Higuchi and Anno deliver an impressive love letter to their childhood, yet their devoted love, which is sensible in every aspect of the narrative, might not be able…

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Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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Shari (シャリ, Nao Yoshigai, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A red monster roams the landscape smearing its blood wherever it goes in Nao Yoshigai’s surreal documentary hybrid.

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Sep 17, 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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My Broken Mariko (2022) [Fantasia Film Festival]

Tanada offers a compelling exploration of the emotional turmoil a female subject caused by the sudden death of someone important.

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Aug 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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Fast & Feel Love (เร็วโหด..เหมือนโกรธเธอ, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

An obsessive sports stacker is plunged into a delayed adulthood when his long term girlfriend suddenly leaves in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s charming post-modern comedy.

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Aug 27, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Basement (지하실, Choi Yang-hyun, 2021)

A family of three attempt to stave off boredom, fear, and despair while taking refuge in their basement after a nuclear attack in Choi Yang-hyun’s claustrophobic drama

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Jan 3, 2022 • Subscribe

The Fish Tale (さかなのこ, Shuichi Okita, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

The infinite enthusiasm of a fish obsessive gradually brightens the world around them in Shuichi Okita’s charming portrait of an eccentric.

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Jul 17, 2022 • 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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Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A small family contend with the persistent unfairness of the contemporary society in Yoon Seo-jin’s slow burn indie drama.

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Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

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Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2022

Runs in Montreal, Canada, July 14 to Aug. 3.

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Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

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Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2022 Programme

Runs in Montreal July 14 to Aug. 3

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Jul 5, 2022 • Subscribe

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Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, Kwon Soo-kyung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A cynical man makes peace with his father’s memory while driving his possibly haunted and very rundown Hyundai Stellar in Kwon Soo-kyung’s charmingly quirky road movie.

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Aug 16, 2022 • Subscribe

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My Broken Mariko (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ, Yuki Tanada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

Devastated by the death of a friend, a young woman embarks on one last road trip in Yuki Tanada’s adaptation of the manga by Yuki Tanada.

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Jul 29, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

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Aug 10, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

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Aug 9, 2022 • Subscribe

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Interview: Choi Gyu-Seok, creator of The Awl

Choi Gyu-Seok talks about The Awl, his webtoon about the early 2000s labor movement in S. Korea, and why it remains painfully relevant today.

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Oct 4, 2024 • Subscribe

The Slug (태어나길 잘했어, Choi Jin-young, 2020)

A woman in her ’30s struggles to overcome a sense of toxic inadequacy born of teenage trauma in Choi Jin-young’s whimsical drama

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Apr 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Manga: The Seatmate Killer

By Shelley Pallis. The clickbaity title of Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer suggests the reader might be letting themselves in for some sort of mystery or…

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Nov 17, 2022 • Subscribe

The Wild (더 와일드: 야수들의 전쟁, Kim Bong-han, 2023)

A recently released former boxer finds himself embroiled in conspiracy in Kim Bong-han’s underworld thriller.

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Apr 28, 2024 • Subscribe

What To Do With Dead Kaiju (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

“An extremely well-structured genre-blend that does not only provides the laughs and giggles with its pleasant political satire, but also allows the spectator to immerge himself into the…

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Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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Spiritwalker (유체이탈자, Yoon Jae-geun, 2021)

An amnesiac man in search of an identity investigates himself while hopping from one body to another in Yoon Jae-geun’s existential noir

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Apr 9, 2022 • Subscribe

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

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

Exhuma (파묘, Jang Jae-hyun, 2024)

The vengeful ghost of Japanese imperialism rises to take its revenge on its forgetful children in Jang Jae-hyun’s eerie supernatural horror.

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Apr 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Five Films Not To Miss [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Let us present 5 Japanese films that should already be high on your to-watch list.

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Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

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Next Door (옆집사람, Yeom Ji-ho, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

An aspiring policeman becomes embroiled in a kafkaesque series of events after waking up next to a dead body in next-door’s apartment in Yeom Ji-ho’s deliciously dark farce.

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Aug 31, 2022 • Subscribe

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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Fantasia Sango: Realm of Legends

Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Taiwanese RPG Episode Summary: As a nation finds itself on the decline at on the cusp of war, the people find themselves vulnerable…

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Feb 5, 2022 • 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

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Fantasia Film Fest 2022: Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún

WIT Studio brings this intriguingly abstract world, about a man finding small joys with his ward, to life with resplendent animation.

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Jul 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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Romantic Killer

Do I like video games? Yes, of course! They’re fun! Do I like chocolates? Why, certainly I do! They’re the best! Do I like cats? Uhm… You mean…

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Feb 19, 2023 • Subscribe

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Romantic Killer

A romantic comedy about a video game and sweets loving high school girl with zero interest in romance who is suddenly forced by a magical being into a…

Manga Machinations

Aug 11, 2020 • Subscribe

PODCAST: John Woo’s “The Killer”

We discuss Doc’s favorite John Woo film, 1989’s “The Killer”! Doc and Shadon talk favorite scenes, religious symbolism, heroic bloodshed as a genre, what to make of the…

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Feb 2, 2022 • Subscribe

The Killer (1989) [Film Review]

The Killer; or, Tomorrow Never Came      In this world, not everybody is untrustworthy. Just how awesome is John Woo? The director is obvio...

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May 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Needless

Koroshiya Ichi (Ichi the Killer)

A single panel of a young man’s face, locked in an anguished rictus, tears and snot streaming from his eyes and nose as he whirls around. We zoom…

Manga Musings: Obscure Manga

Nov 6, 2023 • Subscribe

Episode 4 -- The Killer (1989)

 Hello everyone, In this episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason tackle John Woo's 1989 action flick, The Killer. They delve into the film's action, production values, religious themes,…

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Oct 11, 2020 • Subscribe