Asia editor at Screen International. Accidental executive producer on Wayne Wang's COMING HOME AGAIN. Not missing jetlag - just all the people, places & food.
Talking to dir. Park Chan-wook is unfailingly fascinating & he's always given me so much insight. A pleasure to write up my interview with him per 'No Other Choice', which is opening Busan IFF tonight & is S. Korea's submission to the Oscars.
https://t.co/vfF1zpu0ki
@sameneman I hear I'm late for my hospital admission procedure. Have fun watching K-content. I'll be listening to full albums with my eyes closed. See you on the other side!
One of my ophthalmologists said the best - and, it seems to me, annoyingly simple and belated - advice he could give anyone is to BLINK MORE while staring at your screens.
I share this with you as I go offline for 2 weeks & 2 eye surgeries.
My condolences to all those who lost Derek Malcolm over the weekend. My brief journalistic and social encounters with him were always lovely and heartening. Rest in peace.
Finecut strikes deals with ‘Devils’ across Asia and CIS. The body swap action thriller stars Jang Dong-yoon from 'Project Wolf Hunting' and Oh Dae-hwan from 'Tomb Of The River'. https://t.co/ehpsNWJ8P1
'Equity issues legal advice to members, posts SAG-AFTRA solidarity message' - HT @JKmovies - very interesting to see the differences between UK & US legalities concerning unions https://t.co/90a3EGlaXk
I increasingly find myself in situations where it's like dealing with 3 children stood in 1 overcoat obnoxiously insisting they are an adult with experience so this is almost painfully funny.
ICYMI director Takashi Shimizu, creator of ‘The Grudge’, did a great interview with @rhymeswithguy before the world premiere of his latest horror film 'Sana' - starring boyband Generations - at BIFAN.
https://t.co/hr9aUNFXYI
Chile’s ‘Sorcery’, Korea’s ‘Iron Mask’ win top awards at Bucheon Int'l Fantastic Film Festival, Asia's largest genre film event. https://t.co/KOfbWuxoxG
Cannes best actress winner Jeon Do-yeon & director Oh Seung-uk reunite for ‘Revolver’ (exclusive) - Ji Chang-wook & Lim Ji-yeon also attached. https://t.co/u70VlfTOUH
ICYMI Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) project market head Thomas Nam talked to us about trends he's seeing in genre filmmaking & NAFF's contributions. https://t.co/tvtCVzOuh5
‘The Roundup: No Way Out’ tops landmark 10 million admissions in South Korea. I added some other box office data for recent films and all-time hits for comparison here. https://t.co/eAOnRQfzEd
How Hong Kong’s ‘Warriors Of Future’ and Thailand’s ‘Love Destiny The Movie’ scored local box office success - and a list of Made in Asia box office hits. (HT Silvia Wong) https://t.co/gP6I6QDANu
'How XR projects are blurring reality and moving beyond VR headsets.' HT @rhymeswithguy for giving us the lowdown on one of #BIFAN's most fun & fascinating programmes. https://t.co/6289nHAia7
If 1 more person starts proselytizing at a festival gathering about how AI is changing the world, I'm gonna have to ask them to open ChatGPT & tell it to respond like a person who hasn't heard it all dozens of times already while I go off to find more interesting ppl to talk to.