We talk to director John H. Lee about his transition from romantic drama to action films with the impressive war story 71 – Into The Fire… (more…)
In the Interviews category...
A baptism of gunfire: John H. Lee interview
Monday, 21 March, 2011
Sammo Hung interviewed: Ip Man 2 – Round 2!
Wednesday, 2 March, 2011In the last of our Ip Man 2 interviews, we chat again to bonafide kung fu film legend Sammo Hung about Ip Man’s success and his starring role in the sequel… (more…)
Jang Cheol-soo interview
Monday, 28 February, 2011We talk to Jang Cheol-soo, once assistant director to Kim Ki-duk now making a real impact with his intelligent slasher film Bedevilled… (more…)
Darren Shahlavi interviewed: Ip Man 2 – a dream come true!
Thursday, 24 February, 2011We speak to Stockport-born, now Vancouver-based, Darren Shahlavi about working with his all time heroes Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung on Ip Man 2, and the joys of being a bad guy… (more…)
Donnie Yen interviewed: Ip Man 2 – Round 2!
Thursday, 17 February, 2011Ip Man 2 is coming – oh yes! – and in the first of three interviews we chat again to star Donnie Yen about working with Sammo Hung, his favourite on-screen opponent, and much more besides… (more…)
Takashi Shimizu interview: Not all shock and gore…
Tuesday, 8 February, 2011We chat to Takashi Shimizu, director of the Ju-On: The Grudge series and Shock Labyrinth 3D, about the process of making 3D movies, that cameo in Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, and how keen he is to move away from directing in the horror genre – yes, even a romantic comedy…! (more…)
Im Sang-soo: A Class Act
Monday, 20 December, 2010‘Maybe I should have called it something different!’ Im Sang-soo talks to us about The Housemaid, which caused a stir at this years Cannes… (more…)
Green Days (LKFF)
Wednesday, 1 December, 2010A sweet wonderfully evocative animation about adolescence and growing up – and well deserving of a wider release next year… (more…)
Kim Jee-woon: The dark side
Friday, 12 November, 2010We talk to director Kim Jee-woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) about his latest film, the controversial I Saw The Devil… (more…)
Lee Jeong-beom interview: Boy’s own stuff
Saturday, 6 November, 2010Director Lee Jeong-beom what’s to make films that unashamedly cater for blokes, and it looks like he’s going about it the right way with The Man From Nowhere… (more…)
Exclusive interview: Kim Kkobbi
Wednesday, 17 March, 2010We chat to Kim Kkobbi, co-star of Yang Ik-June’s Breathless – out Monday 22 March as a two-disc collector’s edition DVD… (more…)
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Bong Joon-ho inteviewed at BFI, London
Friday, 26 February, 2010Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Memories of Murder) spoke at a preview of Mother about the influences on his latest film, and how his own mother hasn’t talked to him about it since it’s release… (more…)
Exclusive interview: Yang Ik-June
Monday, 18 January, 2010We talk exclusively to Yang Ik-June about his fantastic debut feature Breathless… (more…)
The Ip Man Interviews, pt3: Sammo Hung
Wednesday, 21 October, 2009In the last of our series of exclusive interviews, we chat to Sammo Hung about collaborating with Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen on Ip Man and the upcoming sequel, ask his personal favourite films in his long career, and ask about… Martial Law! (more…)
The Ip Man Interviews, pt2: Wilson Yip
Tuesday, 20 October, 2009In the second of a series of exclusive interviews, we chat to director Wilson Yip about working with Donnie Yen, making a sequel for the first time and being in front of the camera… (more…)
The Ip Man Interviews, pt1: Donnie Yen
Monday, 19 October, 2009In the first of a series of interviews, we chat exclusively to Donnie Yen about Ip Man, the sequel, the weight of inevitable comparisons to Bruce Lee, and much much more… (more…)









