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We talk to Andy Lau, star of Infernal Affairs, House Of Flying Daggers, The Warlords and much, much more about working with Tsui Hark and Sammo Hung on Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, upcoming release Shaolin and working with Ann Hui again… (more…)

Based on his own recollections, Robert Lee talks about the new Blu-ray and DVD release Young Bruce Lee, starring Aarif Rahman, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Christy Cheung, and the highs and lows of having one of the world’s most famous movie stars as a brother… (more…)

We chat to Aarif Rahman, star of new Bruce Lee biopic Young Bruce Lee (aka Bruce Lee, My Brother), based on the recollection of Bruce’s own younger brother Robert… (more…)

We talk to Lee Byung-hun (A Bitterweet Life, The Good, The Bad, The Weird, G.I. Joe) about his latest collaboration with Kim Jee-woon, revenge thriller I Saw The Devil… (more…)

As Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins is released this Friday, we’re publishing this revealing interview with the prolific filmmaker himself…! (more…)

The Man From Nowhere owes a great deal of it’s conception to Taken, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, but only hints at a mutual appreciation towards Eastern cinema. To celebrate its upcoming release on UK DVD, we take a closer look at this special relationship… (more…)

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 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…)

We talk to Jang Cheol-soo, once assistant director to Kim Ki-duk now making a real impact with his intelligent slasher film Bedevilled… (more…)

We 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…)

Ip 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…)

We 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…)

We take a look at the best, and worst, in a year that’s had some genuine highpoints for Asian film in the UK, but has also found distribution generally somewhat lacking… (more…)

‘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…)

A sweet wonderfully evocative animation about adolescence and growing up – and well deserving of a wider release next year… (more…)

The fifth London Korean Film Festival came to a close with a screening of Im Sang-soo’s The Housemaid, which included a Q&A from the director.

Highlights for me have included The Man From Nowhere and I Saw The Devil, obviously, Secret Reunion (any film with Kong Sang-ho!) and the sweet and evocative animation Green Days, which had it’s world premiere here – such universal appeal surely deserves a wider release.

But that’s not all. The festival continues with screenings in Cambridge (with another chance to see The Housemaid) and Belfast.

We’ll also be bringing you an exclusive interview with Im Sang-soo and plenty more reviews of up and coming Korean films we hope will make these shores soon.