25Nov
Ulju Mountain Film Festival 2024 (“UMFF’) 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘All the Days’ Filmmaker Heo Sung-wan.
Written and directed by Heo Sung-wan, All the Days feels like a series of snapshots of the ordinary days in the lives of three 20-something young people trying to figure out what the next steps in their lives are. All the Days which had its world... Read More
11Nov
Minikino 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Sukoun, (Amplified)’ Filmaker Dina Naser
In her short film Sukoun (Amplified) which screened in the Boundaries program of the 2024 Minikino Film Week 10 of the Bali International Film Festival, Palestinian-Jordinian filmmaker Dina Naser brings draws attention to the... Read More
11Nov
Minikino 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Purusa: Wedding Sacred’ Filmaker I Made Suniartika
‘The more society progresses, the more it seems to stay the same and even regress, and always at the expense of girls and women’, is just one of the many observations Indonesian student filmmaker I Made Suniartika makes in... Read More
8Jun
JeonjuIFF 24 – Interview with Namkoong Sun Director of ‘Time to Be Strong’
“All that glitters isn’t gold” Is a phrase I often heard growing up to describe how people can project an outward appearance of perfection while behind closed doors their lives would be anything but perfect. In her second feature film Time... Read More
20Mar
SXSW 2024 ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Interview with Filmmaker Shuchi Talati
The phrase “Girls will be girls”, shouldn’t seem like a revelation, but if you pause and think about it…it is. Award-winning writer and director Suchi Talati takes the well-known adage “Boys will be boys”, and recontextualizes it to... Read More
20Nov
KCrush BIFF 2023 – Interview with Yeon Je-gwang, Writer and Director of THE GUEST
Not every guest is welcome, and certainly not those at a creepy motel located in the middle of nowhere. Written and directed by Yeon Je-gwang, The Guest is a psychological thriller that asks what would you do if you see someone’s... Read More
19Oct
KCrush BIFF 2023 – Interview for Director and Cast of THE MONK AND THE GUN
Set in 2006, a pivotal time of change for the people of Bhutan as they prepare for the dawn of democracy, The Monk and the Gun director Pawo Choyning Dorji’s second feature film is a whip smart comedic drama about the ways westernization and... Read More
5Jun
BISFF interview with filmmaker Hyun-min Cho – APOCALYPSE RUNNER: THE COMPLETE EDITION
What is the love of cinema if not a love for an art form that exposes the beauty and faults of humanity, is something I imagine the character of Park Dong-sik would say. Created by filmmaker and award-winning writer Hyun-min Cho, Dong-sik is a film... Read More
2May
KCRUSH EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Festival Programmer Sébastien Simon Onsite At The 2023 Busan International Short Film Festival
Curating the programs for film festivals isn't as easy as you might think. It requires a discerning eye, the ability to be impartial, critical, discerning and most of the absolute love of film. During the Busan International Short Film Festival, I... Read More
28Apr
KCRUSH EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Jay Rosenblatt Onsite At The 2023 Busan International Short Film Festival
In this interview for the Busan International Short film Festival , I spoke with award-winning and Oscar nominated filmmaker and documentarian Jay Rosenblatt about his films How to Measure a Year, an intimate and surreal examination of the growth of... Read More
4Feb
Kcrush Interview with Korean Singer Kassy
Kassy (Kim So-yeon) is a Korean singer who debuted in 2015 and competed on Unpretty Rapstar Season 3 in the following year. She has so far released the extended plays, I Want Love (2018) and Rewind (2019). We would like to thank Kassy for... Read More
26Oct
Introducing Parasite a Bong Joon Ho Film
In limited theaters in Canada: Believe the hype! Parasite is the best reviewed film of the year with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes! Don’t miss visionary director Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed masterpiece taking over theatres in Vancouver,... Read More
13Aug
The Beauty Inside: A Lacking Film about an Old Cliché
The Beauty Inside: A Lacking Film about an Old Cliché In 2015, Yong Film and Next Entertainment World released The Beauty Inside, a film based on the 2012 book, Every Day. The plot follows Woo-Jin (played by multiple actors and actresses throughout... Read More
16Jul
The 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN)
The BIFAN poster for 2015, created under the theme ‘Urban daily life imbued with fantasy’ The 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival... Read More
19Jun
