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Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Episode 18: Hungry Ghost Halloween!
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Feeling brave? This time we’re celebrating Halloween as Andrew and James find some hungry ghosts of their own with unfinished business – namely Asian horrors that were overlooked in the post-Ringu boom of the early 00s! Meanwhile, some of the easternKicks team share their own unsung ghostly classics.
This episode's timecodes
00:00:31 - Episode introduction 00:02:11 - The Asian horror 'boom' of the 2000s 00:06:28 - The New Blood (2002)00:12:10 - Stephen on Inner Senses00:18:02 - The Red Shoes (2005)00:28:21 - Noroi: The Curse (2005)00:34:43 - Niina on Yotsuya Kaidan00:37:54 - Rule #1 (2008)00:42:33 - Bunshinsaba (2004)00:47:50 - Horror Hotline… Big Head Monster (2001)00:51:37 - Asian horror on the streaming services: might we see a return to the 00s?00:54:58 - Picks from Netflix and Prime01:12:07 - Ant on Queen Of Black Magic and Boxers Omen01:14:21 - OutroThis podcast includes original audio from trailers for the films.
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Episode 14: All aboard for Peninsula!
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
We climb aboard one of the eagerly awaited Asian film releases this Summer, Peninsula. Looking back on the career of director Yeon Sang-ho, having made his name with animated films such as King Of Pigs, The Fake and Seoul Station before his breakthrough live-action global hit Train to Busan. We also hear how author and Neo magazine writer David West got into easternFlicks, and from another of our Udine Far East Film Festival Campus correspondents.
This episode's timecodes
00:00:32 - Episode introduction 00:01:17 - Peninsula intro00:04:33 - Yeon Sang-ho's career00:16:14 - Boarding the Train to Busan00:23:38 - ...and onto the Peninsula: a review00:36:17 - David West: How I got into easternFlicks00:41:16 - Udine FEFF correspondent: Linda Santu Lama00:45:08 - Outro
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Episode 12: House Of Hummingbird
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
This episode Phillip O'Connor joins us for a discussion about acclaimed coming-of-age drama House Of Hummingbird, while Roxy Simmons talks to the film's writer/director Kim Bora. We've got some picks from Prime, Netflix and more, and the first of our Udine Far East Film Festival Campus correspondents. Meanwhile, listen all the way through for a very special offer from our friends at Terracotta.
This episode's timecodes
00:00:32 - Episode introduction 00:01:46 - House Of Hummingbird discussion00:28:16 - Kim Bora Interview01:14:22 - Udine FEFF correspondent: Adora Tan01:17:40 - easternKicks Picks: Double World, A Chinese Ghost Story trilogy and Labyrinth Of Cinema01:24:13 - A special offer from Terracotta Distribution!01:24:36 - Outro
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Episode 10: Bae Doona – In Focus
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
This episode we profile actor Bae Doona, focusing on career highlights with exclusive audio from an interview with the actor herself. Meanwhile film critic, producer and KoBiz English editor Pierce Conran tells us How he got into easternFlicks!This episode's timecodes
00:32 - Introduction 02:20 - Beginnings02:57 - The Ring Virus05:27 - Barking Dogs Never Bite07:05 - Take Care Of My Cat09:34 - Sympathy For Mr Vengence11:30 - Tube 14:01 - Bae on her quirkier roles14:38 - Linda Linda Linda15:43 - Air Doll17:44 - Bae on taking roles outside of Korea 19:04 - The Host19:27 - Bae on the popularity of The Host21:19 - Bae on Bong Joon-ho23:05 - As One 24:39 - Bae on training for Sense825:34 - Cloud Atlas29:18 - Bae on working with the Wachowskis31:27 - Jupiter Ascending and Sense8 36:49 - A Girl At My Door42:20 - The Tunnel43:32 - Kingdom47:10 - The Drug King 51:14 - Pierce Conran: How I got into easternFlicks55:50 - easternKicks Picks: Massage Detective Joe and The Forest of Love: Deep Cut
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Episode 8: Free(ish) Korean films
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
With the UK and many parts of the world under lockdown, or just coming out of it, this episode we take a look at South Korean films you can watch for free, or at least 'free-ish', following on from the phenomenal popularity of Parasite. Hangul Celluloid's Paul Quinn joins us to give recommendations from the Korean Film Archive's YouTube channel, while our very own Roxy scours the depths of Netflix, Amazon Prime and finds some gems, despite the bizarre search results!
This episode's timecodes
00:32 - Introduction Paul's choices:03:08 - 1) The Housemaid (1960)11:26 - 2) Mulberry (1986)16:37 - 3) Seopyeonje (1993)22.05 - If it says it's Korean on Prime, what are the chances...?Roxy's choices:27.04 - 1) A Girl at My Door (2014)35.56 - 2) Battleship Island (2017)47.15 - 3) The Mimic (2017)57.08 - James' pick from Netflix: Time To Hunt (2020)
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Episode 2: A Parasite special
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
For our second episode, Andrew and James are joined by Tania Hall to discuss Bong Joon-ho's Parasite in detail. Will he get an Oscar? Will the film's phenomenal success thrust Korean cinema into the mainstream? Listen and find out what we think. We also hear from lead star Korean actor Song Kang-ho.