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- Episode 10: Bae Doona – In Focus
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 timecodes00:32 - 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 - Tube14:01 - Bae on her quirkier roles14:38 - Linda Linda Linda15:43 - Air Doll17:44 - Bae on taking roles outside of Korea19:04 - The Host19:27 - Bae on the popularity of The Host21:19 - Bae on Bong Joon-ho23:05 - As One24:39 - Bae on training for Sense825:34 - Cloud Atlas29:18 - Bae on working with the Wachowskis31:27 - Jupiter Ascending and Sense836:49 - A Girl At My Door42:20 - The Tunnel43:32 - Kingdom47:10 - The Drug King51:14 - Pierce Conran: How I got into easternFlicks55:50 - easternKicks Picks: Massage Detective Joe and The Forest of Love: Deep Cut1 hr 1 min - Episode 9: BFI's Japan 2020
In this bumper edition episode, writer, curator and filmmaker Jasper Sharp joins James and Andrew to select some highlights from the BFI's Japan 2020 season. A celebration of over 100 years of Japanese Cinema, including titles from Third Window Film and Arrow Video. While in a very connected way, our very own Kaj van Zoelen tells us How he got into easternFlicks!
BFI's Japan 2020 is currently available on BFI Player and continues throughout the year.
This episode's timecodes
00:00:32 - Introduction
Jasper's choices:00:03:29 - 1) Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950)00:17:24 - 2) Good Morning (Ozu 1959)00:30:59 - Kaj van Zoelen: How I got into easternFlicks00:34:27 - 3) Hana-bi (Kitano, 1997)00:47:40 - Wildcard – Black Rain (Imamura, 1989)James's choices:00:51.33 - 1) The Woodsman and the Rain (Okita, 2011)01:00.28 - 2) Audition (Miike, 1999)01:09:25 - 3) Pulse (Kurosawa, 2001)01:17:01 - Wildcard – Sion Sono, various01:17:51 - Wildcard – House (Obayashi, 1977)01:23:07 - Outro1 hr 25 min - Episode 8: Free(ish) Korean films
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)1 hr 2 min - Episode 7: Double Happy, part 2!
We continue with the second of our two-part celebration of Hong Kong comedy, as Andrew, James and Stephen bring the chat right up to date. Maja picks her favourite as well, while Podcast On Fire's Kenneth Brorsson tells us How he got into easternFlicks!
This episode's timecodes
00:32 - Introduction
01:00 - Her Fatal Ways09:15 - Maja Korbecka's favourite HK comedy13:26 - The Ghost Snatchers and Mr Vampire22:23 - Gallants29:44 - Vulgaria40:59 - Men On The Dragon43.37 - Kenneth Brorsson: How I got into easternFlicks51 min - Episode 6: Double Happy!
We thought we could all do with a laugh right now, so in a two-part special we celebrate Hong Kong comedy! Stephen joins James and Andrew once again to pick out some of our favourites over the years, from Stephen Chow's mo lei tau, to the spooky and martial art comedies. Podcast On Fire's Kenneth Brorsson picks out one of his favourite scenes, while our own Lu Yin tells us How she got into easternFlicks!
This episode's timecodes
00:32 - Introduction
03:07 - The House of 72 Tenants10:04 - The Private Eyes16:48 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star23.55 - Tricky Brains (and Stephen Chow)31.00 - Kenneth Brorsson's favourite HK comedy44.50 - Wai Lu Yin: How I got into easternFlicks50 min - Episode 5A: CinemAsia Film Festival Special
In another standalone special from Maja and Kaj, they report back on Amsterdam's CinemAsia Film Festival. No one knew it at the time, but it was one of the last festivals to go ahead for what might be a while. How things have changed in a month. They discuss Lee Sang-geun’s fun blockbuster Exit, Diao Yinan's The Wild Goose Lake, Arden Roz Condez's John Denver Trending and Lou Ye's latest Saturday Fiction.
This episode's timecodes00:32.250 - Introduction to CinemAsia Film Festival and Exit
14:28.500 - The Wild Goose Lake24:03.250 - John Denver Trending29:02.500 - Saturday Fiction39 min - Episode 5: So is that why there are no cute guinea pig films?
This episode we move away from timely releases to focus on one of James' favourite film series of all time: the notorious Guinea Pig video series from Japan! We also pick out Park Hoon-jung's The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion and the second season of Kingdom for you to binge-watch, while Hangul Celluloid's Paul Quinn tells us How he got into easternFlicks.
This episode's timecodes00:11.500 - Introduction and the Guinea Pig films
39:37.000 - Paul Quinn: How I got into easternFlicks41:52.700 - easternKicks Picks: The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion and Kingdom (Season 2)49 min - Episode 4: Who is King Hu?
Stephen joins us for an in-depth discussion about all things King Hu, while the Director of Culture Division at the Taipei Representative Office's Dr Chen Pin-Chuan puts his legacy in context and Niina tells us why you should watch Raining In The Mountain. Japan Times film critic Mark Schilling tells us How he got into easternFlicks. James reports back about Berlinale 2020, and Ant has a pick for us. What is it? Listen to find out!
48 min - Episode 3: Takashi squared
In this jam-packed episode, Ant Gates joins Andrew and James to get all lovey-dovey about Takashi Miike's First Love, but as we look forward to the new rerelease of the One Missed Call trilogy, we wonder if this was the slushy feelings we were thinking of? Continuing the J-Horror theme, Niina Doherty gets very excited about Takashi Shimizu's Howling Village, while we reminisce about The Grudge and the good old days of Asian horror. Maja and Kaj report back on the International Film Festival Rotterdam, featured in full on the previous special report podcast. Meanwhile, Third Window Film's Adam Torel tells us How he got into easternFlicks...
51 min - Episode 3A: International Film Festival Rotterdam report
In a special standalone episode, Maja Korbecka and Kaj van Zoelen chat through some highlights from the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam.
25 min
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A regular magazine programme about East Asian film, with the latest news, reviews and interviews