ACF 1264: THE DAY HE ARRIVES @ The Museum of the Moving Images

The Day He Arrives / Book chon bang hyang

Directed by HONG Sang-soo

South Korea, 2011, 79 minutes

Where: The Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria, NYC
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Trainoutbound to 36th Avenue

When: Sunday, December 11 @ 4:00PM

Admission: $10 at The Museum of the Moving Image (www.movingimage.us)
and includes museum admissionfor exhibition viewing before 7:00 PM that day.
 

The Korea Society and Museum of the Moving Image present The Day HeArrives, part of their Korean Cinema Now series. In The Day HeArrives, director Hong Sang-soo tells the tale of former filmmakerSungjoon, who journeys to Seoul to meet a friend in Bukchon. After waiting, hewanders and crosses paths with an old friend. In Insadong to drink, he meetsfilm students who recognize him and ask him to join in their fun. He spends thenight at an ex-girlfriend’s, then wanders about Bukchon the following day,crossing paths with the same old friend. 

The Day He Arrives is filledwith nostalgic moments and coincidental run-ins; Hong explores human relationsin all their layered complexities. 

More information is available at www.koreasociety.org. 

ACF 1235: THE YELLOW SEA at The Museum of the Moving Image

The Yellow Sea

Directed by Na Hong-jin

When: Sunday, November 20, 2011 @ 4:00 PM

Where: The Museum of the Moving Image 

35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue 

Film free with museum admission at The Museum of the Moving Image.

Next Sunday, November 20th, The Korea Society and the Museum of the Moving Image will present The Yellow Sea as part of Korean Cinema Now at MoMI. The Museum of the Moving Image and The Korea Society have impressed growing audiences in 2011 with an exciting run of new work. In The Yellow Sea, director Na Hong-jin tells a tale where, to bring his wife to Yanbian (on the border of North Korea and China) and pay off his gambling debts, protagonist Kim Gu-nam takes on an assassination job.

After a disastrous mistake, he becomes the target. A part of the 64th Cannes Un Certain Regard line-up, The Yellow Sea follows in the steps of Na’s first action-filled crime thriller, The Chaser, which received high praises in Korea as an upgraded Korean action thriller and was screened in the non-competition category of the 61th Cannes festival.

 

ACF 1171: THE UNJUST coming to The Museum of the Moving Image

The Unjust

Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan
When: Sunday, October 9th, 2011 at 4:00 PM

Where: The Museum of the Moving Image

35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria, Queens
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue 

Film is free with admission to the Museum

The Korea Society and the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image present The Unjust, part of Korean Cinema Now, on New York City’s hottest state-of-the-art screen. Earlier this year, the Museum of the Moving Image and The Korea Society embarked on an exciting run of new work, with highlights from the Busan International Film Festival, that has been warmly received by audiences and the film media.

The Unjust is director Ryoo Seung-wan’s dramatic take on police corruption and features an investigator on the hot seat and a vindictive prosecutor. It is his most successful project yet, earning its place in the top-ten box office list. Director Ryoo is considered one of the best action-film directors in Korea. He debuted in 1996 with the short film Transmutated Head, and went on to make features including Die Bad in 1998, No Blood No Tears in 2002, Arahan in 2004, and City of Violence in 2006.

ACF 1105: Free screening of "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" July 27th

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Directed by Kim Jee woon
South Korea, 2008, 139 minutes
Where: The Museum of the Moving Image
Outdoor Cinema 2011
Socrates Sculpture Park,
Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
(N or Q train to Broadway,
eight blocks west at Vernon Boulevard and the East River,
or 8-10 minutes by taxi from The Korea Society)
When: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 7 PM
Film Begins at Sunset
Free Admission through The Museum of the Moving Image.

Join The Korea Society and the Museum of The Moving Image for a cinematic wild ride from director Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird. Set in the 1930s Manchurian desert, where lawlessness rules and ethnic groups clash, three Korean men fatefully meet on a train: a bounty hunter, the leader of a gang of bandits, and a train robber with nine lives. The three strangers chase across Manchuria to take possession of a valuable map. In Korean with subtitles.

ACF 1045: "Dooman River" to screen June 26th at The Museum of the Moving Image

Photo courtesy of Hamptons International Film Festival

Dooman River
Directed by Zhang Lu
South Korea, 2010, 90 minutes
When: Sunday, June 26 at 6:30 PM
Where: The Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue
Price: $10.00 film only; free with museum admission

Winner of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival NETPAC Award, Director Zhang Lu’s film explores the friendship between two boys, one a DPRK defector who has crossed the Dooman River and the other an ethnic Korean living in China. When more refugees arrive, their tranquil existence is shattered. Zhang Lu’s careful minimalism infuses emotion and touches the hearts of film-goers. Zhang Lu’s first short film, Eleven, appeared at several international films festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival, Busan Asian Short Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival.

His first feature film, Tang Poetry,’ won the Locarno International Film Festival in 2004. His next film, Grain in Ear,’ won the Grand Prix-New Currents Award at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2005. He also directed Hyazgar (2007), Chongging (2008), and Iri (2008). This screening is part of the Korean Cinema Now showcase, co-presented by the Museum of the Moving Image and The Korea Society.

A co-presentation of The Korea Society and
The Museum of the Moving Image
Part of Korean Cinema Now
Supported by Global Film Initiative

ACF 889: HONG Sang-soo's "Hahaha" to screen at the Museum of the Moving Image

Hahaha
Written and directed by HONG Sang-soo
South Korea, 2010, 115 minutes
When: Sunday, February 20th, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Where: The Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria, NY
(From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue)

The Korea Society joins the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image in presenting Hong Sang-soo’s entertaining Hahaha, a deceptively light romantic comedy, which won the Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2010.

A filmmaker on the skids plans to move to Canada to meet a film-critic friend. During a drinking session, they decide to share memories of trips they took to the same seaside town.

This special screening will take place in the new 267-seat theater at the Museum of the Moving Image at 35th Avenue & 37th Street in Astoria.

For more information, please visit www.koreasociety.org or www.movingimage.us.

About the Director:
Since winning Best New Director at the Asian Pacific Film Festival, Hong Sang-soo has emerged as a leading contemporary Korean director. Greatly influenced by French New Wave cinema, Hong’s work is unique among Korean filmmakers. He skillfully captures simple moments in life and crafts unforgettable scenes of human relationships and interaction. He won international recognition for The Power of Kangwon Province, Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Woman is the Future of Man, The Turning Gate, and Woman on the Beach.