Heartfelt Obsession
Netflix this week announced six new Korean romance titles slated for the rest of 2023. They are: “See You in my 19th Life,” “King the Land,” “Behind Your Touch,” “Destined With You,” “A Time Called You,” and “Doona!”
The titles were unveiled at an in-person event called “K-romance obsession” in Seoul. Guests were mostly K-drama influencers from around the Asia Pacific region and the event was decked out with reds, pinks and vast numbers of heart decorations. Guests were offered snack food that had been featured in earlier hit K-drama shows including “Crash Landing on You,” “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” “Business Proposal” and “Alchemy of Souls.”
According to Netflix, between 2018 to 2022, global viewership of its K-Romance titles tripled, with more than 90% views coming from outside South Korea in 2022 alone. Don Kang, VP of content (Korea) said, “Our stories touch on the universal aspects of life — love, heartbreak, and tenderness, while...
Netflix this week announced six new Korean romance titles slated for the rest of 2023. They are: “See You in my 19th Life,” “King the Land,” “Behind Your Touch,” “Destined With You,” “A Time Called You,” and “Doona!”
The titles were unveiled at an in-person event called “K-romance obsession” in Seoul. Guests were mostly K-drama influencers from around the Asia Pacific region and the event was decked out with reds, pinks and vast numbers of heart decorations. Guests were offered snack food that had been featured in earlier hit K-drama shows including “Crash Landing on You,” “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” “Business Proposal” and “Alchemy of Souls.”
According to Netflix, between 2018 to 2022, global viewership of its K-Romance titles tripled, with more than 90% views coming from outside South Korea in 2022 alone. Don Kang, VP of content (Korea) said, “Our stories touch on the universal aspects of life — love, heartbreak, and tenderness, while...
- 6/9/2023
- by Patrick Frater and Rebecca Souw
- Variety Film + TV
The Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival (Nziff) has revealed 12 local titles that will play at the festival this year.
The films include eight documentaries, two dramas and two retrospective films and seven of them are world premieres. Following its U.S. premiere on HBO Max, Jan Oliver Lucks’ “There Is No I in Threesome” will have its theatrical world premiere at the festival.
Films also include Michelle Savill’s “Millie Lies Low”; Luit Bieringa’s “Signed, Theo Schoon”; Peter Bell Brook’s “Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life”; and Lula Cucchiara “Fiona Clark: Unafraid.”
Briar March’s “Mothers of the Revolution”; a restored and remastered version of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita’s landmark film “Patu!”; Tu Neill’s “Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life”; John Mills and Aileen O’Sullivan’s “Whetu Marama – Bright Star”; Kathleen Gallagher’s “Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place” And Dr. Annie Goldson...
The films include eight documentaries, two dramas and two retrospective films and seven of them are world premieres. Following its U.S. premiere on HBO Max, Jan Oliver Lucks’ “There Is No I in Threesome” will have its theatrical world premiere at the festival.
Films also include Michelle Savill’s “Millie Lies Low”; Luit Bieringa’s “Signed, Theo Schoon”; Peter Bell Brook’s “Mark Hunt: The Fight of His Life”; and Lula Cucchiara “Fiona Clark: Unafraid.”
Briar March’s “Mothers of the Revolution”; a restored and remastered version of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita’s landmark film “Patu!”; Tu Neill’s “Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life”; John Mills and Aileen O’Sullivan’s “Whetu Marama – Bright Star”; Kathleen Gallagher’s “Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place” And Dr. Annie Goldson...
- 9/9/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Kim Dotcom, accused piracy kingpin and notorious internet entrepreneur, can be extradited to the U.S. to face multiple charges of copyright infringement and money laundering, the New Zealand Court of Appeal ruled earlier Thursday.
Dotcom said he plans to appeal the ruling to New Zealand’s Supreme Court, a process that could take another year if the court opts to hear the case. U.S. law enforcement agencies have been seeking to extradite Dotcom to face charges in the States since 2012.
“To say that I am extremely disappointed by the decision of the Court of Appeal today is an understatement,” Dotcom said in a statement Thursday, claiming that the ruling exposes internet service providers to liability for copyright infringement conducted by their users. “My legal team are confident that the Supreme Court will hear the appeal given there are such significant legal issues at stake.”
The FBI shut down Dotcom’s Megaupload.
Dotcom said he plans to appeal the ruling to New Zealand’s Supreme Court, a process that could take another year if the court opts to hear the case. U.S. law enforcement agencies have been seeking to extradite Dotcom to face charges in the States since 2012.
“To say that I am extremely disappointed by the decision of the Court of Appeal today is an understatement,” Dotcom said in a statement Thursday, claiming that the ruling exposes internet service providers to liability for copyright infringement conducted by their users. “My legal team are confident that the Supreme Court will hear the appeal given there are such significant legal issues at stake.”
The FBI shut down Dotcom’s Megaupload.
- 7/5/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
"You don't do a raid like this and get away with it." Gravitas Ventures has debuted the first official trailer for a documentary titled Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web, telling the story of the controversial internet maven known as "Kim Dotcom". He is the founder of MegaUpload, and is being pursued for copyright infringement and money laundering in the United States. Born under the name Kim Schmitz in Germany, Dotcom now lives in New Zealand, hiding out there to prevent from being extradited. The documentary tells the story of the "Most Wanted Man Online", directed by New Zealand doc filmmaker Annie Goldson. As the quotes say, this does look fascinating and important and powerful. I'm always very curious about docs about the internet, because there's so much to explore and to examine. This is a short trailer, but I'm already sold. Here's the trailer for Annie Goldson's doc...
- 7/21/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The film directed by Annie Goldson premiered at SXSW and screened at Hot Docs.
Gravitas Ventures has acquired Us distribution and international sales rights to the documentary, which new senior vice president of global sales Scott Kaplan will be touting to buyers in Cannes.
Nolan Gallagher for Gravitas and Nate Bolotin of Xyz Films negotiated the acquisition on behalf of the producer Alexander Behse.
The company plans to release the film in the Us on August 22, with the aim of aligning international release dates to give global audiences simultaneous access to the documentary.
Kim Dotcom: Caught In The Web centres on the notorious Internet hacker, born Kim Schmitz, behind the file-sharing platform Megaupload. Dotcom moved to New Zealand with his family in early 2012 and was soon raided and arrested by the New Zealand police who were acting on behalf of the FBI - and has been fighting extradition to the Us ever since.
Charges against...
Gravitas Ventures has acquired Us distribution and international sales rights to the documentary, which new senior vice president of global sales Scott Kaplan will be touting to buyers in Cannes.
Nolan Gallagher for Gravitas and Nate Bolotin of Xyz Films negotiated the acquisition on behalf of the producer Alexander Behse.
The company plans to release the film in the Us on August 22, with the aim of aligning international release dates to give global audiences simultaneous access to the documentary.
Kim Dotcom: Caught In The Web centres on the notorious Internet hacker, born Kim Schmitz, behind the file-sharing platform Megaupload. Dotcom moved to New Zealand with his family in early 2012 and was soon raided and arrested by the New Zealand police who were acting on behalf of the FBI - and has been fighting extradition to the Us ever since.
Charges against...
- 5/16/2017
- ScreenDaily
'Hounds of Love'..
Three Aussie features, as well as one from across the pond, are headed to SXSW Film Festival. .
Emma Franz.s documentary Bill Frisell, A Portrait, will make its world premiere in the festival.s documentary feature competition .- selected from some 973 entries. The doco traces the ideas and processes that have shaped the jazz guitarist.s music. This is Franz.s second time at SXSW, with.Intangible Asset No. 82 having screened in 2009.
Ben Young.s debut feature Hounds of Love continues a successful festival run, set to make its North American premiere at SXSW after already screening at the likes of Venice last year. The film, which follows the abduction of a teenage girl in the 1980s, stars Ashleigh Cummings, Emma Booth, Stephen Curry and Susie Porter.
Matthew Salleh.s doco Barbecue, which looks at the culture of BBQ from around the world, will also...
Three Aussie features, as well as one from across the pond, are headed to SXSW Film Festival. .
Emma Franz.s documentary Bill Frisell, A Portrait, will make its world premiere in the festival.s documentary feature competition .- selected from some 973 entries. The doco traces the ideas and processes that have shaped the jazz guitarist.s music. This is Franz.s second time at SXSW, with.Intangible Asset No. 82 having screened in 2009.
Ben Young.s debut feature Hounds of Love continues a successful festival run, set to make its North American premiere at SXSW after already screening at the likes of Venice last year. The film, which follows the abduction of a teenage girl in the 1980s, stars Ashleigh Cummings, Emma Booth, Stephen Curry and Susie Porter.
Matthew Salleh.s doco Barbecue, which looks at the culture of BBQ from around the world, will also...
- 2/2/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Mubi is excited and proud to announce a partnership with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, whose London festival begins today and runs through March 28. To celebrate the 2014 festival, Mubi is mounting a retrospective of highlights from the festival's past. The following films—all shown at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival—will be given 30-day runs on Mubi in an extensive range of countries around the world beginning today.
Moloch Tropical (Raoul Peck, 2009)
The Red Chapel (Mads Brügger, 2009)
! Women Art Revolution (Lynn Hershmann-Leeson, 2010)
5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi, 2011)
Brother Number One (Annie Goldson, Peter Gilbert, 2011)
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic, Lucian Read, 2013)
Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution (Alex Meillier, 2013)
Tall as the Baobab Tree (Jeremy Teicher, 2013)
The festival will continue its on-the-ground events throughout the year, including its other central film festival in New York in June.
Moloch Tropical (Raoul Peck, 2009)
The Red Chapel (Mads Brügger, 2009)
! Women Art Revolution (Lynn Hershmann-Leeson, 2010)
5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi, 2011)
Brother Number One (Annie Goldson, Peter Gilbert, 2011)
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic, Lucian Read, 2013)
Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution (Alex Meillier, 2013)
Tall as the Baobab Tree (Jeremy Teicher, 2013)
The festival will continue its on-the-ground events throughout the year, including its other central film festival in New York in June.
- 3/18/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Embedded above is the first music video ever produced for the legendary art rock band Sonic Youth, “Death Valley 69,” the eighth and final track on their 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. This is also the first music video that was co-directed by Richard Kern, one of the leading figures of the Cinema of Transgression movement. The song and the video are a perfect time capsule blend of audio and images from the raging punk scene coming out of NYC’s Lower East Side in the ’80s.
According to Jack Sargeant‘s definitive history of the Cinema of Transgression, Deathtripping, Judith Barry was originally hired to direct the video with Kern only hired to do the gore makeup special effects. However, Kern would end up co-directing along with Barry. (The video’s on-screen credits, listed in full below, also credit Sonic Youth as a co-director.)
The final video ends up being...
According to Jack Sargeant‘s definitive history of the Cinema of Transgression, Deathtripping, Judith Barry was originally hired to direct the video with Kern only hired to do the gore makeup special effects. However, Kern would end up co-directing along with Barry. (The video’s on-screen credits, listed in full below, also credit Sonic Youth as a co-director.)
The final video ends up being...
- 9/28/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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