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March 30, 2007

The National Post article "Korean Cinema Attacks!", celebrating the release of "The Host" in Canada, includes a number of quotes from me. Read the article here or view the scanned article.

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October 10, 2006

I got the cover feature on Asian Airline's in-flight magazine, OZ Entertainment, entitled "From Il Mare to The Lake House". You can view a pdf scan of the article here.

October 1, 2005

The entertainment section of The Times quotes from my book in an article on South Korean cinema. View the .pdf version here or see the original article here.

September 16, 2005

YA Entertainment has my review of "Singles" for the film's North American DVD release. Check out YA Entertainment's catalog.

August 13, 2005

YA Entertainment and YesAsia.com quote from my review of "Peppermint Candy" for the film's North American DVD release. Check out the DVD cover, the YesAsia banner, and my review in YA Entertainment's catalog.

July 15, 2005

The Spring 2005 issue of Ricepaper Magazine, Canadian Chinese culture publication, features a review of my book, though they refer to me as 'Arthur Leung'. Read page 1.

July 15, 2005

For some inexplicable reason, my "My Sassy Girl" review is mentioned in a movie-themed Accenture brochure on Enterprise IT solutions for Asia-Pacific that was printed in 2004. View the .pdf document here

March 2, 2005

I was quoted in the Boston Globe article "Diversity marks South Korean cinema". Read the online version of the article at Boston.com or view a scan.

October 4, 2004

The Variety Magazine World Report South Korea edition (10/4/2004 daily or 10/4-10/10/2004 weekly edition, pages A1, A4, A10) features 3 articles by me, including the lead article "Behind the Boom", profiles of 5 top Korean directors, and a sidebar on "Shiri". Read page 1 2 3

July 1, 2004

The July 1, 2004 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate.com features an article on Korean cinema, entitled "Korean Movies, Hold the Koreans ", which mentions my book and features a couple of quotes from me. You can check out the original online article or read a pdf of it.

May 24, 2004

At 7:25 am on May 21 Hong Kong time, I had a live interview over the telephone with Kristi Lu Stout of CNN International's CNN Today for my thoughts on how Asian films were faring at Cannes, as well as why South Korea is considered the 'new Hong Kong'.

January, 2004

Selected readings from Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong have been chosen for the spring 2004 session of Eastern Illinois University's Film and Society: Constructions of Youth in Contemporary Cinema (EIU 4192) Film and Society: Constructions of Youth in Contemporary Cinema (EIU 4192)

November 20, 2003

You can now buy a signed copy of Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong directly from the author. Visit the Buy from the Author page or click on the link at the bottom of this page.

October 24, 2003

Kenneth Quan at the bi-weekly online magazine Asia Pacific Arts Online reviews Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong. Read his thoughts on the book (I particularly like how he notes one of his Korean friends remarking "God, he's got every freakin' film in here!") here.

August 25, 2003

Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong has been selected as the textbook for this fall semester's course "Asian Media (BECA 488)", taught by Assistant Professor Chul Heo at the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department at San Francisco State University.

August 12, 2003

My favorite magazine, Cinescape, has a short review of my book in the latest issue, #72. If Cinescape is not available at your local magazine retailer, check out the scan available on my Sightings page. A longer review is also available from the Cinescape web site.

August 11, 2003

Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong is now courseware! At the University of Southern California (USC) East Asian Languages & Cultures Department, my book is now the required textbook in Assistant Professor Jin-hee Kim's fall-semester course EALC 335m Literature of the Korean People.

Meanwhile, at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, my book is a suggested reading for second-year students taking LT207 World Cinema from the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies in the 2003-2004 academic year.

July 16, 2003

I managed to land another cover feature again in the latest issue of Asian Cult Cinema (#40). Inside, you will find "Sassy Girls & Funny Gangsters", an article covering the comedies of South Korea.

However, if your local news seller doesn't carry ACC, feel free to check out the web-based version of the article or have a look at the scans of the article on the Sightings page.

April 15, 2003

Check out this month's issue of Asian Cult Cinema (#39), where I have a cover feature article entitled "Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong" that publicizes my book. However, if you can't find it at your newsstand, I've scanned the pages onto my Sightings page.

March 25, 2003

Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong is now available as an Adobe eBook : (requires Adobe eBook Reader). For more information, visit any of the following links below: