All posts by Mark Byrnes

HEADHUNTERS (HODEJEGERNE)

The search for a successor to Stieg Larsson’s crime fiction crown appears to have ended at the doorstep of Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, author of the internationally acclaimed Harry Hole series. Mark Byrnes reviews the deliciously dark crime thriller HEADHUNTERS.

Die Bad (죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나)

Ryoo Seung Wan’s critically revered 2000 debut, DIE BAD is yet to receive a UK release but it remains ripe for discovery as it showcases the origins of a talented young film maker. TAKE ONE will be interviewing Ryoo this weekend, when he visits Cambridge Art Picturehouse in the last leg of the Korean Film Festival. Oh, and before you ask – yes, a pointless English remake is on the cards. Step away from Korean film, lazy English film makers!

Ispansi

Carlos Iglesias’ film explores the phenomena of ‘war children’, the many thousands of refugees evacuated from Spain in 1937 to countries such as the USSR, where the film unfolds.