Cafédirect launches the second series of its well-received podcast Building Better Business available to download on 18 January, produced by This Is Distorted.
The podcast responds to Cafédirect’s recent survey* which discovered that 96% of people think that businesses should be responsible for their environmental impact and 92% view companies as entirely or largely responsible for the welfare of people who produce their products.
Series one became one of the top 25% of global podcasts, based on downloads.
The goal of series two is to empower people to become part of a positive movement for change through their consumer choice.
“What are we celebrating? We pat ourselves on the back, they're [coffee farmers] still poor, they are growing the product we sell, they are stuck in poverty. And every year, the giants of the industry declare a big dividend, and have grown that dividend. That just feels like a juxtaposition, that feels like a moral contradiction.
The podcast responds to Cafédirect’s recent survey* which discovered that 96% of people think that businesses should be responsible for their environmental impact and 92% view companies as entirely or largely responsible for the welfare of people who produce their products.
Series one became one of the top 25% of global podcasts, based on downloads.
The goal of series two is to empower people to become part of a positive movement for change through their consumer choice.
“What are we celebrating? We pat ourselves on the back, they're [coffee farmers] still poor, they are growing the product we sell, they are stuck in poverty. And every year, the giants of the industry declare a big dividend, and have grown that dividend. That just feels like a juxtaposition, that feels like a moral contradiction.
- 1/18/2023
- Podnews.net
The Asian Cinema 100 list was released last year at the Biff (Busan International Film Festival), which marked its 20th anniversary with a poll of prominent Asian filmmakers and international critics of Asian film, who were all asked for their top ten of all time.
Japan accounted for 26 films on the list, followed by Iran (19) and Korea (15).
The 15 Korean films are listed below in rank order: Did your favorite make the cut?
1. The Housemaid (1960), joint #10
Directed by Kim Ki-Young, The 1960 version of the erotic thriller The Housemaid is widely considered to be one of the best Korean films of all time.
Featuring a powerful femme fatale character, it was remade in 2010 by Im Sang-Soo.
2. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003), joint #12
“The tranquil beauty of a Korean Buddhist monastery is no match for human cruelty in the stunning Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring.” — New York Magazine.
Directed by Kim Ki-Duk,...
Japan accounted for 26 films on the list, followed by Iran (19) and Korea (15).
The 15 Korean films are listed below in rank order: Did your favorite make the cut?
1. The Housemaid (1960), joint #10
Directed by Kim Ki-Young, The 1960 version of the erotic thriller The Housemaid is widely considered to be one of the best Korean films of all time.
Featuring a powerful femme fatale character, it was remade in 2010 by Im Sang-Soo.
2. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003), joint #12
“The tranquil beauty of a Korean Buddhist monastery is no match for human cruelty in the stunning Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring.” — New York Magazine.
Directed by Kim Ki-Duk,...
- 4/24/2016
- by Lady Jane
- AsianMoviePulse
Ti Lung is known for his awesome catalogue of movies, over the years he was a leading star at The Shaw Brothers Studio and appeared in well over a 100 movies. I have put together a list of movies, which i have enjoyed over the years. *This is not a Top 40 list.
1.Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
Cast:David Chiang, Li Ching, Ku Feng, Cheng Miu,
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
2.The Duel (1971)
Cast:David Chiang, Yeung Chi Hing, Yue Wai, Ku Feng
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
3.Blood Brothers (1973)
Cast:Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Miu, Tin Ching
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Lau Kar Leung, Tong Gaai
4.The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
Cast:Cheng Li, Yueh Hua, Derek Yee, Ku Feng, Fan Mei Sheng
Director:Chu Yuan
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Wong Pau Gei
5.The Retuen of The Sentimental Swordsman (1981)
Cast:Fu Sheng, Derek Yee,...
1.Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
Cast:David Chiang, Li Ching, Ku Feng, Cheng Miu,
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
2.The Duel (1971)
Cast:David Chiang, Yeung Chi Hing, Yue Wai, Ku Feng
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Yuen Cheung Yan
3.Blood Brothers (1973)
Cast:Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Miu, Tin Ching
Director:Chang Cheh
Fight Choreographer:Lau Kar Leung, Tong Gaai
4.The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
Cast:Cheng Li, Yueh Hua, Derek Yee, Ku Feng, Fan Mei Sheng
Director:Chu Yuan
Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Wong Pau Gei
5.The Retuen of The Sentimental Swordsman (1981)
Cast:Fu Sheng, Derek Yee,...
- 1/15/2016
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Star of the Taken franchise, Liam Neeson, could be about to sign on to portray another man with a very particular skill-set – this time as U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, in the upcoming movie, Operation Chromite. Set in 1950 during the Korean War, the film will centre on a group of Korean soldiers participating in MacArthur’s planned military operation, which represented a significant turning point in the conflict.
The Korean War was fought from 1950-1953, though the consequences of the clash are still playing out today. The United Nations stepped in with military force when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, and General MacArthur was tasked with leading the United Nations Command in the country, in addition to the job he was already doing – overseeing the occupation of Japan. The five-star General planned the amphibious attack – which would become known as the Battle Of Incheon, but was codenamed Operation...
The Korean War was fought from 1950-1953, though the consequences of the clash are still playing out today. The United Nations stepped in with military force when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, and General MacArthur was tasked with leading the United Nations Command in the country, in addition to the job he was already doing – overseeing the occupation of Japan. The five-star General planned the amphibious attack – which would become known as the Battle Of Incheon, but was codenamed Operation...
- 8/12/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
He’s spent a lot of time recently playing characters in the middle of the action, usually rescuing members of their family, or stopping terrorists on planes. Liam Neeson is looking to take a break from actual fighting to play a famous military type in South Korean war film Operation Chromite.Neeson is in talks to star as World War II hero and five-star general Douglas MacArthur, who led the United Nations forces during part of the Korean War. He was seen as a great commander, but removed from his position when he made statements that ran counter to the American administration’s policies. The film’s focus, however, will be the 1950 Battle of Incheon, a big turning point in the war between North and South Korea, with Un forces launching a surprise attack against the North. The war, which spanned three years in the 1950s, ended with a stalemate that persists to this day.
- 8/12/2015
- EmpireOnline
Liam Neeson is in talks to star as U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in John H. Lee's South Korean war film "Operation Chromite" at Taewon Entertainment.
The story will deal with the Battle of Incheon, a key battle of the Korean War in 1950 in which United Nations forces launched a surprise attack against communist North Korean forces.
The film will deal with the exploits of a group of Korean soldiers taking part in the battle, but no other cast has been announced yet. Lee Man-Hee ("71: Into The Fire") penned the script and filming begins at the end of the year ahead of a mid-2016 release.
Source: Deadline...
The story will deal with the Battle of Incheon, a key battle of the Korean War in 1950 in which United Nations forces launched a surprise attack against communist North Korean forces.
The film will deal with the exploits of a group of Korean soldiers taking part in the battle, but no other cast has been announced yet. Lee Man-Hee ("71: Into The Fire") penned the script and filming begins at the end of the year ahead of a mid-2016 release.
Source: Deadline...
- 8/12/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
As yet it is unclear whether actor will speak Korean as General MacArthur in Korean production about 1950 battle of Inchon, to begin shooting later this year
Liam Neeson is to play the famed American military leader General Douglas MacArthur in the South Korean war epic Operation Chromite, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Named after the codename for the Battle of Inchon, one of the Korean war’s earliest skirmishes, John H Lee’s film will focus on eight South Korean troopers who helped turn the tide against the communist northern forces during a covert operation that preceded the battle’s opening surprise amphibious attack on the city of Inchon. Lee will work from a screenplay by Lee Man-hee, with both film-makers best known for another war film, 2010’s well-reviewed 71: Into the Fire.
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Liam Neeson is to play the famed American military leader General Douglas MacArthur in the South Korean war epic Operation Chromite, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Named after the codename for the Battle of Inchon, one of the Korean war’s earliest skirmishes, John H Lee’s film will focus on eight South Korean troopers who helped turn the tide against the communist northern forces during a covert operation that preceded the battle’s opening surprise amphibious attack on the city of Inchon. Lee will work from a screenplay by Lee Man-hee, with both film-makers best known for another war film, 2010’s well-reviewed 71: Into the Fire.
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- 8/12/2015
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The Housemaid
Written by Kim Ki-young
Directed by Kim Ki-young
South Korea, 1960
In 2013, the Criterion Collection released a Blu-Ray/DVD box set called ‘Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project’, featuring six films from other countries, either dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, which have been digitally restored by the efforts of Martin Scorsese and The Film Foundation. It should come as no surprise that Scorsese is a cineaste at heart and his love for foreign films, particularly those that have dropped in obscurity, shines thru these presentations. However, like with films that are re-discovered and/or re-evaluated, occasionally you’ll find some that live up to their reputation or not. For my money, the best film in the set is the 1964 Turkish melodrama Dry Summer (1964; Turkish title: Susuz Yaz), which I have already reviewed and sang praises for. The other films in the set include The Journey of the...
Written by Kim Ki-young
Directed by Kim Ki-young
South Korea, 1960
In 2013, the Criterion Collection released a Blu-Ray/DVD box set called ‘Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project’, featuring six films from other countries, either dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, which have been digitally restored by the efforts of Martin Scorsese and The Film Foundation. It should come as no surprise that Scorsese is a cineaste at heart and his love for foreign films, particularly those that have dropped in obscurity, shines thru these presentations. However, like with films that are re-discovered and/or re-evaluated, occasionally you’ll find some that live up to their reputation or not. For my money, the best film in the set is the 1964 Turkish melodrama Dry Summer (1964; Turkish title: Susuz Yaz), which I have already reviewed and sang praises for. The other films in the set include The Journey of the...
- 1/9/2015
- by Christopher Koenig
- SoundOnSight
Have you packed your bathers? The Bacardi? The 'Hens on Tour' sashes?
Good. Because we're all going to Blackpool!
In what has become as much of a Strictly rite of passage as sequins and spray tans, the show is packing up and heading to Blackpool Tower ballroom for one week only.
So join Digital Spy from 7pm as we whip out the scoring paddles and ponder if Judy Murray is ever going to leave...
20:30Right, that's your lot folks! Don't forget to join us back here tomorrow night to see which two celebrities fell fowl of Blackpool and landed in the bottom two - and which is going home. You can bet Scotland on it that it won't be Judy. Night, all!
20:27Wow, we never thought we'd see the like. Simon's at the joint top of leaderboard with Pixie! And we always see the like - Judy's at the bottom.
Good. Because we're all going to Blackpool!
In what has become as much of a Strictly rite of passage as sequins and spray tans, the show is packing up and heading to Blackpool Tower ballroom for one week only.
So join Digital Spy from 7pm as we whip out the scoring paddles and ponder if Judy Murray is ever going to leave...
20:30Right, that's your lot folks! Don't forget to join us back here tomorrow night to see which two celebrities fell fowl of Blackpool and landed in the bottom two - and which is going home. You can bet Scotland on it that it won't be Judy. Night, all!
20:27Wow, we never thought we'd see the like. Simon's at the joint top of leaderboard with Pixie! And we always see the like - Judy's at the bottom.
- 11/15/2014
- Digital Spy
Have you packed your bathers? The Bacardi? The 'Hens on Tour' sashes?
Good. Because we're all going to Blackpool!
In what has become as much of a Strictly rite of passage as sequins and spray tans, the show is packing up and heading to Blackpool Tower ballroom for one week only.
So join Digital Spy from 7pm as we whip out the scoring paddles and ponder if Judy Murray is ever going to leave...
20:30Right, that's your lot folks! Don't forget to join us back here tomorrow night to see which two celebrities fell fowl of Blackpool and landed in the bottom two - and which is going home. You can bet Scotland on it that it won't be Judy. Night, all!
20:27Wow, we never thought we'd see the like. Simon's at the joint top of leaderboard with Pixie! And we always see the like - Judy's at the bottom.
Good. Because we're all going to Blackpool!
In what has become as much of a Strictly rite of passage as sequins and spray tans, the show is packing up and heading to Blackpool Tower ballroom for one week only.
So join Digital Spy from 7pm as we whip out the scoring paddles and ponder if Judy Murray is ever going to leave...
20:30Right, that's your lot folks! Don't forget to join us back here tomorrow night to see which two celebrities fell fowl of Blackpool and landed in the bottom two - and which is going home. You can bet Scotland on it that it won't be Judy. Night, all!
20:27Wow, we never thought we'd see the like. Simon's at the joint top of leaderboard with Pixie! And we always see the like - Judy's at the bottom.
- 11/15/2014
- Digital Spy
A selection of films from the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) are to be showcased at a Korean festival in Berlin.
The 3rd Korean Cinema Today festival (April 24 - May 4) will showcase 10 features from the 18th Biff at Berlin’s Haus der Kulterun der Welt.
It will open with Rotterdam Tiger Award winner Han Gong-ju. Other titles include Yeon Sang-ho’s gritty animation The Fake, Kim Jae-han’s Thuy, and Jung Yoonsuk’s Non-fiction Diary as well as a remastered version of Lee Man-hee’s classic Black Hair.
The festival will welcome directors including Kim, Jung and Lee Su-jin (Han Gong-ju) as well as Biff programmers Hong Hyo-sook and Cho Young-jung for a panel on New Currents in Korean Cinema – Politics, Gender and Filmmaking.
The 3rd Korean Cinema Today festival (April 24 - May 4) will showcase 10 features from the 18th Biff at Berlin’s Haus der Kulterun der Welt.
It will open with Rotterdam Tiger Award winner Han Gong-ju. Other titles include Yeon Sang-ho’s gritty animation The Fake, Kim Jae-han’s Thuy, and Jung Yoonsuk’s Non-fiction Diary as well as a remastered version of Lee Man-hee’s classic Black Hair.
The festival will welcome directors including Kim, Jung and Lee Su-jin (Han Gong-ju) as well as Biff programmers Hong Hyo-sook and Cho Young-jung for a panel on New Currents in Korean Cinema – Politics, Gender and Filmmaking.
- 3/26/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Box office smash Hide and Seek to open festival; Kim Jee-woon to present his favourite short films.
The line-up of the 8th London Korean Film Festival (Nov 7-15) has been announced.
The programme includes contemporary Korean cinema titles, UK and European premieres of box office hits and retrospectives. It will also host several visiting directors and actors.
The festival’s Film Forum at London’s Korean Cultural Centre is also hoped to generate opportunities for filmmakers to meet and help foster links between South Korea and UK to encourage funding investment, co-productions and access to post production.
Screening will take place at major central London locations, such as the Odeon West End, but highlights of the programme will also travel to Oxford, Bradford and St. Andrews from Nov 16-22.
Opening/Closing films
The festival will open on Nov 7 with the European premiere of Hide and Seek.
First time director Huh Jung’s home invasion thriller was an...
The line-up of the 8th London Korean Film Festival (Nov 7-15) has been announced.
The programme includes contemporary Korean cinema titles, UK and European premieres of box office hits and retrospectives. It will also host several visiting directors and actors.
The festival’s Film Forum at London’s Korean Cultural Centre is also hoped to generate opportunities for filmmakers to meet and help foster links between South Korea and UK to encourage funding investment, co-productions and access to post production.
Screening will take place at major central London locations, such as the Odeon West End, but highlights of the programme will also travel to Oxford, Bradford and St. Andrews from Nov 16-22.
Opening/Closing films
The festival will open on Nov 7 with the European premiere of Hide and Seek.
First time director Huh Jung’s home invasion thriller was an...
- 10/15/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
When the humidity begins to turn all of your clothes into wet rags, you know summer has arrived in Korea, which also means that it's K-horror season in the nation's multiplexes. Though the country has a long history of horror going back to the films of Kim Ki-young (The Housemaid, 1960), Lee Man-hee (Black Hair, 1966) and Shin Sang-ok (A Thousand Year Old Fox, 1969), its modern incarnation began in 1998 with the first entry in the enduring Whispering Corridors series. Since then the industry has produced a large body of straight horror films that includes modern classics such as Memento Mori (1999), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and Possessed (2009), while many other works have also successfully implemented elements of horror, such as...
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- 6/4/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The 6th annual London Korean Film Festival (Lkff) returns 3 – 17 November 2011 showcasing the very best Korean films, UK premieres and events, ranging from the traditional gritty thrillers and skin crawling films, to family animation films new to the Korean film scene and… Kpop! The diverse programme this year includes a North & South Korean film strand, a Ryoo Seung-wan Retrospective, a light hearted Korean films section, classic films by the late director Lee Man-hee, Classics and Directrospectives, an Animation day and Mise en scene short films, all taking place in London at the Odeon West End, Apollo, Korean Cultural Centre and Ica cinemas, and on tour nationally in Sheffield (11 – 13 Nov), Cambridge (18 – 20 Nov) and Newcastle (20- 24 Nov). The opening night Gala 3 Nov (Odeon West End) kicks off with a special Kpop concert from 4.30pm, followed by the European premiere of War of the Arrow with a Q&A with director Kim...
- 10/31/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Starting this Thursday, the 22nd, and running til October 2nd, the Museum of Modern Art and the Korean Society will be presenting their 2011 edition of Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today. The selection includes an eclectic sampling of features and shorts from the last few years including Bong Joon-ho's Influenza, Kim Ki-duk's recent Cannes entry Arirang and Jeon Kyu-hwan's "Town Trilogy" consisting of Mozart Town, Animal Town and Dance Town. Also featured will be a mini-retrospective/tribute to the late Lee Man-hee, with Geomeun Meori (Black Hair) and Hyuil (A Day Off). For a full list of films and showtimes head on over to MoMA's site, and be sure to keep an eye on our review column for a handful of reviews from the series provided by...
- 9/20/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Kofic sure publishes some pretty-looking stuff—just check out their first issue of Korean Cinema Today. It has articles on the Korean indie scene; a report on the restored print of Shin Sang-ok’s “Prince Yeonsan” (1962); an appreciation of director Lee Man-hee; an interview with Bong Joon-ho (“Mother”), as well as stories on Park Chan-wook’s “Thirst” (with plenty of pics of Kim Ok-bin) and Hong Sang-soo’s “Like You Know it All” (Btw, Moon So-ri has signed on for Hong’s next project). So what are you waiting for? Download your free copy now!
- 6/18/2009
- by Jon Pais
- Screen Anarchy
Ohh… boy. This sounds way too crazy for words, so we’re just treating it as an informed (?) rumor until there’s further confirmation. There were similar musings a few days ago regarding 진시황 프로젝트 (The Qin Shi Huang Project), using a Chinese tabloid as the source for the apparent casting of Tang Wei and Jang Dong-Gun in the leading roles, but since they were still treating Luc Besson as someone working on this (and you know how high on the Bs meter that was) I ended up ignoring it all. Sure enough, a day later Jang Dong-Gun denied any involvement with the film, saying he just received the script.
Now, shall we carefully try it again? Lee Man-Hee’s 만추 (Full Autumn), starring Shin Sung-Il and Moon Jung-Sook, is not only one of the very best Korean films of the 60s, but also one which enjoyed quite a few remakes.
Now, shall we carefully try it again? Lee Man-Hee’s 만추 (Full Autumn), starring Shin Sung-Il and Moon Jung-Sook, is not only one of the very best Korean films of the 60s, but also one which enjoyed quite a few remakes.
- 10/14/2008
- by X
- Screen Anarchy
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