New York Korean FF

New Yorkers have been given the opportunity to binge on Asian movies over the last couple of months with the NY Asian Film Festival followed by the Asian American International Film Festival, and the feast doesn't stop there. August 21 sees the opening of the NY Korean Film Festival, with a line up featuring some of the latest and greatest Korean flicks from A Dirty Carnival to You Are My Sunshine, Radio Star to Bloody Tie. Director of 200 pound Beauty Kim Yong-hwa will be in attendance for the screenings of his movie, plus there's a horror day, shorts screenings and a retrospective of master Im Kwon-taek. More info over at the festival site...

Reanimated: The Return of Kaiju Shakedown

Followers of the late-lamented Variety Asian film blog Kaiju Shakedown will be pleased to hear of its Lazarus-like return, once again presided over by Subway Cinema's Grady Hendrix. Add to Twitch and you've got your essential daily Asian cinema fix... Check it out here.