Several guest appearances have also been arranged. Mouret will talk to audiences in Seoul via videoconference after the film’s screening on Tuesday at 6 p.m. More details about French Cinema Week can be found on the French Cinema Week website.

Marvel's latest superhero film "Eternals" has topped the South Korean box office for the second consecutive week, data showed Monday. "Eternals" attracted a combined 501,000 people from Friday to Sunday, accounting for 55.9 percent of the period's total ticket sales at local theaters, according to the data from the Korean Film Council. The film topped the 2 million mark in attendance Friday, 10...

“I did not have any prejudice against her just because she is an actor-turned-director. When I first met her she ran through the script with me. She analyzed each scene so much that it made me feel like I’d watched the entire film already after listening to her,” Oh said. “Also, when giving some negative feedback she made sure to do it privately. I think she is doing this out of her experience. ...

Eternals (US) Opened Nov. 3 Action Directed by Chloe Zhao Ten superheroes, known as Eternals, have been on Earth for 7,000 years protecting humans from the threat of Deviants, a bestial and savage race that swallow humans, without revealing their identity. In 1500, the heroes killed the last of the Deviants. However, in present day, the Deviants have returned, and the Eternals have to work t...

As the world watched the Korean series, the dystopian thriller spawned many new trends around the world. Items from the drama caught the attention of viewers, resulting in dalgona-making kits being sold on eBay. Dalgona, a type of Korean honeycomb, was enjoyed by countless TikTok users. The green tracksuit and pink jumpsuit inspired numerous Halloween costumes this year. The games, enjoyed by ...

Netflix's runaway hit "Squid Game" will be back for a second season, its writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk has said in a media interview. "There's been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season, so I almost feel like you leave us no choice, but I will say there will indeed be a second season," Hwang said in an interview with the Associated Press at an event in Los Angel...

“In the film, my character writes for money and when he meets You-jin, who writes without hesitation, it makes Hyun look back on himself. It also inspires him. It was the same for me in real life as well,” Ryu said. “I felt this way after seeing Mu Jin-sung’s attitude toward acting and the hard work that he put in during the filming.” The mother-son duo also said they enjoyed working with each o...

Global streaming service Netflix has announced a star-studded lineup for its new original series “Bloodhounds.” Actors Woo Do-hwan, Lee Sang-yi and Kim Sae-ron will star in the action-noir series, according to Netflix. Veteran actors Park Sung-woong and Huh Joon-ho have also confirmed they will join the cast of “Bloodhounds.” “Bloodhounds,” an adaptation of a webtoon of the same title by Jung ...

Marvel's "Eternals" easily topped the South Korean box office over the weekend, pushing director Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic "Dune" to a distant second, data showed Monday. "Eternals" drew an attendance of 1.138 million from Friday to Sunday, accounting for 82.4 percent of the period's total ticket sales at local theaters, according to the data from the Korean Film Council. The film had topp...

“It felt like I saw hope that we can gradually go back to normal,” Kim said. “I watched ‘Cruella’ at this theater a few months ago. Back then there was nobody sitting next to me due to the social distancing guidelines. It was great to watch the film in a packed auditorium with popcorn,” said a university student named Jeon, who only wanted to give his surname. His friend added that this movie wa...

Ron’s Gone Wrong (US) Opened Oct. 27 Animation Directed by Jean-Philippe Vine and Sarah Smith In the future, the AI robot model B-bot is every child’s friend. Middle schooler Barney Pudowski’s deepest wish is to get a B-bot since he is the only student in the school who doesn’t own one. One day he finally gets a robot named Ron. But there seems to be something wrong with Ron, who can’t conne...

Marvel Studios' latest blockbuster "Eternals" has topped the South Korean box office on its opening day, data showed Thursday. The film posted 296,000 attendees on Wednesday, accounting for 88.9 percent of the day's total ticket sales, according to the data from the Korean Film Council. It marked the second-highest first-day record this year to date, following 400,000 visitors set by "F9," the ...

Actor Kwon Hae-hyo talked about the Actors Project program that he has been organizing. The program awards actors based on 60-second monologue videos that are submitted. “More than 2,000 actors participated this year. People asked me if we look through them all for real. We really do,” Kwon said. “As with all professions, when living as an actor, many tend to wonder whether they are doing it in...

“I thought of my character (Lee Min-seok) as a person that is constantly crossing an ocean. And to survive in that situation, his choices were inevitable,” Jang said. “So, instead of focusing on the fact that I am playing a villain role, I tried to understand his inner thoughts.”

“Neighbours” was inspired by the director’s experience. It is set in a Syrian border village in the 1980s and centers on a young Kurdish boy, Sero, who goes to school for the first time. At the school, Sero meets an oppressive teacher who wants to indoctrinate Kurdish children with a Pan-Arab mindset. The teacher forbids the students from using the Kurdish language and teaches them to hate Jews. ...