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Box office

Jun 3, 2011

White: The Melody of the Curse (Korea) Opening June 9 Horror. Directed by Kim Gok and Kim Sun. Pink Dolls, an unpopular girl group, gets a sudden taste of stardom after releasing their new single, ...
Mexico’s crime groups grabbing lucrative market for pirated goods

Jun 3, 2011

Marcelo Ramirez watches over a stall piled with pirated movies and music outside a busy Metro stop flanking the capital’s elegant Reforma Avenue. For him, buying and selling pirated goods is a way of...
USC’s new animation center takes it to a new degree

Jun 1, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― Jeffrey Katzenberg was visiting the University of Southern California recently when a faculty member stopped to chat with him. As the two parted ways, the DreamWorks Animation chief urg...
‘Winter Butterfly’ tells poignant tale of suffering in N.K.

Jun 1, 2011

Defector makes first movie based on his early life in N. Korea When he was growing up, death was not shocking but ordinary. He saw dead bodies in the street, people being executed in public, and peo...
Lee C.H., Kim S.R. to promote Seoul International Youth Film Fest

Jun 1, 2011

Actor Lee Chun-hee and child actress Kim Sae-ron have been appointed as promotional ambassadors for the 13th Seoul International Youth Film Festival, which begins July 7. The festival has been a ven...
Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo eyes Chinese film career

May 29, 2011

SHENZHEN (AP) ― After building a name for himself in the South Korean film and TV industries, Kwon Sang-woo is setting his sights on another booming Asian entertainment market ― China. The 34-year-o...
BOX OFFICE

May 27, 2011

Mama (Korea) Opening June 1 Drama. Directed by Choi Ik-hwan. Featuring the stories of three different mothers and their children, director Choi Ik-hwan’s “Mama” tells what mothers mean to the tradi...
Korean films chase 21st-century American dream

May 26, 2011

Quality proven but without vital connections, Korean films struggle to crack Hollywood LOS ANGELES ― Cinema 2 of CGV in Los Angeles, U.S., was a full house on the night of the sneak preview of the S...
Huppert shows unknown sides in Seoul

May 26, 2011

Award-winning French actress in town promoting new movie and photography exhibition France’s star actress Isabelle Huppert showed up on Thursday at The Museum of Photography, Seoul in Bangi-dong, ea...
How will the Palme d’Or affect ‘Tree of Life’s’ commercial prospects?

May 24, 2011

In the coming weeks, there will be plenty of chances to gauge the mainstream appetite for Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” the story of God and nature and one mid-century family’s issues among t...
No laughs for female directors

May 24, 2011

Fewer women making R-rated comedies than 15-20 years ago In corporate America, it’s no longer a surprise to see a woman running a giant company like eBay or Hewlett-Packard. But in Hollywood, where ...
Malick's 'Tree of Life' wins top Cannes fest honor

May 23, 2011

Bill Pohlad (L) and Dede Gardner, producers of the American film "The Tree of Life", present the Palme d'Or in Cannes, France, May 22, 2011. The film by American director Terrence Malick has won the ...
Kim Ki-duk wins Cannes sidebar prize

May 22, 2011

Cinematic self-portrait ‘Arirang’ gains international recognition Kim Ki-duk, one of the best known Korean auteurs overseas, received a coveted sidebar prize at Cannes on Saturday for his wrenching ...
Director Kim wins key Cannes sidebar prize

May 22, 2011

Cinematic self-portrait ‘Arirang’ gains international recognition Kim Ki-duk, one of the best known Korean auteurs overseas, received a coveted sidebar prize at Cannes on Saturday for his wrenching ...
Box Office

May 20, 2011

Goodbye, Boy (Korea) Opening June 2 Drama. Directed by Roh Hong-jin. Middle school boy Jin-woo gets a part-time job delivering newspapers in the early morning, to help his mother who supports the f...