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Hollywood’s latest trend reimagines classic childhood tales

Apr 25, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― All grown up, Hansel and Gretel return to the forest to exact revenge on their childhood tormentors. Snow White escapes the Evil Queen and takes up with a group of Shaolin monks. And af...
Emma Watson takes break from Brown University

Apr 24, 2011

Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movie series, is to put her studying on hold. “I’ve decided to take a bit of time off to completely finish my work on ‘Harry Potter’ … an...
How Sidney Lumet fought showbiz blacklist

Apr 22, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― I’d almost forgotten what an unabashed liberal Sidney Lumet had been until I read an essay by New York Post critic Kyle Smith, an unabashed conservative who has little good to say about...
Box Office

Apr 22, 2011

Norwegian Wood Opening April 21 Drama. Directed by Tran Anh Hung. Upon hearing the Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood,” a Japanese businessman reminisces about the intense romance of his university days...
Director Max Winkler’s persistence pays off with ‘Ceremony’

Apr 22, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― When Max Winkler set out to make a movie, he made one thing clear: He didn’t want any help from his Hollywood veteran father, no matter how tempting the prospect. Editing his directori...
‘Journals of Musan’ to screen with English subtitles

Apr 21, 2011

“The Journals of Musan” will be shown with English subtitles at Cinecode Sonje in Samcheong-dong this week. A scene from “The Journals of Musan” (JINJIN Pictures) “The Journals of Musan” is directo...
‘Ghost’ selected for Cannes short film competition

Apr 21, 2011

The short film “Ghost,” directed by Lee Jung-Jin (a.k.a. Ma Dahci), has been selected for the Short Film Competition of the 64th Cannes Film Festival. “Ghost” is a 10-minute thriller about a crimina...
Animated documentaries tell real-life stories

Apr 18, 2011

Canadian director brings film about artists with Down syndrome to Women’s Film Festival Canadian animation director Shira Avni makes films that are “in between genres.” “Animated documentaries don’...
Box Office

Apr 15, 2011

Norwegian Wood Opening April 21 Drama. Directed by Tran Anh Hung. Upon hearing The Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood,” a Japanese businessman reminisces about the intense romance of his university days...
We all ‘Scream’ for Wes Craven’s latest

Apr 15, 2011

Horror movie fans haven’t had much to scream about lately, but that may be about to change. With “Scream 4,” which opens Friday, director Wes Craven pumps fresh blood into his landmark horror franch...
Monaghan’s Midwestern roots keep her grounded despite fame

Apr 15, 2011

In the new thriller “Source Code,” Michelle Monaghan plays a Chicago woman described by the Jake Gyllenhaal character as “beautiful,” “decent” and “honest.” Beauty comes cheap in the movies. Hollywoo...
World‘s first 3D porn film’ opens in Hong Kong

Apr 15, 2011

HONG KONG (AFP) -- Movie-goers flocked to see what is billed as the world’s first 3-D porn film as it opened to packed cinemas across Hong Kong on Thursday, with some screenings selling out completel...
Films on detained China artist to screen in Taiwan

Apr 10, 2011

TAIPEI (AFP) ― A Taiwanese art center is to screen several films about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in a show of support for the detained dissident, an organizer said Saturday. The Taipei Contemporary A...
Saoirse Ronan shoots for something different in ‘Hanna’

Apr 8, 2011

Shortly after she received an Oscar nomination at the tender age of 13, “Atonement” star Saoirse Ronan needed a new movie. Despite a drama background, she was intrigued by the title character in “Han...
Box Office

Apr 8, 2011

In Love and the War (Korea) Opening April 28 Drama. Comedy. Directed by Park Geon-yong. Just about two months ahead of the Korean War, a young communist military officer (Kim Joo-hyeok) and his sol...