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New film council head vows to regain public trust

Mar 30, 2011

Kim Eui-suk, new chairman of the controversy-plagued Korea Film Council (KOFIC), said he will regain public trust in the organization, after officially taking appointment Wednesday. It is the first ...
Japanese bestsellers to flood big screen

Mar 28, 2011

“Norwegian Wood,” “Confessions,” “Closed Note” and “Paradise Lost.” These Japanese films, set to be released in Seoul next month, have one thing in common: they are all cinematic versions of Japan’s...
Lee Chang-dong's 'Poetry' wins highest honor at Swiss film festival

Mar 28, 2011

Renowned South Korean director Lee Chang-dong's film "Poetry" was named best picture at the 25th Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland, the event's organizers said Monday. The film, Le...
Box Office

Mar 25, 2011

I Am a Dad (Korea) Opening April 14 Action. Directed by Lee Se-young and Jeon Man-bae. Jong-sik (Kim Seung-woo) is a detective whose daughter is in need of a heart transplant. Finding it impossible...
‘Jane Eyre’ role a dream come true for Wasikowska

Mar 25, 2011

“You can only breathe so much in corsets,” says Mia Wasikowska, who was required to wear such an apparatus, along with various bell-shaped skirts, flounced petticoats, and tight little bonnets, as sh...
Film focuses on remote Uzbek museum at odds with politics

Mar 25, 2011

Back in 2000, University of Southern California film professor Amanda Pope and a former student, Tchavdar Georgiev, were traveling in Russia and some of its satellites, working on a series of short p...
Chernobyl movie echoes Japan fears

Mar 24, 2011

MOSCOW (AFP) ― A new drama film set in Chernobyl opens in Russian cinemas this week, recalling the trauma of the world’s worst nuclear accident just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe. ...
Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

Mar 23, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen life was often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died Wednesday at age 79. She died of conge...
‘In Love and the War’ not typical war film

Mar 23, 2011

Upcoming film tells a touching yet comical tale of a North Korean officer during the Korean War Just about two months ahead of the Korean War, a young communist military officer (Kim Joo-hyeok) and ...
Lindsay Lohan's dad arrested in West Hollywood

Mar 23, 2011

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) _ Authorities in Los Angeles say Lindsay Lohan's father has been arrested over allegations he held his girlfriend against her will and prevented her from calling polic...
Korea sweeps Asian Film Awards

Mar 22, 2011

HONG KONG (AFP) ― South Korea’s finest in film celebrated after blitzing the annual Asian Film Awards on Monday, bolstering the country’s growing reputation as the pre-eminent force in the region. S...
France touts tax breaks in courting U.S. filmmakers

Mar 20, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand is asking Hollywood for its budget-weary producers, pressured directors and harried filmmakers yearning for a tax break. France has had a lo...
Hollywood tries to stay on China’s good side

Mar 20, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― China has become such an important market for U.S. entertainment companies that one studio has taken the extraordinary step of digitally altering a film to excise bad guys from the Comm...
Box office

Mar 18, 2011

Dooman River (Korea, France) Opened March 17 Drama. Directed by Zhang Lu. Chang-ho (Choi Geon) is a young ethnic Korean boy living in a Chinese province that shares its border with Hamgyeong Provin...
For ‘I Will Follow’ writer-director, it was personal

Mar 18, 2011

Growing up in nearby Compton, Ava DuVernay fell in love with movies thanks to the passion and nurturing of her aunt, Denise Sexton. “She was a registered nurse and a community theater actress,” reca...