The Korea Herald

Silent film narrator returns to modern stage

Mar 12, 2012

Cho Hee-bong (Park Hae-mook/The Korea herald) Actor Cho Hee-bong performs oldest surviving Korean silent film ‘Crossroads of Youth’ What would it have been like to watch a silent film with live narration and music? Today’s moviegoers were given an opportunity to watch Korea’s oldest surviving silent film, “Crossroads of Youth.” last week, accompanied by live music and narration ― all in the 19...
After long wait, Whedon brings ‘Cabin’ to SXSW

Mar 11, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ― After several years of studio purgatory, Joss Whedon’s long-shelved, much-anticipated horror film “The Cabin in the Woods’’ finally arrived before audiences at the South By Southwest Film Festival. Nobody complained about the delay. “It really holds up,’’ deadpanned Whedon after the Friday evening premiere before a rapturous, hooting crowd at Austin’s Paramount Theatre. “I ...
'Home Alone' house sold for $1.6M

Mar 11, 2012

The 14-room suburban Chicago house in which the big-screen comedy "Home Alone" was shot has been sold for nearly $1.6 million after 10 months on the market. The red-brick house in Winnetka, which was put up for sale last May by owners John and Cynthia Abendshien for $2.4 million, sold Thursday to an unidentified buyer for $1.585 million, the Chicago Tribune said. The house was prominently featu...
Box Office

Mar 9, 2012

Howling (Korea) Opened Feb. 16 Crime. Thriller. Directed by Yoo Ha. Detective Sang-gil (Song Kang-ho), who is desperate for promotion, gets annoyed when he is assigned to work with an inexperienced junior Eun-young (Lee Na-young) for what looks like a suicide case. Eun-young finds out that it is a murder case involving a giant wolf-dog. Being the only female detective in her team, socially inep...
McGregor and Beaufoy find vocal harmony in ‘Salmon Fishing’

Mar 9, 2012

Hearing Ewan McGregor as an uptight salmon fisheries expert in the comedy “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” you might think that you’re hearing the real Ewan ― the one whose voice isn’t the put-on American, British or what-have you accents he so often manages in the movies. “But nooo, that’s not me,” he says. “I didn’t want to use my own accent ― exactly.” He took a suggestion from “Salmon Fishing...
James Cameron to explore Earth‘s deepest ocean trench

Mar 9, 2012

“Titanic” director James Cameron will try in the coming weeks to dive to the deepest place on Earth, further than any other human has on a solo mission, to return with specimens and images. Cameron would seek to accomplish his feat aboard a submersible “as futuristic as anything in his movies,” the National Geographic scientific institution, which has partnered with the Canadian filmmaker for th...
Director explores financial, social horrors

Mar 8, 2012

Byeon returns with ‘Helpless,’ adaptation of Miyabe’s thriller It’s been 17 years since director Byeon Young-joo made her controversial feature debut. The 45-year-old director impressed the film scene in 1995, showcasing her non-fiction film about elderly women who were forced to be sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II. Now, Byeon is back with her third commercial, yet soci...
‘Planet of Snail’ invited to Tribeca Film Festival

Mar 8, 2012

The South Korean documentary “Planet of Snail” was invited to the 11th Tribeca Film Festival set to open in New York next month, the film’s local distributor said Thursday. The movie by director Yi Seung-jun will compete with 11 other entries from nine countries for a prize in the World Documentary Feature Competition section of the festival, Zoa Films said. “Planet of Snail” is about the intim...
Harvey Weinstein: French film’s golden age is now

Mar 8, 2012

PARIS (AP) ― Harvey Weinstein says “The Artist’’ is just the beginning. “France is about to have a golden age of cinema,’’ said the Hollywood titan, who produced the French-born silent film that captured the world’s attention and five Academy Awards, including best picture. Weinstein told the Associated Press on Wednesday that his optimism is driven in part by a French law cracking down on the ...
14 films in lineup for Sundance London offshoot

Mar 8, 2012

LONDON (AP) ― Organizers on Wednesday announced a lineup of 14 movies for Sundance London, a four-day British offshoot of the Utah-based indie film festival. The April 26-29 event will include Julie Delpy’s relationship comedy “2 Days in New York’’; Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos’ hip-hop drama “Filly Brown’’; So Yong Kim’s road movie “For Ellen’’; and Josh Radnor’s campus romance “Liberal ...
China woos Hollywood studios with film fund

Mar 8, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― China is continuing its courtship of Hollywood, with government officials touting a new fund that aims to co-finance movies. Wednesday’s push comes just weeks after China’s leader-in-waiting, Vice President Xi Jinping, unveiled rules that would give foreign films better access to the country’s booming box office and a larger percentage of ticket receipts. Yang Buting, former ...
Franco, Cornish among those with films at Tribeca

Mar 7, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will feature many domestically oriented movies that deal with contentious contemporary issues, from the recession to James Franco’s artistic antics. Tribeca announced the first half of its slate for this year’s festival Tuesday: 46 feature films out of a planned 90. This half includes entries in the world narrative and documentary categories, as ...
Former teen star returns to big screen

Mar 7, 2012

Kim So-yeon stars as Joseon’s first barista in ‘Gabi’ Just a day before the press premiere of her upcoming film “Gabi,” actress Kim So-yeon could not hide her nervous excitement. It was a rainy day in Seoul, and Kim said she listened to singer Sim Soo-bong’s melodramatic song “Binari” on her way to the cafe in Samcheong-dong to calm herself down. “I’ve been waiting for the release date so badly...
Novak explains feelings behind ‘Artist’ protest

Mar 7, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Kim Novak is clarifying why she used the word “rape’’ to describe how she felt about “The Artist.’’ The 79-year-old “Vertigo’’ actress, who will be honored next month at the TCM Classic Film Festival, said during a phone interview Monday that hearing the score from the Alfred Hitchcock film used in the recent Oscar-winning homage to the silent-film era reminded her of the same...
Mixed reaction for Fox’s foray into local market

Mar 6, 2012

Major American film studio announces plans to invest and distribute K-films Following Fox International Productions’ announcement of its foray into the Korean film market as a distributor and investor last month, there are mixed reactions here to the possible changes to be brought to the scene. An international production umbrella unit of America’s major film production house Fox Filmed Enterta...