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Song Joong-ki’s ‘Space Sweepers’ release shelved again

Aug 28, 2020

Local box office emptying fast with spiking number of new COVID-19 cases
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Aug 28, 2020

Fukuoka (Korea) Opened Aug. 27 Drama Directed by Chang Lu So-dam (Park So-dam) takes Je-moon (Yoon Je-moon) to Fukuoka to reconnect him with his long estranged friend Hae-hyo (Kwon Hae-hyo). The...
Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda’s first Korean film to star top Korean actors

Aug 27, 2020

“Back in 2009, I promised Bae that ‘we would collaborate again, next time, as a human character’ and I have come to keep this promise after 10 years,” Koreeda said in a statement released in Korean b...
Are 90-second movies capturing subway audience?

Aug 24, 2020

People riding subways will want to keep a close eye on the destination information screens on subway trains and at stations for the next few weeks: The Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival ...
[Herald Interview] ‘Dreamlike love story in ‘Fukuoka’ is all around us’

Aug 24, 2020

Director Zhang Lu talks about how actress Park So-dam’s character can communicate with anyone
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Aug 21, 2020

An Old Lady (Korea) Opened Aug. 20 Drama Directed by Lim Sun-ae The elderly Hyo-jung (Ye Su-jeong) is sexually abused by a 29-year-old male nurse’s aide during physical therapy. When she reports...
'Evil' beats 'Peninsula' to become most watched summer film of 2020

Aug 20, 2020

The South Korean action thriller "Deliver Us From Evil" has emerged as the most-watched film at the country's box office this summer, outpacing the performance of homegrown zombie apocalypse movie "P...
[Herald Interview] Rookie filmmaker wants to talk more about family, children

Aug 19, 2020

Yoon Dan-bi wins Bright Future award at Rotterdam film fest for debut feature ‘Moving On’
Women’s film fest to show ‘mutual gaze’ of women

Aug 19, 2020

The 22nd Seoul International Women’s Film Festival will take place Sept. 10-16 under the slogan “Mutual Gaze.” With the novel coronavirus spreading in the capital area at an alarming rate, organizer...
‘Space Sweepers’ is not the usual sci-fi hero blockbuster

Aug 18, 2020

Actress Kim Tae-ri, who starred in “The Handmaiden” (2016) and “Little Forest” (2018), takes the role of a strong yet warm-hearted captain of the spaceship. “Captain Jang is the brain of the crew. S...
‘The Golden Holiday’ release delayed as COVID-19 resurges

Aug 17, 2020

As COVID-19 cases surge, the release of “The Golden Holiday,” which was scheduled to hit the screens Wednesday, has been delayed until further notice. The announcement came just two days before the ...
‘The New Mutants’ to hit theaters in Sept.

Aug 14, 2020

Walt Disney Co. Korea on Thursday confirmed that Marvel’s horror-superhero film “The New Mutants” will hit theaters in South Korea next month. The distributor has not announced the specific release ...
'Peninsula’ racks up $48m in 15 countries, tops global box office

Aug 14, 2020

Less than a month since the Korean zombie flick opened locally on July 15, “Peninsula” is topping box offices worldwide. According to the film’s local distributor Next Entertainment World on Friday,...
S. Korean crime thriller sold to 56 overseas markets

Aug 14, 2020

The South Korean crime thriller "Deliver Us From Evil" has been sold to more than 50 overseas markets, according to its distributor on Friday. The film, which has topped the local box office since i...
COVID-19 worsens existing problems in film industry

Aug 13, 2020

The South Korean film industry faces an unprecedented crisis with COVID-19, but at a forum earlier this month some industry representatives argued that the pandemic only amplified a preexisting probl...