The Korea Herald

All ready, but nowhere to show

Nov 23, 2020

Finding distributors is a challenge for directors; some are taking matters into their own hands
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Nov 20, 2020

More Than Family (Korea) Opened Nov. 12 Drama, Comedy Directed by Choi Ha-na Toe-il (Jung Soo-jung) finds out she is pregnant. The father of the baby is Ho-hoon (Shin Jae-hwi), a student she has...
Han Ji-min, Nam Joo-hyuk team up again in romance remake ‘Josee’

Nov 17, 2020

After the trailer of the romance film “Josee” was presented during an online press conference Tuesday, the two lead actors -- Han Ji-min and Nam Joo-hyuk -- began crying. “Watching the trailer broug...
Netflix turns console games into visual content

Nov 15, 2020

The original animation series adaptation of action game “Dragon’s Dogma” was released on Netflix in September, and the third season of video-game-based “Castlevania,” one of the most successful origi...
Youn Yuh-jung nominated for Gotham Independent Film Awards 2020

Nov 15, 2020

The film and its cast have also been mentioned as possible nominees for the 2021 Academy Awards, scheduled for April 25. The nominees will be announced March 15. “Minari” got off to a strong start, ...
Actor Oh Dal-su returns to big screen two years after sexual assault allegations

Nov 14, 2020

Oh Dal-su, who dropped out of acting in 2018 following allegations of sexual assault, is returning to the big screen in “Good Neighbor.” The sexual assault claims surfaced in February 2018 amid the ...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Nov 13, 2020

Collectors (Korea) Opened Nov. 4 Crime, Comedy Directed by Park Jung-bae Kang Dong-goo (Lee Je-hoon) is a genius thief of ancient treasures and works with an expert in ancient tomb murals, Dr. J...
Pandemic brings end to Netflix vs. theater struggle on theatrical release practice

Nov 12, 2020

As the latest Netflix original film, "Hillbilly Elegy," has hit screens of South Korea's two biggest multiplex chains of CJ CGV and Lotte Cinema, the yearslong conflict between major theaters and the...
Kim Hye-soo says ‘The Day I Died’ was like her destiny

Nov 7, 2020

Actor Kim Hye-soo said her upcoming film “The Day I Died” was like her destiny. “It is hard to explain but I felt a strong pull to take the role. I think it is because that was the time that I had a...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Nov 6, 2020

Martin Eden (Italy, France) Opened Oct. 29 Drama, Romance Directed by Pietro Marcello Martin Eden (Luca Marinelli), a ship worker, falls in love at first sight when he meets Helena (Jessica Cres...
Krystal plays pregnant university student in debut feature ‘More Than Family’

Nov 4, 2020

Jung Soo-jung, more widely known as Krystal of K-pop girl band f(x), plays a confident university student, Toe-il, who becomes pregnant at a young age, in her debut feature “More Than Family.” “At f...
Watcha to stream works by film academy’s graduating class

Nov 2, 2020

Local OTT platform Watcha is holding an online film festival Nov. 1-25 that will showcase the works of the Korean Academy of Film Arts’ graduating class. “Eye Contact,” co-hosted by the platform and...
Korean movies choose Netflix over big-screen release

Nov 1, 2020

Pandemic, global reach spur more Korean films to go straight to OTT
Lee Je-hoon returns to big screen as witty royal tomb raider

Oct 31, 2020

Lee Je-hoon is returning to the big screen as a witty tomb raider in the upcoming comedy-crime “Collectors.” “Looking back at how I have been selecting my characters, I tried to choose movies with s...
Film fest in COVID-19 times: BIFF wraps up with hope

Oct 30, 2020

The 25th Busan International Film Festival wrapped up its 10-day run Friday with an online press conference. The acclaimed film fest kicked off Oct. 21 with “Septet: The Story of Hong Kong,” an omni...