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September 19, 2017 Film

Busan film fest ticket sales to open next week

Ticket sales for Korea’s largest film event, the Busan International Film Festival, will begin next week. Tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies will be available online at www.biff.kr at 6 ...

Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford talk about upcoming ‘Blade Runner’

Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford and Denis Villeneuve met with Korean press via video conference Monday evening at CGV Yongsan in central Seoul for the upcoming neo-noir “Blade Runner 2049.” The actors...

September 18, 2017
Film
Heartthrob actors Lee Jong-suk, Song Seung-heon take on villain roles

A handful of Korean cinema’s heartthrobs have taken on villainous roles in recent and upcoming films. Lee Jong-suk, who played romantic lead characters in drama series such as “Pinocchio” and “I Ca...

September 18, 2017
Film
[Herald Interview] Empathy without exploitation

Is it possible to create a work of art about a murder without any depiction of brutality? Is it possible to convey a female victim’s suffering without exploiting her body? These were the questions di...

September 15, 2017
Film
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Baby Driver (US) Opened Sept. 13 Action, crime. Directed by Edgar Wright Baby (Ansel Elgort) is a skilled getaway driver, who chauffeurs robbers seeking to flee crime scenes quickly and lives in ...

September 15, 2017
Film
K-dramas to screen at major French television festival

Korea has been invited as the honorary guest country to Festival de la Fiction TV, a prominent drama festival funded by the French government. It is the first time a non-French-speaking, non-Europea...

September 14, 2017
Television
CJ E&M aims to become global film production studio

Contents conglomerate CJ E&M plans to aggressively expand global film production, the company announced at a press conference Wednesday. CJ E&M, the largest film distributor in Korea, plans to produ...

September 13, 2017
Film
Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton to visit Korea for ‘Kingsman 2’

Colin Firth, Mark Strong and Taron Egerton from the cast of “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” will be coming to Korea on Sept. 20, 20th Century Fox Korea announced Tuesday. It will be the first Korea vi...

September 12, 2017
Film
Congress of Korean-language writers kicks off in Gyeongju

An event celebrating Korean-language literature by writers from around the world kicked off Tuesday in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. The 3rd International Congress of Writers Writing in Korea...

September 12, 2017
Book Review
Busan film fest to open, close with female directors

For the first time in its 22-year history, works by female directors will both open and close the Busan International Film Festival. Korea’s “Glass Garden,” directed by Shin Su-won and starring act...

September 11, 2017
Film
Ever-expanding universe of ramen

Ramen -- or ramyeon, as instant noodles are known locally -- is widely recognized as Korea’s soul food. Korea is the leading consumer of ramen per person in the world, each person eating about 76 ...

September 11, 2017
Culture
‘A Taxi Driver’ becomes 10th most-viewed Korean film

“A Taxi Driver” has become the first film this year to surpass the 12 million-ticket mark as of Saturday, according to the Korean Film Council. The film has sold 12,023,670 tickets in total, becom...

September 10, 2017
Film
Gina Kim, Eugene YK Chung nab top VR awards at Venice film fest

Korean filmmaker Gina Kim won the best virtual reality story award for “Bloodless” at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, which closed Saturday. The best VR award went to the animation film...

September 10, 2017
Film
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Memoir of a Murderer (Korea) Opened Sept. 6 Drama, thriller. Directed by Won Shin-yun Byung-soo (Sol Kyung-gu), a former serial killer, is now an emaciated elderly man suffering from early stage ...

September 8, 2017
Film
Moon Geun-young to return with new film at Busan Film Fest

Moon Geun-young will return to the big screen with “Glass Garden” (unofficial translation), according to reports. In February, the actress was diagnosed with acute compartment syndrome, which preven...

September 7, 2017
Film

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