“It’s her (Gomez’s) birthday today. So she’s just turned 16. She was 14 when we started this. She’s just brilliant,” he said. “And she’s such a fresh lovely human being, very enthusiastic and has all the requisite energy to fill the boots of this quite iconic recent character in the comics.” Cumberbatch also pointed out that Gomez’s character brings representation to mainstream media. ”It’s a v...

“I found out that ‘Missing’ was being screened at the Busan International Film Festival, so I tried watching it there, but could not because I had to film ‘Hellbound.’ The director (Katayama) sent me a link for the movie via Facebook so I could enjoy it,” Yeon said. “The film has the mood of Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Bong Joon-ho’s films, as well as Shohei Imamura’s ‘Vengeance Is Mine.’” Yeon also ta...

Star of ‘After Yang’ says he sees his mother in the android character he plays

The WHO accepted the director’s idea of premiering the film in advance at the Jeonju IFF, so the film could be included in the section, according to Lee. Lee’s new short film features a kid who is taking care of a mother who is suffering from depression. The director said, “I hope that audiences can connect with the kid in the movie and the film can make the audience‘s hearts beat along with the...

“After Yang” is a film about a family -- father Jake, mother Kyra, their adopted daughter Mika, and Yang, an android who is a cultural techno-sapien, a type of robot used to teach adopted children about their heritage. The 23rd edition of Jeonju IFF will run through May 7 at five theaters in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. A total of 217 films -- 123 foreign films and 94 Korean films -- from 56 c...

Upcoming Hollywood blockbuster "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" is expected to smash the South Korean box office as its presale tickets outpaced those of biggest pandemic-hit film "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Marvel Studios' film to be released Wednesday recorded 410,000 presold tickets as of 9 a.m., five days before its local release, according to data by the Korean Film Council. Th...

Air Murder (Korea) Opened April 22 Drama Directed by Cho Yong-sun Doctor Tae-hoon’s (Kim Sang-kyung) son becomes afflicted with lung disease. Then the doctor‘s wife, who had been perfectly healthy, suddenly dies, also with lung disease. Tae-hoon tries to find out the cause of her death with prosecutor Young-joo (Lee Sun-bin). They discover that it could be related to a new lung disease that ...

“It was actually a very bonding experience. By the time we filmed the dance, we felt like a real family,” Min said. The American actor also talked about a moment that he could personally resonate with his character Yang. “There is that beautiful scene with Yang and Jake about tea, and he says ‘I wish tea meant something more to me than just facts about tea. I wish it was real and I wish I have ...

JEONJU -- The annual Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), the country's largest showcase of indie and art house films, will start its 10-day run in the southwestern city of Jeonju on Thursday. A total of 217 films from 52 countries will be shown during the 23rd edition, which runs until May 7, with the in-person opening ceremony to be held at Jeonju Dome in Jeonju, some 240 kilometers sout...

The 39th Busan International Short Film Festival kicked off Wednesday at the Busan Cinema Center for a six-day run through Monday. Under the theme of “Expanding Cinema,” the festival aims to focus on showing the variability and infinite potential of short films, according to the film fest organizer. The selected films will be screened at two theaters: Busan Cinema Center and BNK Busan Bank Art...

“The Red Herring,” a documentary about the embattled ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk, met its funding goal of 50 million won ($40,000) within three hours on the crowdfunding platform Tumblbug on Monday. “Funding aims to secure screens at multiplex theaters by proving that there are supporters of ‘The Red Herring,’ so that we can create an opportunity for more people to watch the film at the theater,...

“I wanted to see the reaction. I wanted them to hear what I wanted to say,” Sol said. “I could see the judge being convinced by what I had written. When we had a drink after that scene, the actor who played the judge said he actually was convinced and I felt relieved.” Toward the end of the interview, Sol encouraged moviegoers to watch the film, despite the disturbing scenes. “I think it is imp...

Inspired by the story of “Eou yadam,” written by Yu Mong-in in the Joseon era, Yeon has featured the cursed Buddhist statue in his previous television series, “The Cursed” (2020), as well. “According to ‘Eou yadam,’ the statue had been sealed three times to break its curse. Gwibul made its appearance in ‘The Cursed’ and is set to be presented in ‘Monstrous.’ Perhaps another story about this stat...

“Next Sohee,” starring Bae Doo-na, will close Critics’ Week, a sidebar event dedicated to showing directors’ first and second films alongside the Cannes Film Festival, from May 18 to 26. The 75th Cannes Film Festival runs from May 17-28. “I am grateful to screen the film, in which all the staff and actors worked together last winter, on a splendid spring day. We are proud to introduce our preci...

Anchor (Korea) Opened April 20 Thriller Directed by Jeong Ji-yeon Se-ra (Chun Woo-hee) is a famous news presenter with a mother, So-jung (Lee Hye-young), who micromanages her life. One day, Se-ra receives a phone call from a woman named Mi-so, five minutes before her news program goes on air. Mi-so claims she is about to be killed by a stranger and asks Se-ra to report her story, adding that...