For her next project, Jeong said she would like to direct a film that centers around a mother. “This film mainly centers around a daughter and her relationship with her mother. Next time I want to wholly show a mother’s point of view,” Jeong said. “I am interested in creating thrillers with women’s stories and communicating with audiences about this topic.“ “Anchor” will hit local theaters on W...

“It’s a great honor to have my directorial debut feature screened at Cannes,” Lee said in a statement. Lee participated in the film festival in 2010, in relation to his appearance in “The Housemaid.” The 75th Cannes Film Festival will run from May 17-28.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (US) Opened April 13 Fantasy Directed by David Yates In the 1930s, professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) finds out the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is gaining power. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker...

“I once heard that although I am acting, my brain can conceive the situation as real. But I think I am pretty good at switching from my character to me in real life. I think that it is an important quality that you need as an actor to work healthy and also perform well,” she said. Her character in the movie sees hallucinations after witnessing the dead body of Mi-so, which she said might look di...

“Se-ra’s desire and craving for love all come from her mother,” Chun said. “It is important to appear as a news presenter, but I thought what was more crucial was presenting her internal state, such as anxiety, trauma and desire for love.” Director Jeong talked about why she chose to create a film about a woman’s career and having a baby during the press conference. “I started the film because ...

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Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s film ”Broker,“ starring several Korean actors including Song Kang-ho, Bae Doo-na, Gang Dong-won and IU, is set to hit local theaters in June, according to film distributor CJ ENM. Koreeda wrote and directed the film and also worked with CJ ENM, the entertainment unit of South Korean conglomerate CJ Group, which financed and produced the project. It is the fi...

The writer’s response at first was similar to other writers to whom Kang showed the script: doubts about turning the book into a TV series. “In my career as an agent and now producer, my job is to put together a strategy for selling a project, and then I negotiate on the deals,” she said. “And I told Soo if you come up with a creative vision for the project, then I think that’s the first piece. ...

South Korean model and actor Jung Ho-yeon, who rose to global stardom in the Netflix hit series “Squid Game,” will star in Joe Talbot’s sophomore feature “The Governesses,” according to the actor’s agency Saram Entertainment on Thursday. Talbot is a director known for his critically acclaimed debut feature “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.“ A24, the company behind “Minari” directed by Lee I...

Vanishing (France) Opened March 30 Crime Directed by Denis Dercourt Alice (Olga Kurylenko) is a forensics scientist, widely known for inventing a revolutionary technique that can restore the damaged skin of corpses. She receives a request from the Korean police to apply her technique to an unidentified corpse found in a river. With help from Alice, Jin-ho (Yoo Yeon-seok), a detective, learns...

Director Kim Ji-hoon’s new film, “I Want to See Your Parent’s Face,” tells a deeply uncomfortable story about school bullying. The cast, who have come to realize the weight of the subject matter, pleaded with moviegoers to come to the theater to watch the film during an online press conference held Thursday. “Since the movie is about school bullying, audiences might feel uncomfortable watching ...

“It was not easy to speak Chinese and Japanese. I wanted to do a good job but it was difficult,” Sol said. “I just did my best to memorize the lines.” The cast said that one of the movie‘s strong points is that it introduces many charming characters. “Hollywood superhero films are fun because the characters are so lively,” Yang said. “The characters in our film are just like them, they are uniq...

“Squid Game” director Hwang Dong-hyuk’s next film will ”surely be another controversial film,“ according to the director. Hwang revealed the working title for his new project, “K.O Club,” also known as “Killing Old People Club,” during a panel session on Monday at MipTV, an international trade fair for TV and media that takes place in parallel with the Cannes International Series Festival from A...

Son also talked about a scene where Yong-bae fries eggs on the car’s overheated engine. “I was surprised to find out that it actually works. In the movie, I say ‘It really works!’ and that was not in the script, it just came out of my mouth naturally,” he said. Yeong-bae’s special attachment to the car in the movie is not unfamiliar to Son, speaking about the car his brother bought him. “Befor...

Fellow co-programmer Moon Seok added, “Seven out of the nine selected films were directed by women in the Korean competition category. We hope this trend continues in the commercial film industry.” “The most common theme this year in the Korean competition category was ‘family,’” Moon said. He presumed that the change is due to the pandemic, which led filmmakers to focus more on matters happenin...