Taegukgi Toscana Korea Association on Thursday announced that this year’s Florence Korea Film Fest will take place at Cinema La Compagnia in Florence, Italy, from April 7 to 15. Some of the movies also will be screened online on the platform Piu Compagnia during the festival. Although the event organizer has not revealed the full list, it said 12 Korean actors, directors and producers will atte...

The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure (Korea) Opened Jan. 26 Action, Comedy Directed by Kim Jung-hoon Set in the Joseon era, pirate captain Hye-rang (Han Hyo-joo) and her crew go on a journey to look for hidden treasures of the Goryeo Kingdom that no longer exist. Troublemaking swordsman Muchi (Kang Ha-neul) and his followers also decide to join them. However, on their way, they are met with ...

“The normal zombie actions become special in limited spaces. Similar to how the high-speed KTX train in ‘Train to Busan’ (2016) and a Joseon era palace in ‘Kingdom’ created unique zombie scenes, a Korean high school was more than enough to entertain drama fans with fascinating sequences like using a drone from a science lab, jumping over the top of book shelves in a library and fighting against z...

"The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure" has topped the South Korean box office over the Lunar New Year holiday but its total admissions were lower than expected amid omicron owes, data showed Thursday. The fantasy action blockbuster attracted a combined 649,000 moviegoers to bring its cumulative total to 881,000 during the five-day holiday that started Saturday, according to the data by the Korea...

As one of the founding members of BIFF in 1996, Lee worked in different positions at the organization, including programmer in chief, vice director and director of the board. According to BIFF, he led a successful festival while adopting preventive measures against COVID-19 last year. During last year’s BIFF, 223 films from 70 countries were screened in-person at six theaters in Busan. The open...

The Seollal holiday is usually one of the busiest times of the year at movie theaters with many new works being released. It is also the time when local broadcasters present special films for viewers who are staying home during the holidays. Despite the plethora of options on offer, there are times when it feels like there is nothing to watch. For those people, it might be a good idea to check ...

A documentary film on the Beatles featuring the group’s final performance will hit local theaters next month. “The Beatles’ Get Back: The Rooftop Concert” will be screened Feb. 11-13 at IMAX theaters, according to Walt Disney Company Korea on Friday, The one-hour movie is the edited highlights of Peter Jackson’s documentary series “The Beatles: Get Back,” which was released on Disney+ last mont...

The Pirates: Goblin Flag (Korea) Opened Jan. 26 Action, Comedy Directed by Kim Jung-hoon Set in the Joseon era, pirate captain Hye-rang (Han Hyo-joo) and her crew members go on a journey to look for hidden treasures of the Goryeo Kingdom that no longer exist. Trouble-making swordsman Muchi (Kang Ha-neul) and his followers also decide to join the pirates. However, on their way, they are met w...

The film’s story unfolds in a 1970s North Korea, instead of the novel’s setting during China’s Cultural Revolution. “It was the time of the Cold War. Due to different ideologies, there was strong oppression. I thought I could show a suffocating love story between a man and a woman in this setting. I think that key material for a romance drama is death,” Jang said in explaining the backdrop. “In ...

“All of Us Are Dead,” an adaptation of a webtoon series of the same title, stars many young actors, including Park, Yoon Chan-young, Lomon, Yoo In-soo and Lim Jae-hyeok. It also features Cho Yi-hyun, best known for her medical student role in tvN’s “Hospital Playlist,” Lee Yoo-mi, known for her heart-rending scene with Jun Ho-yeon, as Ji-yeong and Saebyeok respectively, in the marbles section of ...

All the way from Joseon era to train to Busan, Korean zombies now appear in high school

The Korean Theater Association on Tuesday released a statement to urge the government to give assistance to local theaters that have been suffering since COVID-19 broke out two years ago. The Korean Theater Association’s members include the top three local multiplex operators -- CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox. “We have been complaining about the financial difficulties caused by the pandemic and ...

With the election looming, the response from theaters has been lukewarm thus far. “We are having a hard time as multiplex theaters are reluctant to screen a political film, which can be seen as biased,” Kim said. “After watching our film some said they don’t think that it is biased but we are still having some difficulties finding theaters to release our film.“ “Candlelight Revolution” will hit...

Seol said this line seems to sum up why parties fight against each other so fiercely during elections. “I think that process of fighting for their justice is what the election is all about,” he said. Seol also talked about why he chose to work with director Byun again after having worked together in “The Merciless,” which was invited for a midnight screening at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Th...

Two homegrown movies will hit local theaters next week to lure film buffs and holiday shoppers ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. "Kingmaker" and "The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure" will open Wednesday, three days before the five-day Lunar New Year holiday begins. The first day of the new year based on the lunar calendar falls on Feb. 1 this year. The political film "Kingmaker" de...