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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...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Oct 30, 2020

Samjin Company English Class (Korea) Opened Oct. 21 Drama Directed by Lee Jong-pil In 1995, three women -- Lee Ja-young (Ko Ah-sung), Jung Yoo-na (E Som) and Sim Bo-ram (Park Hye-soo) -- have ...
Gong Yoo, Park Bo-gum team up in film about first human clone ‘Seobok’

Oct 27, 2020

Actor Gong Yoo is returning to the big screen with Park Bo-gum in “Seobok,” a film about the first human clone, The upcoming film which is set to be released in December will draw the bromance betwe...
Local OTT platform Wavve features movies for two French film festivals

Oct 27, 2020

A selection of French films began screening on local over-the-top platform Wavve on Tuesday, in conjunction with two French film festivals. The first French film festival, running from Tuesday to No...
Kurosawa: I didn't need great courage to make film on Japan's wartime crime

Oct 26, 2020

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa said Monday that it didn't take a great deal of courage to make his Venice-winning film that directly deals with his country's wartime atrocities. "It didn't requi...
KOFIC selects 'The Man Standing Next' for 2021 Oscar submission

Oct 24, 2020

The Korean Film Council announced Wednesday that “The Man Standing Next” by director Woo Min-ho was chosen out of the 13 films that applied for submission for the Oscar for best international feature...
‘Minari,’ more than a memoir of immigrant experience

Oct 23, 2020

During the conference, Yeun, who not only played the main character in the movie but also took part in the production of the film, explained the importance of proper representation of Korean characte...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Oct 23, 2020

Voice of Silence (Korea) Opened Oct. 15 Crime, Drama Directed by Hong Eui-jeong Tae-in (Yoo Ah-in) has the unusual job of disposing of corpses and cleaning up crime scenes for an organized crime...
'The Man Standing Next' chosen as S. Korea's 2021 Oscars entry

Oct 22, 2020

A political thriller depicting the intense power struggle among former President Park Chung-hee's top aides before one of them assassinated him in 1979 will represent South Korea in next year's Oscar...
Busan International Film Festival kicks off without fanfare

Oct 21, 2020

The 25th Busan International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday for a 10-day run in a year that has seen many film festivals around the world canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this yea...
Two more Korean movies likely to debut on Netflix amid pandemic

Oct 16, 2020

A local distributor of two South Korean movies is considering releasing the films on Netflix without theatrical runs as the novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted their opening schedules, a company...
[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week

Oct 16, 2020

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (US) Opened Oct. 8 Comedy Directed by Richard Linklater Architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett) lives in Seattle with her husband Elgin Branch (Billy...
Seoul International Pride Film Festival to proceed with in-person screenings of 105 movies

Oct 13, 2020

The Seoul International Pride Film Festival, a festival featuring movies telling the stories of sexual minorities, will take place Nov. 5 - 11 at CGV Myeongdong Station Cine Library in Seoul. “Due t...