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Three Tim Curry Characters Every Korean Viewer Would Recognize

Three Tim Curry Characters Every Korean Viewer Would Recognize

A cult icon has returned to his own star. On 2026-08-25, actor Tim Curry died. From the stage to film, television and animation, he worked across every medium and used his distinctive gifts to fully inhabit characters, leaving a lasting impression on many.
| Seongchan Eol Reporter
Lee Joon-ik Makes the Case for a 'Vertical Revolution' at 'Father's Home Cooking' Q&A

Lee Joon-ik Makes the Case for a 'Vertical Revolution' at 'Father's Home Cooking' Q&A

“If horizontal film is a landscape painting, the vertical frame is a portrait. You can focus more deeply on a character’s inner life, and on set every actor gets a solo shot — it becomes a kind of liberated space for cinema where everyone stands equal.
| Kim Ji-yeon Reporter
1st Korea Short Drama Awards Close, From Lee Joon-ik Screening to Grand Prize for Lee Ju-seung

1st Korea Short Drama Awards Close, From Lee Joon-ik Screening to Grand Prize for Lee Ju-seung

- Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Korean Film Archive main facility in Sangam-dong; winning works permanently archived by the Korean Film Archive - Grand Prize: "Sarinja Witjip Geunyeo" (editorial transliteration) — Lee Ju-seung · Actor Award: "Red Shadow" — Ji-woo - Excellence Award: "Betting Man: God's Eye" — Director Lee Saet-byeol · New Creator Award: "Gili Boimyeon Castinghae" (editorial transliteration) — Director Lee Yoo-jin - Invited film by Director Lee Joon-ik, "Father's Home-cooked Meal," opened with a theatrical screening and a Q&A
The inaugural Korea Short Drama Awards, jointly hosted by Cineplay (CEO Choi Tae-hyung) and the Korean Film Archive , headed by Mo Eun-young, concluded Saturday, Aug. 29 at KOFA's main facility in Sangam-dong after a program aimed at discovering and supporting the next generation of K-content video...
| Kim Ji-yeon Reporter
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's Black Comedy 〈The Drama〉 Opens Sept. 9

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's Black Comedy 〈The Drama〉 Opens Sept. 9

Zendaya Coleman and Robert Pattinson, two actors who have been prominent in films in 2026, reunite after 〈Odyssey〉 and 〈Dune: Part 3〉 (scheduled for release in December) in 〈The Drama〉, which opens on Sept. 9. The casting of the two stars drew early interest, and the film has generated further buzz...
| Chua-young Reporter
[Seong Chan-eol’s Comics] Unusual Beings Become High School Students in 「Ruri Dragon」 and 「Ogami Tsumiki and Her Unusual Daily Life」

[Seong Chan-eol’s Comics] Unusual Beings Become High School Students in 「Ruri Dragon」 and 「Ogami Tsumiki and Her Unusual Daily Life」

I have a soft spot for pop-culture fandoms. I check out anything with fresh ideas or characters — not just movies but webtoons, games, manga and animation. Comics opened the door to fandom for me; these days I’m a grown-up kid who reads manga on an e-reader and webtoons on my phone.
| Seongchan Eol Reporter
[Choo A-young's Music Box] Ridley Scott's Message of Hope in 〈Dog Star: Last Hope〉 and Hozier's 'Like Real People Do'

[Choo A-young's Music Box] Ridley Scott's Message of Hope in 〈Dog Star: Last Hope〉 and Hozier's 'Like Real People Do'

Film music hooks me first. It often reveals emotions that images and dialogue alone cannot fully carry, and it can open a window onto a filmmaker's hidden intentions. For me, understanding film music has been one path to understanding the film itself.
| Chua-young Reporter
Director Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ Korea’s Most Provocative Mainstream Film of the Year

Director Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ Korea’s Most Provocative Mainstream Film of the Year

Part 2
※〈Gyeongju Trip〉 Director Kim Mi-jo's interview continues from Part 1.One striking aspect of 〈Gyeongju Trip〉 is how it depicts Baek Sang-hyun, the killer (Byun Yo-han). Why did you choose not to give any backstory to the perpetrator Baek Sang-hyun and instead portray him solely as a heinous...
| Kim Ji-yeon Reporter
Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ the Year’s Most Provocative Korean Commercial Film

Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ the Year’s Most Provocative Korean Commercial Film

Kim Mi-jo’s 〈Gyeongju Trip〉 is a brisk, chilly revenge drama that announces a director with a singular, hard-to-pin-down voice. Director Kim Mi-jo said that 〈Little Miss Sunshine〉 (2006) and Bong Joon-ho’s 〈The Host〉 (2006) were the biggest influences on 〈Gyeongju Trip〉.
| Kim Ji-yeon Reporter
First Reactions: Cineplay Editor-in-Chief Gives 'Agami' 3.5 Stars

First Reactions: Cineplay Editor-in-Chief Gives 'Agami' 3.5 Stars

First reactions from a preview screening Director An Jaehoon's animated feature 〈Agami〉, based on Gu Byeongmo's novel 「Agami」, opens Sept. 9. The film tells the radiant story of Gon, the world's only child to grow gills after being thrown into deep water, and of the people who meant everything in...
| Joo Seong-cheol editor-in-chief
[Interview] Korean indie film ‘Little Dreamers’ meets Michel Gondry’s imagination: Director Lee Kwang-ho, actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won ②

[Interview] Korean indie film ‘Little Dreamers’ meets Michel Gondry’s imagination: Director Lee Kwang-ho, actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won ②

Gun-woo (Yoo Hee-je), an unemployed young man who quit baseball and finds himself at a dead end, and Mina (Kim Se-won), a teenage girl who wanders after her mother’s death, unable to fit into her new surroundings.
⮕ The interview with 〈Little Dreamers〉 director Lee Kwang-ho and actors Yoo Hee-je and Kim Se-won continues in Part 1. You became the architect of this dream. How did you develop the ideas for building the dream world. Did you have any references.
| 이화정