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The Hunger Games is back. This time, it tells the story of Haymitch Abernathy as a teenager—the only victor from District 12 before Katniss Everdeen. Set in an imagined future under the dictatorship of Panem, the 〈Hunger Games〉 series depicts an annual survival contest the nation stages to control...

In November 2026, moviegoers will have a chance to encounter a remarkable figure on the big screen. That opportunity comes with 〈Horoomon〉, which reached Korean audiences at the 26th JEONJU International Film Festival in 2025.

I’m obsessed with subculture. Whether it’s a movie, webtoon, game, comic book or animated series, I’ll check out anything with an inventive story, premise or characters. Comic books opened the door to fandom for me; now I’m a grown-up kid who reads comics as e-books and webtoons on my phone.

※ Continued from the first article on picks from the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival. The Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival’s “Asia Pride” section is a chance to discover a diverse range of queer films made in Asia.

PRIDE is a symbolic word that expresses the self-esteem of sexual minorities and encompasses all LGBTQIA+ people. A showcase of solidarity that brings some of the world’s best queer films to Korean audiences, the 16th Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival begins ticket sales at 4 p. m.

Talk about a bolt from the blue. Veteran James and his military dog, Odin, are stranded in the middle of the wilderness after their plane makes an emergency landing. The nearest road is 80 kilometers away, and they must survive the cold, wild animals and everything else nature throws at them.

※The interview with Justin H. Min about 〈Journey There〉 continues from Part 1. As we discussed earlier, music plays an important role in this film, and you play a conductor. The concert scene at the end was especially striking. How did you prepare for it.

A deeply human story has found a deeply human actor. Min-jun (Justin H. Min) uses informal speech with Chun-hee (Kim Hye-ok) the moment they meet. Unaware of the hierarchy, etiquette and subtle distance between formal and informal Korean, the outsider’s familiar way of speaking becomes less an...

I’m drawn to music in movies. Sometimes, music conveys a character’s private feelings that images and dialogue alone cannot fully express. It can also offer a window into a creator’s hidden intentions. For me, understanding a film’s music has been one way to reach the film itself.

[First Impressions] Brad Pitt and a military working dog face the ultimate fight for survival. 〈Heart of the Beast〉 opens October 28. The film follows James, a former Special Forces soldier, and Odin, a retired military working dog, who saved each other's lives across countless battlefields.