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[Seong Chan-eol’s Comics] Not a Lone Crane, but One Cat Among Rats: 〈Cat Nancy〉

[Seong Chan-eol’s Comics] Not a Lone Crane, but One Cat Among Rats: 〈Cat Nancy〉

I’m a devoted fan of subculture. I gravitate to anything with fresh stories, ideas, or characters — not just films but webtoons, games, comics, and animation. Having opened the door to fandom through comic books, I now read e-comics on e-readers and webtoons on my smartphone — a self-described...
| Seongchan Eol
‘Shadow Child’ Review: A Fantastical World Rooted in the Real Pain of Absence, Plus What Its Key Players Had to Say

‘Shadow Child’ Review: A Fantastical World Rooted in the Real Pain of Absence, Plus What Its Key Players Had to Say

Blending realist grounding with a genre mood is difficult. Capturing the border between those two seemingly different realms and turning it into a film is no easy task. Even in South Korea’s film industry, where tightly executed genre movies and grounded, reality-driven stories dominate, films that...
| Seongchan Eol
[Sungchan-eol’s Comic Book] The “Happy” Adventure of Circus Cutie Donuts, “Donuts and the Circus”

[Sungchan-eol’s Comic Book] The “Happy” Adventure of Circus Cutie Donuts, “Donuts and the Circus”

I’m totally obsessed with subculture. If it involves fresh stories or material—and characters—like not just movies, but webtoons, games, comics, anime, and more, I check it out first. I opened the world of “otaku fandom” with a comic book, and became an “a-adult” who reads comic books on an...
| Seongchan Eol
[OTT Ratings] Cineplay’s Star Rating for Coupang Play’s ‘An Affair Isn’t the Issue Right Now’

[OTT Ratings] Cineplay’s Star Rating for Coupang Play’s ‘An Affair Isn’t the Issue Right Now’

[OTT Ratings] ​ Coupang Play’s 〈An Affair Isn’t the Issue Right Now〉 ended last Friday. 〈An Affair Isn’t the Issue Right Now〉 is a black comedy that careens from one collision to the next in which a popular influencer couple—who have sold the image of a happy home—and their neighbors, a doctor...
| Kim Ji-yeon
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
80,000 Copies Bestseller 'The Long Long Night' Heads to Toronto Film Festival, a Breakthrough After 13 Years of Silence

80,000 Copies Bestseller 'The Long Long Night' Heads to Toronto Film Festival, a Breakthrough After 13 Years of Silence

Director Yeom Gyu-bok's feature debut… Official invitation to the Centerpiece section at North America's biggest film festival
The evolution of Korean animation, a breakthrough at North America's biggest film festival after 13 years of silence 'The Long Long Night', which has left a major mark on Korea's children's literature scene after surpassing cumulative sales of 800,000 copies, is writing a new chapter on the screen.
| James choi
Interview: Director Yu Eun-jeong Says the House in 〈Shadow Child〉 Was Designed by Kim Chung-up

Interview: Director Yu Eun-jeong Says the House in 〈Shadow Child〉 Was Designed by Kim Chung-up

※ 〈Shadow Child〉 director Yu Eun-jeong interview continues from Part 1. 〈Shadow Child〉 recalls your earlier film 〈The Night's Door Opens〉. Both films depict death as a dark realm, yet each also takes a fundamentally affirmative view of existence — I saw similar imagery running through both.
| Seongchan Eol
Yoo Eun-jeong on ‘Shadow Child’: Im Soo-jung Said ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’ Brought the Film to Mind

Yoo Eun-jeong on ‘Shadow Child’: Im Soo-jung Said ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’ Brought the Film to Mind

What if you met someone who looked exactly like a loved one you had lost? That familiar premise has been reshaped into an original film with a fairytale-like setting: 〈Shadow Child〉, which opened on July 1. 〈Shadow Child〉 follows Geum-ok (Im Soo-jung) after her eldest daughter, Su-ryeon — who was...
| Seongchan Eol
Im Su-jeong Makes Producing Debut in ‘The Second Child,’ Set for July Release

Im Su-jeong Makes Producing Debut in ‘The Second Child,’ Set for July Release

New mystery from director Yu Eun-jeong stars Park So-yi and Yuna and screened in the Vision section of the 30th Busan International Film Festival
Actor Im Su-jeong will make her producing debut with 〈The Second Child〉, which is set for a nationwide theatrical release in July. Distributor Thunder Film released the first production stills on July 1. 〈The Second Child〉 is the new film from director Yu Eun-jeong, who directed The Night's Door...
| Kim Ji-yeon
'Survivor 50' Reaches Its Final Curtain… Aubry Bracco Completes a Ruthless Epic After Beating a 10-Year Trauma

'Survivor 50' Reaches Its Final Curtain… Aubry Bracco Completes a Ruthless Epic After Beating a 10-Year Trauma

'Season 1 Legend' Jennа, and 'Star of Misfortune' Sееry, get overtaken as Aubry confidently crowns herself as the Final Queen After hurling ‘Worm’ dance moves—Jonathan and Joe Hunter cross into back-to-back brutal endings, suffering the humiliation of ‘0-vote Jury’ for two straight seasons Sharp sparring among the Jury and a burst of ‘spicy’ banter… The best Season 50 ever in ‘New Era’ with top-tier ratings
The landmark 50th commemorative season of America’s longest-running reality survival series, ‘Survivor 50,’ has wrapped up its epic journey on Fiji with a perfectly crafted narrative. The final crown of this season—where countless legends and New Era monsters collided—went to Aubry Bracco, who has...
| Yangsimoh