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A Great Failure: What Kore-eda Hirokazu Wants to Convey in 〈The Sheep in the Box〉 ②

A Great Failure: What Kore-eda Hirokazu Wants to Convey in 〈The Sheep in the Box〉 ②

▶ This article on Kore-eda Hirokazu's 〈The Sheep in the Box〉 continues from Part 1.Recovery of an animistic sensibility The willingness to believe in the unseen connects directly to Japan's traditional animism, which holds that natural objects and phenomena are inhabited by spirits or invisible...
| Chua-young
The Boundaries of an Art Language Are No Limits — Inside Albert Serra’s World (1)

The Boundaries of an Art Language Are No Limits — Inside Albert Serra’s World (1)

It is the first time that a work by director Albert Serra has received an official theatrical release in South Korea; his “The Solitaire Afternoon” is set to open here.
This is the first time that a work by director Albert Serra has received an official theatrical release in South Korea. 〈The Solitaire Afternoon〉 is a film that closely captures the look of world-renowned bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey, one of the giants of modern bullfighting, created by director...
| Joo Seong-cheol
Why This Timing, Exactly? Why “The Michael Jackson Trial: Verdict,” Featuring “Objective Facts,” Sparks Controversy

Why This Timing, Exactly? Why “The Michael Jackson Trial: Verdict,” Featuring “Objective Facts,” Sparks Controversy

As the film 〈Michael〉 has become a global box-office hit, Netflix has also announced it will join the craze. On June 3, Netflix will release the documentary 〈The Michael Jackson Trial: Verdict〉. As you likely already guessed from the title, the documentary covers a trial that followed false...
| Seongchan Eol
[Interview] Park Ji-hoon, From Danjong to Kitchen Duty: Becoming an Actor Between Emerging and Established ①

[Interview] Park Ji-hoon, From Danjong to Kitchen Duty: Becoming an Actor Between Emerging and Established ①

It’s the first time a drama has leaned so fully into what the show dubs “chwiral” (a newly coined blend of "kitchen soldier" and "crazy"). After a single spoonful of seaweed soup, a sudden "god of seaweed" stages a mock "creation of heaven and earth," and after tasting a multicolored rice ball an...
| Kim Ji-yeon
[Interview] Park Ji-hoon on Going From Danjong to a Military Cook, and From Rookie to Midlevel Status as an Actor

[Interview] Park Ji-hoon on Going From Danjong to a Military Cook, and From Rookie to Midlevel Status as an Actor

※〈The Legend of Kitchen Soldier〉 actor Park Ji-hoon's interview continues from Part 1. 〈The Legend of Kitchen Soldier〉 features many well-known comedic actors. In particular, the chemistry with Lee Hong-nae, who plays Sergeant Yoon Dong-hyun, stood out.
| Kim Ji-yeon
Cineplay Critics Weigh the Pluses and Minuses of ‘Colony’

Cineplay Critics Weigh the Pluses and Minuses of ‘Colony’

Surpassing 3 million viewers within 10 days of its release, Colony is indisputably the most popular film in theaters right now. Yet despite that box-office success, reactions to Colony are sharply divided — a split that was evident even among Cineplay reporters at a press screening.
| Kim Ji-yeon
[Interview] Yeon Sang-ho on 〈Gunche〉②: 'Seo Young-chul Is a Demagogue and the Swarm's Error ... I Wanted to Show the Fear of a Society Bound Only by Universal Thinking.'

[Interview] Yeon Sang-ho on 〈Gunche〉②: 'Seo Young-chul Is a Demagogue and the Swarm's Error ... I Wanted to Show the Fear of a Society Bound Only by Universal Thinking.'

※ The interview with 〈Gunche〉 director Yeon Sang-ho continues from Part 1. It's been 10 years since 〈Train to Busan〉. Did returning to zombies come with any pressure. "I didn't come in thinking, 'I have to do something new.
| Seongchan Eol
Hwang Jung-min Stars in New Film “Hope” as Filming Location in Haenam Is Built Into an 1980s-Themed Street

Hwang Jung-min Stars in New Film “Hope” as Filming Location in Haenam Is Built Into an 1980s-Themed Street

Director Na Hong-jin’s new film “Hope,” set mainly in Namchang-ri, Haenam, brings an unusual tourist spot to life with a recreated 1980s backdrop and props from the movie
At the Cannes Film Festival, director Na Hong-jin’s new film “Hope”—the filming site in Namchang-ri, Bukpyeong-myeon, Haenam County, South Jeolla Province—is set to get an eye-catching cultural street. On the 27th, Haenam County said the county has begun in earnest a project to create a themed...
| James choi
[Chu Ah-young's Music Box] Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and 'Heal the World' That Tried to Turn Dreams into Reality

[Chu Ah-young's Music Box] Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and 'Heal the World' That Tried to Turn Dreams into Reality

I am captivated by music in films. Music sometimes reveals a character's intimate emotions that visible images and spoken lines alone cannot convey. It can become a window into the creator's hidden intentions. For me, understanding film music was one way of reaching a movie. 'Chu Ah-young's Music Box' listens to a film's voice up close by way of its music. (P.S. I hope you listen to the music while reading.)
Michael Jackson is an artist who left one of the most powerful marks in the history of pop music. Having taken the stage as a member of the Jackson 5 before he turned ten, he later set a Guinness World Record for the best-selling album of all time with his solo album 'Thriller' and earned the title...
| Chua-young
Box Office Rank #2 ‘The King’s Man’ Facing a Screening Ban Crisis? Producer Says, “No Plagiarism”

Box Office Rank #2 ‘The King’s Man’ Facing a Screening Ban Crisis? Producer Says, “No Plagiarism”

First Hearing on Injunction Application by Bereaved Family of the ‘Eom Heung-do’ Drama… Seven Creative Elements Are the Biggest Point of Contention
[Issue Focus] Blockbuster at No. 2 in attendance, ‘The Man Who Lives with the King’, faces an unprecedented ‘screening ban’ crisis A legal showdown is at the center of attention for ‘The Man Who Lives with the King’ (hereafter ‘The King’s Man’), the mega-hit film by director Jang Hang-jun, who...
| James choi