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With hip-hop cooling and rock back in vogue in 2026, rock festivals are springing up across the country. Going to a rock festival in Korea means seeing international artists you rarely encounter live. Here are films that feature songs by international bands set to visit Korea for the upcoming One...

The Netflix series 〈The East Palace〉, a story about Gu Cheon (Nam Ju-hyuk), a man who can move between the world of spirits, and Saeng Gang (No Yoon-seo), a palace maid who guards a secret, as they receive a summons from the king (Cho Seung-woo) and dig into the curse that has taken hold in the...

I get hooked on the music in films. Music often reveals intimate emotions a picture or dialogue alone cannot convey. It can become a window into a creator's hidden intent. For me, listening to a film's music is one way to get closer to what the film is doing.

“All tragedy begins with perspective. ” Director Na Hong-jin wrote that line in the director's note for 〈Hope〉. On July 15, the director's new film 〈Hope〉, invited to compete in the competition section at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, is set for release.

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...

Netflix series 〈The East Palace〉 has released its main poster, main teaser trailer, and special posters, raising expectations further with the story of how Koo Cheon (Nam Joo-hyuk), who can move between the world of ghoi , and Saenggang (No Yoon-seo), a palace maid who keeps a secret, are summoned...

Dissecting the skeleton of the screen in print: the master's mise-en-scène comes back to life as text"You know you're a good guy. So you understand why I'm going to kill you, right. " ('Vengeance Is Mine')"You take care of yourself.

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...

A “buddy movie” made by “buddies” who genuinely don’t have to pretend—crafted “together. ” 〈Extreme Job〉(2019) marked the last time they reunited after seven years, but Jin Sun-kyu described Gong Myung as “the kind of feeling that’s like a real younger brother.

Netflix on the 23rd confirmed the show's premiere for Tuesday, July 7, and released the main poster and trailer for 〈Better Late Than Single〉 Season 2.〈Better Late Than Single〉 is a makeover dating reality show that follows participants with no dating experience as they challenge themselves to...