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Critic Kim Na-hee on ‘Assassin(s),’ “With a Pen, With the Body, and Through Music” ①

Critic Kim Na-hee on ‘Assassin(s),’ “With a Pen, With the Body, and Through Music” ①

※ This article includes plot developments from the latter part of the film and its epilogue. ​ Heo Jin-ho’s 〈Assassin 〉 rings out with six gunshots. But what the film tracks to the end is not the bullets, but the questions left behind where the shots passed. Who fired. How many rounds were fired.
[New Film] ‘Dreaming Adventure’ Defies Its 3.7 Rating: Female Archaeologist Hunts Mafia

[New Film] ‘Dreaming Adventure’ Defies Its 3.7 Rating: Female Archaeologist Hunts Mafia

Winner of the Jury Prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the 163-minute noir thriller opens on the 23rd.
A Silent Border City and the Chronicle of Violence Hidden Beneath Its Surface A stolen car, a chance encounter with an old acquaintance and a clandestine mafia deal. From its opening scenes, director Valeska Grisebach’s latest film, ‘Dreaming Adventure’, thoroughly defies audience expectations...
‘Chuseok at Home’ roundup: Lee Seung-chul’s KBS concert, ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’ TV premiere, Hana Bank-invited national team soccer, Lee Eun-gyeol magic ...!

‘Chuseok at Home’ roundup: Lee Seung-chul’s KBS concert, ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’ TV premiere, Hana Bank-invited national team soccer, Lee Eun-gyeol magic ...!

The 16.92 million-viewer hit airs exclusively on SBS on Sept. 26, while Wavve premieres ‘The Witness’ and livestreams two national team friendlies
Lee Seung-chul’s 40th anniversary and ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’ — TV’s first exclusive Chuseok premieres 16.92 million-viewer blockbuster airs on Sept. 26 as Wavve and Netflix face off with original releases This year’s Chuseok holiday lineup is packed with must-see programming, from a...
Re-released 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' traces Mamoru Hosoda's fateful meeting with Yasutaka Tsutsui, the filmmaker Studio Ghibli passed over

Re-released 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' traces Mamoru Hosoda's fateful meeting with Yasutaka Tsutsui, the filmmaker Studio Ghibli passed over

〈The Girl Who Leapt Through Time〉 returned to theaters in 4K on Sept. 16 to mark the film's 20th anniversary.
If you went back in time to meet someone who confessed their feelings to you today one week earlier, would they still feel the same way. Couldn't that person from a week ago have no interest in you at all. Human feelings can change from moment to moment.
‘Scandal’ Production Stills Reveal Lavish Mise-en-Scène, Alluring Costumes and Spatial Design in Joseon-era Bukchon

‘Scandal’ Production Stills Reveal Lavish Mise-en-Scène, Alluring Costumes and Spatial Design in Joseon-era Bukchon

Blending period detail with a modern sensibility, the production moves beyond the conventions of traditional historical dramas to create a distinctive appeal all its own for 〈Scandal​〉.
The Netflix series 〈Scandal〉 has released production stills. The series follows Lady Jo, a woman of exceptional talent who is too gifted to spend her life confined by the roles assigned to women in the Joseon era; Jo Won, Joseon's greatest ladies' man; and Hee-yeon, a woman entangled in their...
〈My First Action〉 Chronicles Debut Struggles of 31 Leading Korean Directors

〈My First Action〉 Chronicles Debut Struggles of 31 Leading Korean Directors

A look at the aspiring-filmmaker years of Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Jang Hang-jun, Yoon Ga-eun and others—when they knew neither the ending nor anything but failed takes
〈My First Action〉, a two-volume nonfiction essay vividly recounting the arduous debut journeys of 31 leading directors who have shaped South Korea's film industry, will be published Sept. 25. The book tells the stories of the anxious, fiercely competitive years these directors spent as aspiring...
Lee Min-ho says his biggest takeaway from 〈Assassins(Deul)〉 was seeing Heo Jin-ho, Yoo Hae-jin and Park Hae-il up close

Lee Min-ho says his biggest takeaway from 〈Assassins(Deul)〉 was seeing Heo Jin-ho, Yoo Hae-jin and Park Hae-il up close

※ This interview with actor Lee Min-ho about 〈Assassins 〉 continues from Part 1. In the film, you worked with Shim Eun-kyung, who plays Lee Kang-ja, the character who assists Yeong-il in Japan. What was it like acting with her. Shim Eun-kyung is actually very shy. We did not have long conversations.
Lee Min-ho on ‘〈Assassins〉’: ‘On Set, I’m Just Myself — People Can’t Imagine It Unless They’ve Seen It’

Lee Min-ho on ‘〈Assassins〉’: ‘On Set, I’m Just Myself — People Can’t Imagine It Unless They’ve Seen It’

In 〈Assassins〉, rookie reporter Yeong-il, played by Lee Min-ho, emerges as the film’s driving force. A rookie reporter on the social affairs desk, he goes to cover the August 15, 1974 Liberation Day event and witnesses the deaths — first the first lady, and then the female student he had been...
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[Photos] "A Dopamine Rush From Superhuman Strength": Koo Kyo-hwan on 'Revival Man,' Opening on the 30th, in Role of 31-Year-Old Job Seeker

The film's premise: He resurrects three days after dying; Koo Kyo-hwan opens up about the universal story of a job seeker's struggles and the excitement of taking on multiple projects.
Superpowered action film opening on the 30th delivers overwhelming speed through VFX and chroma key The emergence of superhuman exhilaration: The birth of 'Revival Man,' set to overwhelm the screen No discussion of the Korean film industry this year is complete without actor Koo Kyo-hwan.
Jo Young-nam mourns C'est Si Bon's Lee Baek-chun, 'commander-in-chief of Korean folk,' who dies at 93

Jo Young-nam mourns C'est Si Bon's Lee Baek-chun, 'commander-in-chief of Korean folk,' who dies at 93

The former PD-turned-critic who led the acoustic-guitar movement in the 1960s and '70s died on the 21st, with his funeral procession set for the 23rd.
C'est Si Bon's Lee Baek-chun dies at 93; Jo Young-nam mourns 60 years of Ddolgang Former TBC PD pioneered Korea's acoustic-guitar movement in 1964; funeral procession set for 7 a.m. on the 23rd Lee Baek-chun, a popular-music critic who served as a mentor to Korean 'folk music' in the 1960s and '70s...