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I'm captivated by film music. Music can sometimes reveal a character's intimate emotions that images and dialogue alone cannot convey. It can also open a window onto a creator's hidden intent. For me, understanding a film through its music is one way of reaching the movie itself.

Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece “Odyssey” is sending shockwaves through movie theaters worldwide. By bucking the complacent current of the modern film industry that relies on computer graphics —and even directly constructing a full-size Trojan Horse on a 10m scale—the result maximizes Nolan’s...

Christopher Nolan’s 〈Odyssey〉, which opened Aug. 5, drew 290,000 moviegoers on its first day in South Korea and suggests the strong U.S. box-office trend may continue into South Korea. Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya...

I am drawn to music in films. Music often conveys a character's intimate emotions in ways images and dialogue cannot, and it can open a window onto a creator's hidden intent. For me, understanding a film's music has been one way into the film itself.

After 〈Spider-Man: No Way Home〉 wiped Peter Parker from everyone’s memory, 〈Spider-Man: Brand New Day〉 sends him into a lonelier, heavier new chapter — following Spider-Man, now living like a Marvel version of the reality series 'I Live Alone,' as he encounters a new enemy.

A film that took a direct hit from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 returns with a sequel after six years. Releasing on August 12, 〈OK Madam 2〉 is the follow-up to 〈OK Madam〉 (2020). The comic action film follows former legendary agent Mi-young (Uhm Jung-hwa), who springs back into action after...

[First Reactions]〈OK! MADAM2〉, the sequel to the 2020 action-comedy 〈OK! MADAM〉, opens Aug. 12 after the original won over audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic with broad laughs and high-energy action. The film follows the family of former legendary agent Mi-young, who set off on a luxury cruise...

Add one more signature Na Hong-jin line to '4885, it's you. ' (〈The Chaser〉) and 'What matters. ' (〈The Wailing〉): 'He's at my house. ' delivered by the bizarre carpenter Yang Bae (Eum Moon-seok), who speaks in a Chungcheong dialect in 〈Hope〉.

One phrase immediately came to mind: Christopher Nolan has pushed past his own limits in 〈Odyssey〉, his adaptation of Homer’s 「The Odyssey」, which opens on Aug. 5. 「The Odyssey」 tells the story of King Odysseus’s return to his homeland of Ithaca after the Trojan War, a foundational epic that still...

[First Reactions]Christopher Nolan's new film 〈The Odyssey〉 opens on August 5. The film is an epic about Odysseus, the hero who led the Trojan War to victory, and his battle against the gods' wrath as he tries to return home.