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In a large-scale reader survey conducted by The New York Times , Bong Joon-ho's film was selected as the best film of the 21st century. On the 2nd , NYT announced the results of the survey titled 'Best Film of the 21st Century' conducted with over 200,000 readers.

Director “Zhang Yimou”, the Chinese cinema master serving as jury president for this year’s 31st Busan International Film Festival competition, has firmly stated his position on the controversy over historical distortion surrounding “Assassins”, a film that has recently stirred South Korea’s movie...

Names matter, and titles are just as important in popular entertainment. A title has to be instantly recognizable, memorable and true to the work if it is going to stick with audiences. Yet some series have ended up with two names.

Daejeon Mayor Heo Tae-jeong has taken a firm stance on the recent political controversy over renting filming locations for the movie 'Assassin '. He strongly criticized a flood of document-submission demands from National Assembly lawmakers affiliated with the People Power Party, calling them an...

The Directors Guild of Korea has issued an official statement regarding the recently controversial film 〈Assassin 〉, expressing deep concern over excessive personal attacks on its creators and threats to their livelihoods. In the statement issued Oct.

Lee Chang-dong’s film 〈Possible Love〉 wrapped up a successful U. S. run in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Netflix on the 6th released details of its North American promotional events, which drew enthusiastic praise from local media and audiences. The U. S.

〈Assassins〉 has canceled all events tied to the Busan International Film Festival, which opens today, Oct. 6. The cancellations began with actor Lee Min-ho's absence from Actors' House, a program that brings actors together with audiences, and were followed by the cancellation of one stage greeting...

Film Industry Solidarity, a coalition of 19 film organizations, issued an official statement on Oct. 5 expressing deep concern over threats directed at people involved in the film 〈Assassins〉 and at individuals connected to the controversy surrounding it.

Criticism of film turns into excessive, blind witch hunt As a controversy over alleged historical distortion surrounding the film 'Assassins' spread into a sweeping boycott targeting lead actor 'Yoo Hae-jin' and protests outside his home, his agency and Choi Hwi-young, the minister of culture,...

Box-office strength breaks through 'historical distortion' attacks as ideological conflict intensifies Director Hur Jin-ho's 'Assassins' completely dominated South Korea's theaters over the National Foundation Day holiday weekend despite fierce political controversy.