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On Their Fourth Team-Up, the Many Faces of Koo Kyo-hwan Through Yeon Sang-ho’s Lens

On Their Fourth Team-Up, the Many Faces of Koo Kyo-hwan Through Yeon Sang-ho’s Lens

It started with Yeon Sang-ho. Koo Kyo-hwan was already a star of the independent film scene, an idol of sorts for outsiders. But if you trace the origins of how he came to appear in so many commercial projects, you arrive at Yeon’s 〈Peninsula〉.
A Classroom Turns Into a Bloodbath Survival Story: The “Jiwoohak” and “Girigo” Craze Expands the “Dark Academy” Genre Built on Endless Competition

A Classroom Turns Into a Bloodbath Survival Story: The “Jiwoohak” and “Girigo” Craze Expands the “Dark Academy” Genre Built on Endless Competition

From “Jiwoohak” to “Girigo,” K-academy fare morphs into bite-your-fingers survival drama. The bleak reality inside a classroom reduced to a ladder of class and violence
The end of romance—classrooms become a blood-red survival fight. . . The world gets hooked on 'Girigo'No more romance of first love is breathing in classrooms. A strange app appears on smartphone screens, turning teenagers’ daily lives into a brutal survival game.
[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...
[Joo Seong-cheol’s Lockers] The Great Dancer Turned Film Director Summoned by “Michael”: Bob Fosse’s “All That Jazz”

[Joo Seong-cheol’s Lockers] The Great Dancer Turned Film Director Summoned by “Michael”: Bob Fosse’s “All That Jazz”

I can’t help but get hooked on the objects in movies. Director, cinematographer, production designer, or even an actor—why, exactly, did they put that item in front of the camera? ‘Joo Seong-cheol’s Lockers’ is a record of the movie objects that lightly landed under my gaze and, somehow, stuck there.
Everyone had been waiting. With the release of 〈Michael〉 on May 13, it shot to #1 at the weekend box office, instantly projecting a million viewers. Zafar Jackson, Michael Jackson’s real-life nephew, debuts as the youngest member of the ‘Jackson 5’ right away, drawing attention for his musical...
[Photo&] Yeon Sang-ho’s New Work ‘Swarm’ Earns High Praise at Cannes…The Joy of Cannes, the Return of a Master, and Park Chan-wook’s Embrace, Birth of an ‘Evolved Zombie’

[Photo&] Yeon Sang-ho’s New Work ‘Swarm’ Earns High Praise at Cannes…The Joy of Cannes, the Return of a Master, and Park Chan-wook’s Embrace, Birth of an ‘Evolved Zombie’

‘Swarm,’ Yeon Sang-ho’s new film that heated up the Cannes Film Festival. An evolutionary zombie creature that combines AI and collective intelligence, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Ji Chang-wook
[A Master’s Return That Captivated Global Film Circles]‘Train to Busan’ after 10 years, South Korea’s genre-master ‘Yeon Sang-ho’ has once again placed himself at the center of the worldwide film scene with his new work ‘Swarm’.
Carla Simón’s Poem-Like Work Carved from Memory and Dreams! Press Stills for ‘Romerialia’ Set to Release May 27 Now Revealed

Carla Simón’s Poem-Like Work Carved from Memory and Dreams! Press Stills for ‘Romerialia’ Set to Release May 27 Now Revealed

Marina, a 18-year-old who lost her parents when she was young, comes face to face with her family’s hidden secrets through her mother’s diary and the stories of people around her.
Carla Simón’s new work 〈Romerialia〉, which elegantly reimagines painful memories, has unveiled eight press stills capturing the meeting point of reality and dreams, drawing attention from all sides.〈Romerialia〉 is the story of Marina, an 18-year-old who lost her parents as a child, as she confronts...
Critic Kim Na-hee’s “Vivaldi and Me” ② The Moment When Beings We Had Only Heard Appear

Critic Kim Na-hee’s “Vivaldi and Me” ② The Moment When Beings We Had Only Heard Appear

Spring isn’t just the season when flowers bloom. It’s the moment when the beings we could only hear finally begin to be seen.
For a brief moment, we may feel like we understand or truly know the other person—so convinced that we believe it. Communication through music is like that. In the deepest layer of their relationship, we see it in Vivaldi’s confession—when, in the middle of the night, he comes first to Cecilia’s...
The Truth Behind the Targeting of President Park Chung-hee, the Movie “1026: For a New World” Opens on May 20!

The Truth Behind the Targeting of President Park Chung-hee, the Movie “1026: For a New World” Opens on May 20!

From 1946, when Kim Jae-gyu and Park Chung-hee’s first connection began, to the October 26 Incident and onward to the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement.
On October 26, 1979, the film追 those true facts behind why Kim Jae-gyu, head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, shot at President Park Chung-hee traces the truth. It will be released on May 20. 〈1026: For a New World〉(Director: Choi Ui-an | Narration: Shin So-hyun | Cast: Kwon Hyuk-seong,...
Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm Award “Fatima, the Season She Loved” Releases May 13!

Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm Award “Fatima, the Season She Loved” Releases May 13!

〈Carol〉 〈Portrait of a Burning Woman〉 〈Monster〉 and other major works have newly added their names to the Queer Palm lineup, a distinguished line of LGBTQIA+ films that have been showcased at Cannes.
The Queer Palm Award is an LGBTQIA+ film prize that has been independently run during the Cannes Film Festival since 2010. It honors the best LGBTQIA+ film among the official selections and the competing films shown in the parallel sections, awarding one feature-length and one short each year.
[Photo&] Jang Woo Stars, Co-Directs, and Co-Writes—Film “Jjang-gu” “Breeze” Sequel Returns After 15 Years with an On-Site Media Preview Event

[Photo&] Jang Woo Stars, Co-Directs, and Co-Writes—Film “Jjang-gu” “Breeze” Sequel Returns After 15 Years with an On-Site Media Preview Event

A semi-autobiographical story based on Jang Woo’s real life. Featuring a cameo by Director Jang Hang-jun.
Raw, Unfiltered Youth—Announcing the Arrival of the Film “Jjang-gu”On the 16th, at CGV Yongsan I-Park Mall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, the film “Jjang-gu” held a successful media preview and press conference. Directed by Oh Sung-ho and starring Jang Woo, Shin Seung-ho, Jung Soo-jung, Kwon So-hyun, and Jo...