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Joo Sung-chul's Locker: What's Wrong With Talking About 'Assassins' and the Missing Bullet?

Joo Sung-chul's Locker: What's Wrong With Talking About 'Assassins' and the Missing Bullet?

I fixate on objects in movies. I find myself wondering why the director, cinematographer, production designer or actor placed that particular object in front of the camera. 'Joo Sung-chul's Locker' records the objects in movies that quietly catch my eye.
〈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...
Little-Known Stories About Korean Film Directors, Part 2: Kim Han-min Once Fled a Theater to Escape an Elephant

Little-Known Stories About Korean Film Directors, Part 2: Kim Han-min Once Fled a Theater to Escape an Elephant

※[Fascinating anecdotes about Korean film directors you probably didn't know] continues from Part 1.〈The Admiral: Roaring Currents〉 〈Hansan: Rising Dragon〉 director Kim Han-min once ran out of a theater after thinking an elephant on screen was charging at him Kim Han-min, the director of the Yi...
The Remarried Empress Unveils Character Stills of Ju Ji-hoon's Two-Sided Emperor

The Remarried Empress Unveils Character Stills of Ju Ji-hoon's Two-Sided Emperor

Navier (Shin Min-a), the empress of the Eastern Empire, is served divorce papers by Emperor Sovieshu (Ju Ji-hoon), who has fallen for Rashta (Lee Se-young), a runaway slave.
〈The Remarried Empress〉 is a romantic fantasy saga about Navier (Shin Min-a), the perfect empress of the Eastern Empire, who is served divorce papers by Emperor Sovieshu (Ju Ji-hoon) after he falls for Rashta (Lee Se-young), a runaway slave.
BTS’ RM makes SFMOMA debut with 140-piece personal collection and self-recorded audio guide

BTS’ RM makes SFMOMA debut with 140-piece personal collection and self-recorded audio guide

Special exhibition running through Feb. 7 next year unveils hidden masterpieces by Korean modern and contemporary art masters SFMOMA displays 140 works from RM’s personal collection, including pieces by Yoon Hyung-keun and Chang Uc-chin RM wrote the artwork descriptions and recorded the audio guide himself, while also selecting the background music
180 Masterpieces, a Boundary-Breaking Curatorial Vision RM, the leader of global icon 'BTS', is bringing his distinctive artistic eye to a world-renowned museum. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, or 'SFMOMA', will host the special exhibition 'RM X SFMOMA: Between You and Me' from the 3rd of...
‘The Secret of CSAT Question Writing’: Lee Sun-bin and Yoo Jae-myung lead 40-day comedy at test-writing headquarters — 11 stills released

‘The Secret of CSAT Question Writing’: Lee Sun-bin and Yoo Jae-myung lead 40-day comedy at test-writing headquarters — 11 stills released

A lighthearted mission comedy follows a 40-day effort to create flawless questions without typos or disputes at the headquarters where the College Scholastic Ability Test is written Lee Sun-bin leads an all-star cast including Hwang Bo-ra, Jung Soo-young, Yoo Jae-myung, Kim Young-min and Jeon Suk-ho as Korean-language teacher Maeng Bo-ram The newly unveiled 11 stills preview the pitch-perfect chemistry among a colorful cast of characters
The mission comedy 〈The Secret of CSAT Question Writing〉, which explores the world of writing questions for the College Scholastic Ability Test, has raised expectations with the release of new stills. The film 〈The Secret of CSAT Question Writing〉 released 11 press stills on Sept. 28.
How Did Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook Become Directors? 31 Masters Recall “My First Action” and Their Brilliant Debuts

How Did Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook Become Directors? 31 Masters Recall “My First Action” and Their Brilliant Debuts

The debut struggles of leading Korean filmmakers, from a screenplay rewritten 30 times to seven years of financial hardship
Even the masters who now define Korean cinema had humble, uncertain beginnings. “The Outlaws” (2017) director Kang Yoon-sung’s arduous journey to the director’s chair at the late age of 47 is among the stories collected in the new book “My First Action”, along with the debut tales of 31 top...
〈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...
Netflix's 30th Korean Film Investment Pays Off With Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' After 8-Year Wait

Netflix's 30th Korean Film Investment Pays Off With Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' After 8-Year Wait

His first film in eight years earns the Grand Jury Prize, capping a long-running partnership that began with 'Okja'
Global platform guarantees master filmmaker's independence, capping 30 investments in Korean cinema Global streaming platform 'Netflix' officially congratulated master filmmaker 'Lee Chang-dong' on 'Possible Love' winning the 'Venice International Film Festival' Grand Jury Prize, reaffirming its...
Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ the Year’s Most Provocative Korean Commercial Film

Kim Mi-jo on ‘Gyeongju Trip,’ the Year’s Most Provocative Korean Commercial Film

Kim Mi-jo’s 〈Gyeongju Trip〉 is a brisk, chilly revenge drama that announces a director with a singular, hard-to-pin-down voice. Director Kim Mi-jo said that 〈Little Miss Sunshine〉 (2006) and Bong Joon-ho’s 〈The Host〉 (2006) were the biggest influences on 〈Gyeongju Trip〉.
[Photo &] Gong Hyo-jin Returns to MBC Drama as a “Wife Killer” in 15 Years After Sweet Newlywed Days at a Press Conference

[Photo &] Gong Hyo-jin Returns to MBC Drama as a “Wife Killer” in 15 Years After Sweet Newlywed Days at a Press Conference

Its first episode airs on the 31st… Director Yoon Jong-ho’s take on “Carry Me, Run” brings in Jung Joon-won, Lee Sang-yi and others
Actor “Gong Hyo-jin” is returning to her hometown network, MBC, after 15 years. The experience of a sweet honeymoon has become a powerful asset that completes her character in the new Friday-Saturday miniseries “Wife Killer”.