Critic Kim Na-hee on 'The Assassins': “With the Pen, the Body and Music” ②
※ 〈The Assassins〉 review continues from Part 1. This article contains spoilers for the film.
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‘Day and Night, To Each Other’ Releases First Press Stills! Coffee-Scented, Distinctive Aesthetic
A playful, charming film capturing conversations between day and night as they pass through a cafe over the course of a single season.
Selected as the opening film of the 31st Busan International Film Festival, 〈Day and Night, To Each Other〉 sold out every seat at the opening ceremony as soon as advance ticket sales began. The film has now released its first press stills.
‘Assassin(s)’ Aims for Chuseok With Mystery and Period Drama, Cast and Director Say
The first lady was shot. Yet the investigation is riddled with questions. If "the scene does not lie," who is lying. The film 〈Assassin 〉 reconstructs South Korea's social landscape around the 1974 assassination of First Lady Yuk Young-soo.
Fingernail-eating ‘Mousetrap’ hits the mark, tops Netflix’s global non-English shows
In its second week, the series landed on the Top 10 lists in 45 countries, including South Korea, Malaysia, Oman, the Philippines and Argentina.
The tracking thriller 〈Mousetrap〉, which follows novelist Moon Jae after a mysterious entity called “Mousetrap” steals his name, face and entire life, as well as loan shark No Ja, who is trying to recover lost money, and detective Sun-yong as they pursue the entity’s identity, has risen to No.
Netflix Series ‘Mousetrap’ Ranks No. 5 Among Global Top 10 Non-English Shows!
The series made the Top 10 list in 13 countries, including South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia and Qatar, underscoring its strong popularity.
‘Mousetrap’ is a tracking thriller about Moon-jae, a novelist who has his name, face and entire life stolen by a mysterious entity known as ‘Mousetrap’; No-ja, a loan shark trying to recover money he has lost; and detective Soon-yong as they pursue the truth behind Mousetrap.
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[Interview] Gong Hyo-jin on the laugh-and-cry power of 'Gyeongju Trip' (1)
Gong Hyo-jin’s acting carries an unusually persuasive power. Even a premise in which a character sets out to punish a heinous criminal herself, and a genre blend that shuttles relentlessly between comedy and tears, feel entirely believable because of her.
Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ vs. Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’: Who will win at 35th Buil Film Awards on Oct. 7
Competition for the best actor and actress awards is fierce, with Lee Byung-hun, Yoo Hae-jin and Son Ye-jin among the contenders; ceremony set for Signiel Busan on Oct. 7
35th awards ceremony to be held at Signiel Busan in Haeundae; ‘A Man Who Lives With the King,’ which topped 10 million viewers, produces two best actor nominees A head-to-head battle between two giants leading South Korea’s film industry is taking shape.
Vertical cinema ‘My Father’s Table’ unveils character stills of Jung Jin-young, Lee Jung-eun and Byun Yo-han!
Before its Sept. 9 release, the film will screen Aug. 29 as an invited selection at the inaugural Korea Short Drama Awards, co-hosted by Cineplay and the Korean Film Archive.
The newly released character stills capture the contrasting expressions of Ha-eung, Soon-ae and Myung-bok as they sit around the same table. Ha-eung (Jung Jin-young), seated before the meal with his arms crossed and a deeply displeased expression, immediately reveals the nature of a father who has...
‘Survival Tag Game’ Disney+ Launches Dopamine-Fueled Chase Survival on September!
Thirteen players collide for the chance to become an all-rounder player as unpredictable chases and nail-biting battles of wits unfold over and over.
Disney+ original variety show 〈Survival Tag Game〉 is an extreme, chase-and-survival format in which dopamine-charged pursuits and psychological warfare between the hidden “tagger” intertwine. Thirteen players with diverse and fresh appeal will repeatedly spark survival instincts as they run...
‘He’s at my house!’ Facts you may not know about Eum Moon-seok, the bizarre carpenter in 〈Hope〉
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〉.