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Festival to be held across Busan for 10 days starting Oct. 6, with 14 competition entries and 64 industry programs 'A-list' festival becomes a hub for Asia's film industry The '31st Busan International Film Festival' , which has earned global recognition beyond Asia, will fill Busan with the...

The film ‘Assassin ’, which brings the shooting of Yuk Young-soo to the screen, has become the focus of a fierce dispute over historical distortion. In the wake of its release, ratings from actual moviegoers and online users have sharply diverged at 8. 4 and 2.

※ This article includes plot developments from the latter part of the film and its epilogue. ​ Heo Jin-ho’s 〈Assassin 〉 rings out with six gunshots. But what the film tracks to the end is not the bullets, but the questions left behind where the shots passed. Who fired. How many rounds were fired.

Questions mount over 'free speech' defender's hypocrisy 'Elon Musk'-owned social media platform 'X' is facing backlash after refusing to run any ads for a documentary that takes aim at Musk himself. TechCrunch and other major news outlets reported on the 27th, local time, that 'X' abruptly blocked...

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...

From Netflix’s No. 1 non-English series ‘Field Mouse’ to upcoming drama ‘Full Count,’ genre series trend captures buzz and efficiency The television landscape has been shifting rapidly. The wave of female-led stories that dominated primetime last year has receded, making way for ‘bromance’ series...

'Tazza 4' closes in after topping 100,000 admissions, reaches a 31.6% advance-booking rate over the Chuseok holiday Shots fired in 1974 consume the box office 'Assassins', which probes the events behind the 1974 shooting of the first lady, seized the box-office crown with overwhelming momentum on...

The return of a Nouvelle Vague master who blurred the line between reality and fiction Jacques Rivette, a leading figure in the 'Nouvelle Vague' movement that drove innovation in French cinema, will finally meet Korean audiences with his landmark film 'Celine and Julie Go Boating' (1974).

A Silent Border City and the Chronicle of Violence Hidden Beneath Its Surface A stolen car, a chance encounter with an old acquaintance and a clandestine mafia deal. From its opening scenes, director Valeska Grisebach’s latest film, ‘Dreaming Adventure’, thoroughly defies audience expectations...

Lowering the barrier to art: The appeal of short films woven into everyday life 'Busan International Short Film Festival' is bringing a special screening program directly to areas underserved by culture. The BISFF office announced Tuesday that it will launch 'Traveling Moonlight Theater', a free...