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A record number of films have been submitted to the short-film competition at the fourth Jeju 4·3 Film Festival, which transforms the painful memories of Jeju 4·3 into values of peace and human rights. After a rigorous preliminary screening, 10 films advancing to the final competition have been...

The evolution of 'Under Dog,' back as 'Moungchi on the Road' in 4K… Narrative density created by a 9-minute cut A masterpiece that opened a new chapter for South Korean animation in 2019 returns to the big screen with a completely new texture.

[First reactions from the press screening] Na Hong-jin’s new film 〈Hope〉, which screened in competition at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, opens July 15. In 〈Hope〉, Beom-seok (Hwang Jung-min), chief of the Hopohang outpost in the Demilitarized Zone, hears from local young men that a tiger has...

This week's Joo Sung-chul's Locker article has been changed to a building locker. I couldn't just pass by the 25th Korean film to reach 10 million viewers, 〈The Man Who Lives with the King〉. Last weekend, 〈The Man Who Lives with the King〉 surpassed 11. 17 million cumulative viewers. The pace is fast.

How can we wait another week? To catch Bumjeop's victory (?) live, sighs continued from those who awaited the 10 PM broadcast of 'World of Street Woman Fighter' on June 24. This was because the reaction to the Mnet 'World of Street Woman Fighter' (hereafter 'World of SWF') Mega Crew Mission video,...

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〉, 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...

[OTT Ratings] ​ Disney+'s original series 〈Made in Korea〉 has released its second season through Episode 4, beginning Sept. 9. 〈Made in Korea〉 Season 2 is a noir drama about Baek Ki-tae's perilous journey as he careens toward even greater ambitions nine years later.

“Back in action. ” In Nancy Meyers’ 〈The Intern〉 (2015), Ben says to himself as he prepares for his first day back at work. The expression describes resuming activity after an extended break because of rest or an injury. Strictly speaking, however, he is not talking to himself.

[First Reactions] A fresh pairing of Choi Min-sik as a silver intern and Han So-hee as a workaholic CEO arrives in the Korean film 〈Intern〉, which opens Sept. 16. 〈Intern〉 tells an office-life story that transcends both generations and rank, beginning when Gi-ho, a silver intern with 37 years of...