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“If horizontal film is a landscape painting, the vertical frame is a portrait. You can focus more deeply on a character’s inner life, and on set every actor gets a solo shot — it becomes a kind of liberated space for cinema where everyone stands equal.

MBC has announced its 2026 drama lineup, covering a wide range of genres from romance to action and thriller. The lineup features top stars like IU, Byun Woo-seok, and Gong Hyo-jin, showcasing its ambition to solidify its reputation as the 'drama kingdom'.

A new type of female psychopath has emerged. The upcoming SBS 8-episode Friday-Saturday drama 〈Queen Mantis〉 is a mystery drama centered around a unique psychological game between a ‘killer and a detective’ and a ‘mother and son’.

〈Queen Mantis〉 returning actor Ko Hyun-jung shared her thoughts on collaborating with Director Byun Young-joo. On the 26th, the YouTube channel TEO released web entertainment 'Salon Drip 2' episode 105, featuring actor Ko Hyun-jung as a guest.

Actress Go Hyun-jung is set to meet viewers with a shocking transformation as a serial killer in a new drama. SBS announced on the 4th that the new Friday-Saturday drama 〈The Mantis: The Killer's Exit〉 (hereafter 〈The Mantis〉) will premiere on the 5th of next month.

A women’s bathhouse. Perhaps it’s a familiar, ordinary place for most women. The camera is set up, the lights come on, and filming begins. Water—whether sweat or tears, it’s hard to tell—runs down the face of a woman in the bath.

Now is exactly the right time to write about actor Lee Hyun-kyun. Granted, I should have written about him while 〈The Dream Life of Mr. Kim〉 was airing. But perhaps missing that window, one way or another, meant I was supposed to write about him now.

Director beloved by Cannes receives France’s highest arts honor Jung Joo-ri, director of the film ‘Dora’, has been awarded the rank of ‘Chevalier’ in France’s Order of Arts and Letters. The Embassy of France in Korea announced on the 14th that it had presented the honor to Jung at the 2026 French...

A nonfiction essay vividly recounting the hard-fought debut journeys of 31 leading directors shaping South Korean cinema, 『My First Action』 (jointly planned by the Directors Guild of Korea and CinePlay), has been published.

A documentary offering an intimate look at the dignified life and decades of charitable work of actor 'Kim Hye-ja', who is marking 65 years in acting at age 85, is coming to audiences. Comfort offered at the edge of despair, and a reason for living found in Africa World Vision, an international...