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First reactions from a preview screeningDirector An Jaehoon's animated feature 〈Agami〉, based on Gu Byeongmo's novel 「Agami」, opens Sept. 9. The film tells the radiant story of Gon, the world's only child to grow gills after being thrown into deep water, and of the people who meant everything in...

One phrase immediately came to mind: Christopher Nolan has pushed past his own limits in 〈Odyssey〉, his adaptation of Homer’s 「The Odyssey」, which opens on Aug. 5. 「The Odyssey」 tells the story of King Odysseus’s return to his homeland of Ithaca after the Trojan War, a foundational epic that still...

Advance bookings alone topped 600,000. That opening-day figure shows that 〈Hope〉 has become a national talking point, not just a movie-industry event. 〈Hope〉 is the new film from director Na Hong-jin, known for the tense, audacious intensity of 〈The Chaser〉, 〈The Yellow Sea〉 and 〈The Wailing〉.

※The interview with 〈Hope〉 director Na Hong-jin continues from Part 1. ※This interview contains spoilers and interpretations of the ending. Before the film was finished, you said that the actors who play the aliens—including Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander—are the protagonists.

[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...

▶Actor Kang Dong-won's interview on 〈Wild Thing〉 continues from Part 1. 〈Wild Sing〉's Hyun-woo sees the 'headspin' as the symbol of a dream he can never give up; if Kang Dong-won has a dream like that, what is it. I just want to be the best actor in the world; simply put, that's all there is.

Yeon Sang-ho has once again led the evolution of zombie cinema. The film 〈Colony〉 finished its screening at the recent Cannes Film Festival and met with Korean reporters on May 20 ahead of its May 21 release. 〈Colony〉, which depicts events after biologist Seo Young-cheol injects himself with a...

[First Look on the Scene]Fueled by the absolute support of horror fans around the world, the film 〈The Mummy by Lee Cronin〉—which brings together horror maestro James Wan and Blumhouse, a pairing that has everyone excited—opens on April 22.

The film is an entry in the main competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and director Chie Hayakawa’s new work, 〈Renoir〉, is raising anticipation by delivering the director’s intentions behind its distinctive title along with news of her visit to Korea.

[First Impressions]A global box-office hit with $1. 3 billion in worldwide earnings—“Super” returns as a global megahit animated film on the world stage. 〈The Super Mario Bros. 〉 returns with a new story—〈Super Mario Galaxy〉 releases on April 29.