ENTERTAINMENT
October 18, 2024 09:01am [Box office] Movies in theaters this week “Love in the Big City” (South Korea) Opened Oct. 1 Drama Directed by Lee Eon-hee Jae-hee (Kim Go-eun) and Heung-soo (Noh Sang-hyun), young Seoulites w...
October 16, 2024 04:09pm Movie for 4,000 won? Short horror film ‘4 mins 44 secs’ to hit theaters Nov. 1 The short-form thriller “4 minutes 44 seconds” will hit local theaters next month, following the unusual success of the short film “Night Fishing” s...
October 15, 2024 04:15pm [Herald Interview] ‘Uprising’ director Kim Sang-man sees social ranks still around today Director Kim Sang-man, whose last film was 2004’s “The Tenor - Lirico Spinto,” was hesitant at first to make a period action flick set in Joseon (1392...
October 14, 2024 04:45pm No more ticket wars. Concert, musical films head to multiplex cinemas Booking tickets online for a K-pop idol concert or a top-selling musical show, which sell out in several minutes or even seconds, is stressful. The hi...
October 13, 2024 04:43pm Busan film fest ends with lingering controversy over streaming platform presence The 29th Busan International Film Festival ended Friday after a 10-day run during which it hosted 145,238 guests and screened 224 films from 63 countr...
October 11, 2024 06:52pm 'Heavy Snow,' Han So-hee's big screen debut, examines stereotypes of beauty "Heavy Snow," exploring a fragile yet beautiful romance budding between two friends, examines societal perceptions faced by those with striking physic...
October 11, 2024 09:01am [Box office] Movies in theaters this week “The Wild Robot” (US) Opened Oct. 1 Animation Directed by Chris Sanders Roz (Lupita Nyong'o), a newly manufactured robot shipwrecked on an uninha...
October 8, 2024 04:21pm [History through films] ‘A Taxi Driver’: Simple-hearted man’s adventurous ride to Gwangju Democratic Uprising “A Taxi Driver,” a 2017 action drama flick by Jang Hoon (“The Front Line,” “The Secret Reunion”), is not the first movie to have depicted the Gwangju ...
October 7, 2024 06:08pm Netflix, streaming platforms come under fire for loose ratings Global streaming platforms like Netflix, Apple TV+ and Disney+ have been applying loose ratings, violating the Promotion of the Motion Pictures and ...
October 7, 2024 04:12pm [Herald Interview] Always around but never understood: ‘Tiger Stripes’ speaks up for teenagers BUSAN -- Written and directed by Malaysian director Amanda Neel Eu, “Tiger Stripes” follows carefree 12-year-old Zaffan who starts to experience unexp...
October 5, 2024 10:55am From thrillers to animation: Netflix's 2025 Korean originals promise universal fun, fresh stories Netflix, a global streaming service, plans to roll out seven Korean original films next year, responding to rapidly evolving content consumption trend...
October 4, 2024 06:04pm CJ ENM vows to invest W1tr in content, maximize cross-platform synergy BUSAN -- South Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ EJM said it would continue to invest 1 trillion won in content production and operation, its CEO Y...
October 4, 2024 11:22am Auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa says he hasn’t discovered his style yet BUSAN -- Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who gained international attention with the psychological horror thriller “Cure” (1997), said he still hasn’t discovered hi...
October 4, 2024 09:00am [Box office] Movies in theaters this week “Joker: Folie a Deux” (US) Opened Oct. 1 Crime/Musical Directed by Todd Phillips Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a failed comedian, is institutionaliz...
October 3, 2024 05:57pm Apple TV+ documentary follows vibrant, fearless lives of haenyeo BUSAN -- While there are a number of TV shows, documentaries and even fictional movies -- “Smugglers” (2023) -- that depict the lives of “haenyeo” or ...
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