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- PARASITE Marks Historic First with Best Picture Win at the Oscars
- The long road has finally come to an end, and what an ending it was. Almost nine months after its May 21 premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, BONG Joon-ho’s history-making seventh feature Parasite (2019) went the distance at the Academy Awards, where it became the first ever foreign language film t...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 11, 2020
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- Animals and Agents Dominate 2020’s 1st Holiday Season
- Just a few weeks into the 2020s and the first holiday season is already upon us, with the Lunar New Year holidays falling on Saturday, January 25 this year. After ASHFALL (2019), Start-Up (2019) and Forbidden Dream (2019) pulled in the crowds through the end-of-year season in late 2019, Korean studi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 20, 2020
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- Breakout Stars of 2019
- Each year brings with it a new crop of Korean films, but along with all the returning directors and stars we also get a number of new names – or faces that we weren’t quite familiar with before – that really grab our attention. As we look back over 2019, we can find a number of impressive young new ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 06, 2020
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- A Decade in Korean Film
- 10 Landmark Korean Works from the 2010s With just a few days left in the year, it’s time to look back over what has been a landmark decade for Korean cinema. Though some yearn for the halcyon years of the early 2000s, when the industry was coming into its own and taking bold risks on the innovative...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 24, 2019
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- Korean Blockbusters Seek New Thrills Overseas
- As the Korean film industry continues to grow, so too does the geographical scope of its productions. While Korean filmmakers have long sought out overseas locations for their films, of late a number of large-scale productions have been looking to foreign lands for new vistas and sensations to entic...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 16, 2019
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- New Blockbusters Look to Heat Up Theaters During Winter Season
- An eventful year for Korean cinema, which marked the industry’s centenary celebrations and produced the most successful and globally acclaimed Korean film of all time, is preparing to wind down but not before it unleashes its final wave of box office hopefuls during the busy end of year theatrical w...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 19, 2019
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- PARASITE Marks New Milestone for Korean Films in America
- Months after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it became the first ever Korean film to walk away with the coveted Palme d’Or prize, BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE continues to gain traction overseas as it begins its theatrical releases in several western markets, after already conquering Asia...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 05, 2019
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- Forward-Facing Busan International Film Festival Wraps 24th Edition
- Following 10 days packed with 300 films from 85 countries, a parade of stars, a busy industry market and a wide-arranging selection of special events, this year’s 24th Busan International Film Festival closed its doors on October 12. 189,115 attendees were counted for this year’s edition, which kick...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 22, 2019
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- From Stage to Screen, K-pop Stars on the Move
- One of Korean cinema’s chief assets has long been its formidable stable of screen performers. Many of the industry’s leading lights have come from the stage (such as SONG Kang-ho), while many others got their start working on the small screen (including JEON Do-yeon). Yet over the last few years, a ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 08, 2019
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- Film Directors Migrate to the Small Screen
- Much like we’ve witnessed in several western markets over the past decade, the lines between the film and TV worlds are also beginning to blur in Korea. Major Hallyu stars have frequently crossed this line, but the content creators have largely remained in their own trenches, until now. With the exp...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 23, 2019
