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Lee Chang-dong's 'Burning' to hit screens

Award-winning filmmaker Lee Chang-dong will come back with his latest film “Burning” in May, breaking his eight-year hiatus.

Movies | 2018-04-08 16:27

Lady Bird; What a Man Wants; Stand by Me; Ready Player One; Seven Years of Night

Movies | 2018-04-05 18:05

Box Office Rankings

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Movies | 2018-04-05 16:39

Top-ranked 'Gonjiam' may renew Korean horror film record

The low-budget Korean horror film “Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” is poised to win big. The fake documentary horror film, casting rookie actors to tell the story of seven young people teaming up to visit an abandoned psychiatric hospital, became a surprise No.1 hit at the local box office this weekend, attracting nearly 1 million moviegoers. That is the quickest to reach the 1 mill...

Movies | 2018-04-02 20:29

Film industry divided over reducing working hour bill

The local film industry, infamous for long working hours of the production staff, low pay and poor working conditions, is divided ahead of the introduction of a revised bill to reduce standard weekly working hours. Under the revised Labor Standards Act, effective beginning in July, working hours per week will be reduced to 52 hours from 68 hours. As well, sectors exempted from the act will be reduced to five from the previous 26. Movie production and broadcasting, which had been on the exemption list previously, will have to limit working hours to 40 hours for the workweek and 12 hours of ov...

Movies | 2018-03-31 11:41

Queer film makes splash in Korea

An Italian “queer film,” “Call Me By Your Name,” is making a meaningful feat in local theaters. The coming-of-age film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, secured less than 200 screens across the country, but succeeded in attracting over 90,000 viewers in a week. The film, which tells the story of two young men falling in love, is playing at 155 screens. It has drawn 93,058 people since its March 22 release, becoming the sixth most-viewed film here as of Thursday.

Movies | 2018-03-31 11:40

Box Office Rankings

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Movies | 2018-03-29 14:27

Ready Player One; Seven Years of Night; The Bachelors; Be With You; Pacific Rim Uprising

Movies | 2018-03-29 11:11

First commercial VR film to hit local theaters

CJ CGV will release the first 4DX VR film “Meet the Memories,” which will hit the local theaters on March 31. The 38-minute romantic comedy combines the 4DX technology, which utilizes motion chairs that move in perfect synchronicity with the movie being shown onscreen, and virtual reality technology, which has been fast making inroads into the movie theater business. By weari...

Movies | 2018-03-26 19:41

Ha Jung-woo becomes honorary citizen of Florence

Actor and film director Ha Jung-woo has been presented with an honorary citizenship of Florence, Italy. The capital city of Italy's Tuscany, which was the center of the Renaissance, bestowed Ha with a “Chiavi della Citta” award, which is translated as “the keys of the city.” Florence has been offering the award to artists with notable achievements.

Movies | 2018-03-26 16:22

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