Renowned director Park Chan-wook was honored for his film “Decision to Leave” at the 11th annual LACMA Art+Film Gala held Saturday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California. The director was selected for the honor along with American artist Helen Pashgian. The LACMA Art+Film Gala was established in 2011 by the annual event’s co-chairman Eva Chow and actor Leonardo DiCap...

“On the first day of shooting, I actually had fun performing. I wanted to do well. The fact that I could enjoy acting when I was going through a very difficult time like that made me realize how much I love doing this.” "First Child," starring Park, hits local theaters Thursday.

For audiences in Korea, four selected films will be screened during the five-day festival. Opening film “Toloka” (2019), by director Mykhailo Illienko, is a film adaptation of a lyrical poem of the same title by national poet and independence activist Taras Shevchenko. The film revolves around Kateryna, a young woman, and three Cossacks who fall in love with her. Kateryna says she will only give...

Award-winning director says he is done with films on Korean society, getting ready for international project

Kim Se-in, director of the film “The Apartment With Two Women” which has screened at local and overseas film festivals, talked about the difference in reactions between Korean and foreign audiences during a press conference held at Lotte Cinema Konkuk University on Tuesday. Kim’s debut feature, which was created for a feature film production program organized by the Korean Academy of Film Arts, ...

As Korea entered a weeklong national mourning period after a tragic Halloween crowd surge that killed at least 154 people in Itaewon, central Seoul, on Saturday night, the Korean entertainment industry is offering its condolences. Korean film distributors have called off events following the deadly crush. Lotte Entertainment on Monday said it canceled all stage greeting events that were planned...

“I will pray for you Yu-na. Thank you for everything, it is heart wrenching,” read a comment to a photo she posted on Instagram on Oct. 12th.

We sat down with Anupam Tripathi from Squid Game and got the full story behind his journey to the screen. From how Korea became his second home and exclusive behind-the-scenes stories, to his hopes for the future, we get the full scoop! Lee Ji-min, Lim Su-mi, Park Seo-hee and Park Ju-min contributed to this report. By Kim Min-jung (minjung.kim@heraldcorp.com) Choi Jeong-yoon (jychoi@heraldcor...

Barunson E&A, the production company behind the Oscar-winning film "Parasite," has joined hands with blockchain company Lambda 256. The blockchain firm is a subsidiary of Dunamu, the operator of Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit. “The driving force that made Korean cinema what it is today came from passionate and active movie fans. By creating this community where filmmakers and aud...

The highly-anticipated musical film "Hero" directed by hit filmmaker Yoon Je-kyoon is slated to open in December, according to the film distributor CJ ENM. Yoon has previously directed two megahit movies, “Tidal Wave” (2009) and “Ode to My Father” (2014), which attracted more than 10 million moviegoers. Since the Hollywood science fiction film “Avatar: The Way of Water” directed by James Camero...

“Nelly & Nadine,” another grand prix winner in the Festival Choice: Global section, completes the lineup for the upcoming screening. Swedish director Magnus Gertten's 90-minute documentary “Nelly & Nadine” tells the heartwarming story of two women who fall in love on Christmas Eve of 1944, in the Ravensbruck concentration camp. Their romance, which had remained secret even to some of the two wom...

“At first, when I was filming for the role of Jeong-sun, I only thought about ‘Korean Jeong-sun.’ But after the film's nominations at San Sebastian and Rome, I felt that this was a story for everyone,” said Kim speaking to The Korea Herald on Monday. “I am honored to have our film screened and win awards at international festivals. I hope Jeong-sun’s message of ‘live strong’ is shared with the w...

Global social media platform Twitter inked a content partnership deal for the 58th Daejong Film Awards, set to be held on Dec. 9, the tech giant said Wednesday. Under the new agreement, the two sides aim to bolster South Korea’s film industry and the help aficionados of Korea-based movie content and cinema around the globe access Korean films more easily. By clinching the deal, Twitter will be ...

An interim report on Korean films has determined that roles for men and characters living in Greater Seoul are overrepresented. As part of the Korean Movie Diversity & Inclusion Week, the report for the Center for Gender Equality in Korean Film, named "Deundeun," analyzed 446 Korean films in the top 40 percent of box office hits -- commercial films and independent films separately -- and streami...

“From the beginning, he is having an affair, so he is not a good person. But I did not think of him as a person who could kill someone. He made some wrong choices -- one after another. In the end, they pile up and he becomes a villain,” he said. Since the movie tells its story mainly through conversations between the CEO and lawyer in the hut, the actor said they had to practice the script thoro...