Acclaimed director Bong Joon-ho’s son Hyo-min has made his directorial debut with the short film “Wedding” aired on Feb. 5 on cable channel JTBC2, local entertainment outlet Star News reported Monday.About 15 minutes long, it is the fourth in an ongoing film project titled “Directors TV Web Movie” led by YGKPlus, a modeling and acting agency arm of the entertainment behemoth YG Entertainment. “Wedding” features actor Son Ho-joon as its lead character Ji-hwan, a deaf man who attends an old high s

An uproarious British satire shot during the Brexit referendum drew big laughs at the Berlin film festival Monday, with Sally Potter using a stellar cast for “a light and loving look” at a “broken England.” From left: British actor Timothy Spall, US actress Patricia Clarkson, Irish actor Cillian Murphy, British director Sally Potter, Swiss actor Bruno Ganz and British actress Kristin Scott Thomas pose during the photo call for “The Party” during the 67th annual Berlin Film Festival, in Berlin, G

New posters for the upcoming film “A Single Rider” starring Lee Byung-hun, Gong Hyo-jin and Ahn So-hee were revealed by its distributor Warner Bros. Korea on Sunday.　The new poster shows a teary-eyed Lee Byung-hun portraying Kang Jae-hoon, a bankrupt stock firm manager, who loses everything after investing in an insolvent bond. In the film, Kang leaves for Australia, where his wife, Soo-jin, played by Gong Hyo-jin, is preparing to move onto a new life. Unable to approach her, Kang disappears.　Th

Han Suk-kyu and Kim Rae-won share a common hobby -- fishing. Talking about their teamwork on the upcoming film “Prison” in an interview released by Showbox, the film’s distributor, Monday, the two actors said they bonded over fishing.“We’ve talked a lot about life and acting while fishing together over the years,” said Han. “We always wondered when we would be able to work together,” said Kim. Han Suk-kyu (left) and Kim Rae-won star in “Prison.” (Showbox)“What I lacked, Kim made up for, and what

The Korean action film "Fabricated City" collected 896,606 viewers last weekend, rising to No. 1 on the local box office, data showed Monday.The latest by "Welcome to Dongmakgol" director Park Kwang-hyun, "Fabricated City" surpassed the 1 million mark in attendance Sunday, the fourth day of its run, according to figures from the Korean Film Council. (CJ E&M)Starring Ji Chang-wook, Shim Eun-kyung and Ahn Jae-hong, the film is about a jobless young gamer who is jailed after being framed as a rape-

BERLIN (AFP) - Hollywood actor and director Stanley Tucci said Donald Trump‘s administration could have a “devastating” impact on the arts and “civilized society,” as he unveiled his new biopic at the Berlin film festival Saturday.Tucci (“The Devil Wears Prada”) presented “Final Portrait,” a depiction of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti’s twilight months in Paris, when he painted American writer James Lord in 1964.The movie stars Australian Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush as the temperamental sculptor

NEW YORK (AP) - If you’re looking for the most vibrant corner of the Oscars, look no further than that once musty and staid category: best documentary feature. Nowhere else do you find such a variety of form, of perspective and of storytelling. While Hollywood has in recent years been busy turning into a superhero factory, the more diverse documentary world has been exploding with an unmatched richness of experimentation and creativity. The stars might be in other categories, but the heat is in

BERLIN (AFP) - The Berlin film festival opens Thursday with the world premiere of “Django,” a biopic about Gypsy-jazz great Django Reinhardt focused on the little-known story of his family’s persecution by the Nazis.The French production is one of 18 movies vying for the coveted Golden Bear, which will be awarded Feb. 18 by a jury led by Hollywood director Paul Verhoeven (“RoboCop”, “Elle”).“Django” marks the directorial debut of Etienne Comar, a screenwriter and producer behind hits such as “Of

Hong Sang-soo competes at Berlinale with ‘On the Beach at Night Alone,’ starring Kim Min-hee

“Bluebeard,” a thriller directed by Lee Su-yeon starring Cho Jin-woong, has been invited to three prominent international film events -- the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, the Far East Film Festival held in Udine, Italy, and the Hawaii International Film Festival.Brussels film festival programmer Freddy Bozzo called it a suspenseful movie with a striking climax, while programmer Sabrina Baracetti of the Udine festival said the film had significant tension, according to reports.H

BERLIN (AFP) - The Berlin film festival, one of Europe‘s top cinema showcases, gets under way Thursday, bringing a parade of stars to its famed red carpet.Nearly 400 movies will be screened during the 11-day gathering. Here’s a preview of highlights from the Berlinale, now in its 67th year, that are already generating buzz.Portraits of the artist Right from opening night, the festival will throw a spotlight on biopics and documentaries that explore famous creative lives. Etienne Comar‘s debut fe

Six Korean films, including award-winning director Hong Sang-soo's latest movie, will be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival set to kick off this week. (Finecut)Hong's "On the Beach at Night Alone" will be featured in the main competition category, while five others will be shown in noncompetition sections."On the Beach" is Hong's 19th feature film and third foray to Berlin after "Night and Day" (2008) and "Nobody's Daughter Haewon" (2013). It will be Korea's first film to advance

Two sci-fi thriller films set to hit theaters this month take place in the alternate realities of dreams and games.“Lucid Dream,” opening Feb. 22, stars Go Soo as a journalist whose specialty lies in exposing corruption inside big companies. To recover his kidnapped son, the character uses his ability to remain conscious in a dream state to retrace his memory back three years to the time of the incident.The film also introduces various notions related to the mystery of human sleep, including col

In this dystopian city reminiscent of George Orwell's "1984," everyone is under complete surveillance by a Big Brother-type villain. He effortlessly manipulates criminal cases and distorts facts, utilizing his connections to those in power, CCTV footage, IT technology and vast amounts of private information of citizens that he gathers in a panic room. (Yonhap)Set in a futuristic Seoul, "Fabricated City" offers a glimpse into the gloomy future in a society controlled by an omnipresent, totalitari