In her recent works, actress Ko Hyun-jung has been nothing but a powerful, ruling woman.She starred as Korea’s first female president in the 2010 SBS drama “Daemul,” and the ambitious, manipulative royal concubine Lady Mishil in MBC’s 2009 hit biopic drama “Queen Seondeok.” Even in her 2007 police procedural TV series “H.I.T.,” Ko played a fierce detective who would not take no for an answer.In her upcoming movie “Miss GO,” however, Ko returns to the screen as a timid, dowdy woman. In the highly

CANNES, France (AP) ― Actress Audrey Tautou, known for her sweet and light roles in such films as “Amelie,’’ praised the late director Claude Miller as a “bright and passionate’’ filmmaker who helped her turn in a darker direction in his final film.The French star plays a husband-poisoner in Miller’s “Therese Desqueyroux,’’ which closed the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday at a special screening celebrating the lauded New Wave filmmaker, who died last month of cancer at age 70.The contemporary of

Im Sang-soo and Hong Sang-soo, the only two Asian directors in competition, fail to win prizesCANNES, France (AFP) ― Cannes crowned “Love” by Austria’s Michael Haneke, the wrenching tale of a man and his dying wife, with its Palme d’Or prize Sunday as Europe swept the awards at world cinema’s top showcase.Haneke’s octogenarian actors, French screen icon Jean-Louis Trintignant, 81, and Emmanuelle Riva, 85, bowled Cannes over in the story of Georges and Anne, an adoring couple whose bond is tested

Runway Cop (Korea)Opening May 31Comedy. Directed by Shin Tae-ra. Detective Cha Cheol-soo (Kang Ji-hwan) does not care about the way he looks or what others think of him. He is fat and does not wash enough. His hair is always greasy and his clothes smell. But when he is assigned to a drug case in Korea’s flashy fashion industry, he is ordered to lose at least 20 kilograms and pretend to be a fashion model to investigate undercover. Granny in 1st Grade (Korea)Opened May 24Drama. Directed by Jin Gw

Richard John has one of the most interesting closets in America.A Barbra Streisand concert gown. Costumes from “The King and I,” “Camelot” and “The Ten Commandments.” Suits worn by Bob Hope on stage and Laurence Olivier on the big screen. A Lana Turner necklace. Sequined shoes from Phyllis Diller’s final Vegas act. An Elizabeth Taylor ensemble from a television appearance.After more than 20 years of collecting clothing and accessories from classic-era movie stars, John’s wardrobe is bursting at

CANNES, France (AP) ― The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age. The latter came by way of Michael Haneke’s “Amour,’’ which is by wide consensus the favorite thus far for the festival’s top honor, the Palme d’Or. Such an outcome would make the Austrian filmmaker, who won three years ago for his previous film, “The White Ribbon,’’ the seventh director to win

Jo Yeo-jung stars in Kim Dai-seung’s highly convincing noir ‘The Concubine’Despite the media frenzy and concern for her “going nude too often,” actress Jo Yeo-jung appears to have a fine taste in selecting her roles.After breaking into Korea’s film scene by going nude in her 2010 erotic period drama “The Servant,” the actress has chosen another period thriller with explicit sex scenes. But despite the media hype about Jo’s graphic nude scenes, “The Concubine” is actually an alluring thriller rev

 Alessandra Fisher Li Bingbing arrives at the 65th Canne international film festival,in southern France on Thursday. (Yonhap News)China's actress and singer attended the 65th Canne international film festival in France on Thursday.

Isabelle Huppert plays three roles in “In Another Country” by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo about French women lost in translation among admirers in Asia, premiering at Cannes on Monday. Huppert, 59, appears as a trio of different characters, all named Anne, in quirky vignettes dreamed up by a young screenwriter, a woman seen only briefly in the film.All the stories take place in the seaside town of Mohang, with Anne the successful film-maker, Anne the married woman cheating on her husband