K-Pop /

K-movies

Related Topics:
K-drama news
K-pop scandals
K-pop idols
South Korean celebrities
K-pop, Mandopop and other Asian pop
Ryu Jun-yeol (left) in a still from Revelations. Photo: Netflix
Asian cinema: Korean films

Revelations director Yeon Sang-ho on exploring belief in new Netflix film

The Train to Busan and Hellbound director says his new film with Ryu Jun-yeol draws on people’s tendency to only see what they want to see.

videocam
Asian cinema: Korean films

In Streaming, Kang Ha-neul plays someone ‘you don’t want to get close to’

videocam
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Revelations: Ryu Jun-yeol leads Yeon Sang-ho’s disappointing Netflix thriller

videocam
K-drama news

Profile | Who is Park Bo-gum, IU’s co-star in Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines?

Park’s soft looks and easy smile made him popular, but it is his expressive performances and acting talent that have made him a star.

Park Bo-gum as Yang Gwan-sik in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix
Park Bo-gum as Yang Gwan-sik in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines. Photo: Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix
Asian cinema: Korean films

Twice’s Dahyun aims to bring joy with You Are the Apple of My Eye role

The K-pop singer, who makes her acting debut in Korean remake of a Taiwanese romance, wants to ‘take on more roles and grow as an actress’.

videocam
Asian cinema: Korean films

Bong Joon-ho on the message of sci-fi Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson

Korean director hails Pattinson’s ‘excellent’ playing of two versions of his character in a film about persistence in the face of adversity.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | What Does that Nature Say to You: Hong Sang-soo finds humour in domesticity

Korean director’s film examines, with humour, the difficulties of artistic life through the lens of a man meeting his girlfriend’s family.

videocam
Ha Seong-guk (left) and Kwon Hae-hyo in a still from What Does that Nature Say to You. Photo: Jeonwonsa Film Co
Ha Seong-guk (left) and Kwon Hae-hyo in a still from What Does that Nature Say to You. Photo: Jeonwonsa Film Co
Asian cinema: Korean films

Why 2000 movie Joint Security Area resonates still, and why that’s ‘sad’

Park Chan-wook’s 2000 film Joint Security Area told a controversial story of friendship between North and South Korean soldiers.

K-drama news

Kim Sae-ron the latest in a long line of Korean stars bullied to death

Korean celebrities may be loved by their fans, but make one slip-up and the online abuse starts, often fuelled by mass media.

Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Forbidden Fairytale: bubbly Korean sex comedy is closed-minded and prudish

Park Ji-hyun plays a youth protection officer who starts writing pornography to pay for car repairs in this non-risqué erotic comedy.

videocam
Park Ji-hyun as as Dan-bi in a still from Forbidden Fairytale.
TV shows and streaming video

From XO, Kitty to The Recruit, Korea popular for location filming

South Korea draws many foreign TV and film productions, but risks losing out as Japan and Thailand offer bigger incentives, insiders say.

Sang Heon Lee and Jocelyn Shelfo in a still from XO, Kitty, which used locations in South Korea for filming. Photo: courtesy of Netflix
Sang Heon Lee and Jocelyn Shelfo in a still from XO, Kitty, which used locations in South Korea for filming. Photo: courtesy of Netflix
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Mickey 17, wild sci-fi satire from Parasite’s Bong Joon-ho

Robert Pattinson plays the titular Mickey, a loser sent into space, where he is cloned with hilarious results in this cult-novel adaptation.

videocam
K-drama news

Manny Pacquiao in Physical: Asia and more 2025 Netflix Korean content

Netflix pushes Korean content including boxer Manny Pacquiao in Physical: Asia, successor to Physical: 100, and new seasons of top shows.

videocam
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Dark Nuns: Korean exorcism horror with Song Hye-kyo, Jeon Yeo-been

Two nuns resort to extreme measures, including exorcism, to save the life of a possessed boy, and in the process defy their church superiors.

videocam
Song Hye-kyo as Sister Giunia in a still from Dark Nuns.
Asian cinema: Korean films

Ha Jung-woo on ‘tremendous anger’ behind his new film Nocturnal

Korean actor talks about Nocturnal director Kim Jin-hwang’s unique vision, working with new people and connecting with fans on social media.

Ha Jung-Woo Ha in Seoul for a screening of Nocturnal. Photo: WireImage
Ha Jung-Woo Ha in Seoul for a screening of Nocturnal. Photo: WireImage
Asian cinema: Korean films

Why Dark Nuns actress Song Hye-kyo is taking on darker roles

Back on screen in Dark Nuns, movie about nuns saving a boy who is possessed, Korean actress says The Glory reignited her passion for acting.

videocam
Asian cinema: Korean films

Korean actress Kim Min-hee pregnant with first child at 42

Director Hong Sang-soo, 64, left his wife for actress Kim Min-hee in 2015. The child she is carrying will be the first for both of them.

videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | K-Family Affairs: how a family endured 30 years of Korean political turmoil

Nam A-rum’s documentary is an intimate study of her family, her civil servant father and former activist mother, told through home movies.

videocam
A still from K-Family Affairs.
A still from K-Family Affairs.
Asian cinema: Korean films

Best movie roles of Squid Game season 2’s new players

Do they look familiar? From Park Sung-hoon to Kang Ha-neul, we look at films new Squid Game actors were in before entering the deadly arena.

Asian cinema: Korean films

Song Joong-ki opens up on Bogota struggles and why he supports Hyun Bin

Song, whose new film Bogota: City of the Lost was heavily delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, says he is driven by a sense of challenge.

videocam
Asian cinema: Korean films

‘I’m second,’ says South Korean star Hyun Bin on life now he’s a dad

Hyun Bin says his son and his wife, Crash Landing on You co-star Son Ye-jin, are his priorities, and reveals the pressures of making Harbin.

videocam
Korean actor Hyun Bin with his wife Son Ye-jin. The couple married in March 2022 and had their son in November the same year. Photo: Instagram/hyunbinactor
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Hidden Face, a Korean erotic thriller, serves up scandalous fun

This sexy K-movie follows a conductor who sleeps with the replacement player for his cellist fiancée, who seems to have disappeared.

videocam
Park Ji-hyun as Mi-ju (left) and Song Seung-heon as Sung-jin in a still from Hidden Face.
Park Ji-hyun as Mi-ju (left) and Song Seung-heon as Sung-jin in a still from Hidden Face.
Asian cinema

The 12 best Asian films of 2024, including The Last Dance

From a Thai tear-jerker to a Korean cross-dressing romcom and a hand-drawn Japanese anime, our pick of the best Asian films of the past year.

videocam
12
Asian cinema: Korean films

Will these films draw Koreans back to cinema after protests over Yoon?

Cinema-going fell in South Korea amid mass protests after President Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law declaration. Distributors hope for a rebound.

videocam
Fame and celebrity

Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung on fame and her sense of humour

Youn Yuh-jung, who won an Oscar for her role in Minari, shares her views on celebrity, and what makes her laugh.

Youn Yuh-jung backstage at the 2021 Oscars ceremony, where she won for best actress in a supporting role for Minari. Photo: AFP
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW