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- K-pop Superstar IU Joins PARK Seo-jun in DREAM
- The previously announced project Dream (working title), a soccer-themed film from Extreme Job (2019) director LEE Byoung-heon and starring PARK Se-jun of Midnight Runners (2017), has added K-pop superstar IU to its cast. Details surrounding IU’s character have yet to be revealed but PARK, who signed...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 20, 2020
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- PARASITE Wins Critics’s Choice Awards for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film
- BONG Joon-ho has scored another major victory during the North American awards seasons, after winning the prize for Best Director at the Critics’ Choice Awards for Parasite, in a tie with Sam MENDES, who was recognized for his World War I-themed film 1917. Parasite was also awarded the prize for Bes...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 20, 2020
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- PARASITE Receives Historic 6 Nominations from Academy Awards
- Several historic firsts for Korean cinema were recorded early in the morning of Monday, January 13 in Los Angeles, as two Korean films landed the first ever Academy Awards nominations for the country to the upcoming 92nd edition of the ceremony. BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite was selected in six categories...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 17, 2020
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- Barack Obama Lists PARASITE among His Favorite Films of 2019
- In a break from the stream of acclaim and accolades it has been receiving from critics and awards groups around the world, BONG Joon-ho’s smash hit Parasite has also been singled out for praise by a popular former head of state. Barack OBAMA, the two-term 44th President of the United States, selecte...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 14, 2020
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- HA Jung-woo Ventures into Horror with THE CLOSET
- Though he is still tearing up the box office charts with the smash hit disaster action spectacle Ashfall, Korean superstar HA Jung-woo will be back on screens next month in The Closet, his first ever horror film. HA co-stars with KIM Nam-gil in the picture, which marks the directorial debut of KIM K...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 13, 2020
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- PARASITE Crowned Best Foreign Language Film at Golden Globes
- BONG Joon-ho has made history by becoming the first Korean filmmaker to earn a prize at the Golden Globe Awards, which held their 77th ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday, January 5. The acclaimed director received the Best Foreign Language Film Award for his new film Parasite, a global box office h...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 07, 2020
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- Korean Film Magazine Cine 21 Publishes Top 10 for 2019
- Influential Korean film magazine Cine21 has revealed its top 10 films for 2019. While the Korean film exhibition sector reached a new box office high, the magazine’s critics largely favored indie films in their end-of-year round-up, with only three commercial titles entering the list, one of which w...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 03, 2020
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- JUNG Woo-sung to Executive Produce THE SILENT SEA for Netflix
- Superstar JUNG Woo-sung (Steel Rain, 2014) is once again going behind the camera as he has partnered with Netflix to be an executive producer on their upcoming sci-fi thriller series The Silent Sea (working title). The Silent Sea will take place in a future when the earth is running low on water. An...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 30, 2019
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- PARASITE Shortlisted for Best International Film and Original Song at Academy Awards
- As many expected it to, BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite has advanced to the shortlist for the Best International Film category at next February’s Academy Awards. It is only the second Korean film to make the shortlist for the category, which used to be known as the Best Foreign Language Film category, follo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 30, 2019
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- BONG Joon-ho and SONG Kang-ho Receive Orders of Cultural Merit from Government
- BONG Joon-ho and SONG Kang-ho, the director and star combo of critical hit Parasite, have received Orders of Cultural Merit from the Korean government. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism awarded the Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit to BONG, which is their second highest prize, and the Okgwan...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 27, 2019
