SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A black-and-white version of Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” will be presented in South Korea next month, the film’s production house said Wednesday. The new version will premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which begins Wednesday (local time), and hits South Korean screens in late February, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Bong Joon-ho’s black comedy “Parasite” was named best foreign language film at the U.S. Golden Globe Awards on Monday (Korean time). In a ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, “Parasite” won the honor, outclassing “The Farewell” by Lulu Wang, “Pain and Glory” by Pedro Almodovar, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — For most Koreans, the U.S. winter awards season in the run-up to the Academy Awards in February has been an issue of another world. No South Korean film, director or actor has been the talk of the prestigious accolades given to the year’s best films displaying excellence in cinematic [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As Bong Joon-ho’s black comedy “Parasite” continues to make waves as an international film in North America, a short catchy song from the movie has gone viral on the internet across the world. The so-called Jessica jingle is a brief chant that the character Ki-jung, played Park So-dam, sings [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cannes-winning Korean film “Parasite” has garnered more than US$11 million in revenue in North America, becoming the most commercially successful foreign language title of this year so far, industry data showed Monday. The film’s revenue from the one-month period since its North American release on Oct. 11 till [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean star actress Lee Young-ae said Monday that she expects her new film “Bring Me Home” to be a turning point in her acting career and her life as the mother of two children. Rising to global stardom for her role in the smash-hit historical drama “Daejanggeum” (2003), [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As Netflix’s upcoming film “The King” hit South Korean screens this week, the global media giant’s theatrical release plans have again emerged as a hot potato in the local cinema market. Megabox, one of the three biggest multiplexes along with CGV and Lotte Cinema, said Tuesday that it would [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Cannes-winning black comedy “Parasite” racked up nearly US$1.3 million over the weekend in the United States, industry data showed Monday. Directed by eclectic South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho, the film, released stateside on Oct. 11, ranked 11th at the U.S. box office during the Friday-Sunday period, with a cumulative [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A serial rape and murder case that gripped South Korea in the 1980s was so mysterious and ghastly that it has inspired a host of TV shows and movies, including, most notably, a feature film by Cannes-winning director Bong Joon-ho. “Memories of Murder,” released in 2003, was then-novice director [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cannes-winning film “Parasite” by renowned auteur Bong Joon-ho has been selected as South Korea’s entry to the best international feature film category at the upcoming Academy Awards. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) said Thursday that it picked Bong’s black comedy film to compete for an Oscar nomination for [...]