Kim Hye-soo (김혜수)

Film fest focuses on directors, horror

Source | 2008/10/15 | Permalink |

The sixth Asiana International Short Film Festival will kick off its six-day run on Nov. 5 at CineCube in Seoul, featuring 70 films from 30 countries.

"This year, we have received a total of 1,723 short films from 69 countries, which made it quite difficult for the jury to decide the finalists, because many of them demonstrated a high level of creativity", said Ahn Seong-gi, chief festival organizer, at a news conference held in Seoul on Tuesday.

The opening films are "Seven Superheroes vs. Monster F" by Korean director Park Jay and "Manon on the Asphalt" by French filmmakers Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont.

"Seven Superheroes", a world premiere, involves seven people with supernatural abilities who happen to live in the same building, pretending to be normal. When a monster attacks, they join forces to fight it off, but things begin to change unpredictably after their brief victory. "Manon on the Asphalt" features a female protagonist who has an accident while riding home on...| More

'Modern Boy': Reinterpretation of Japanese Colonialism?

Source | 2008/09/30 | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Following the footsteps of "Radio Dayz", "Once Upon a Time" and "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" comes "Modern Boy", another purely entertainment-driven movie set during the Japanese colonial era (1910-45). Gyeongseong, the name of Seoul at the time, is home to flamboyant flappers (so-called "modern boys and girls"), radio stars and charming bandits who aren't necessarily working for Korea's independence.

The symbolic power of cinema is extensive, as it often showcases a given country's aesthetics, technical achievements and entertainment factors, and moreover portrays to varying degrees its cultural, historical and social values. Period pieces in particular become the subject of scrutiny as they speak for the shared history of a people.

A Japanese newspaper made a misleading report about "Modern Boy" and the above-mentioned Gyeongseong movies in January this year. Katsuhiro Kuroda, managing editor of Sankei Shimbun's Seoul branch, announced "the ...| More

[ChanMi's movie news] VIP press conference for the movie "Modern Boy"

Source | 2008/09/24 | Permalink |

Just like the movie "Modern Boy" as modern as it gets, the actors come to the press conference looking sophisticated and modern!

Stars in this movie are Kim Min-seon, Kim Jeong-eun, and Park Hae-il. 

Park Hae-il is Lee Hae-myeong, the evil and prideful when it comes to love... ...| More

[ChanMi's take] Kim Hye-soo and Sin Min-ah at the CK party in New York

Source | 2008/09/23 | Permalink |

Actresses Kim Hye-soo and Sin Min-ah attended the Calvin Klein party in New York.

Our stars are being recognized globally for their talent and beauty!

I am so proud of our stars....| More

[ChanMi's star news] Actress Kim Hye-soo, an amateur artist

Source | 2008/09/17 | Permalink |

On the art culture magazine "Dazed and Confused", Kim Hye-soo's art piece has been praised. She is also praised for her great talent!

'Do you know the artist Kim Hye-soo?'

Her art piece has been publicized for the first time. Her two products have been printed in the October issue of "Dazed and Confused". ...| More