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Special Screening of I Saw the Devil @ The Museum of the Moving Image

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Director Kim Ji-woon’s latest film follows a bloody cycle of catch-and-release as the protagonist inflicts “equal sorrow” on his fiancée’s killer. Kim casts a distinctive mark in each of his films, and is known for the best “genre films” in Korean cinema. Kim Ji-woon made his directorial debut with The Quiet Family, a film hailed by critics and audiences for its unique styling. Kim went on to direct The Foul King (2000), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), A Bittersweet Life (2005), and The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2008). This screening of his latest release is part of the Korean Cinema Now showcase presented by the Museum of the Moving Image and The Korea Society. The museum recently reopened after a $67 million expansion, with dynamic new architecture by Thomas Leeser, capturing, according to Nicolai Ouroussoff of The New York Times, “in a building, the essence of a world in which images proliferate all around us.”

Due to depictions of violence and adult content, parental guidance is strongly advised.

 

Sunday, July 17, 2011 | 7 PM

 

Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria 
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue 


Tickets $10 at The Museum of the Moving Image and include museum admission for exhibition viewing before 5 PM that day.

 

 

I Saw the Devil (141 min) 2010
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Dir. Kim Jee-woon. It’s hard to imagine the revenge thriller being pushed to greater extremes than this: Lee Byung-hun stars as a cop who ensnares the maniac that murdered his pregnant girlfriend in a brutal game of cat and mouse, and director Kim Jee-woon spares not a drop of blood in conceiving this extended bath in humanity at its most debased. Courtesy of Museum of the Moving Image.

 

 

 

The Journals of Musan

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Winner of “Best New Narrative Director” at 2011 Tribeca Film Festival!

 

The Tribeca Film Festival presents the New York premiere of the much-anticipated The Journals of Musan, co-hosted with The Korea Society. Director Park Jung-bum’s debut tells the story of a North Korean defector forging a new life in South Korea. The film took the New Currents Award at the Pusan International Film Festival. Park, who assisted Lee Chang-dong on the stirring Poetry, presents a disarmingly beautiful vision of loneliness, disconnect, and ethical ambiguity in this story of a lost soul’s struggle to connect. Park Jung-bum appears for Q&A with audiences after each screening.

 

Tickets available at TribecaFilm.com

 

Sunday, April 24 @ 7 PM Tuesday, April 26 @ 5:30 PM Wednesday, April 27 @ 9:30 PM
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The Journals of Musan (127 min) 2010
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Park Jungbum’s stunning and much-lauded debut is the story of Jeon Seung-chul, a North Korean defector forging a life in capitalist South Korea. Emerging from eight months in a resettlement camp, the unassuming Seung-chul is placed in a home on the rundown outskirts of Seoul, and finds a modest job papering the city with advertisement posters. Yearning for a human bond, he joins a church and meets Sook-young, a choir singer who works nights at a seedy karaoke bar. As he attempts to forge some kind of relationship with Sook-young and some kind of life in Seoul, Seung-chul finds his deepest kinship and comfort in a fellow outcast—a stray dog he adopts in the street. 

Marginalized in every way, from his liminal home on the city’s fringes to his frustrated attempts to integrate in either church or work, Seung-chul’s unwavering moral compass is testament to his integrity in the face of baseless prejudice. As both director and actor, Park (assistant director of Lee Chang-dong’s stirring Poetry) fully realizes a disarmingly beautiful vision of loneliness, disconnect, and ethical ambiguity in this story of a lost soul’s struggle to connect.

 

 

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Special Screening of HaHaHa

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The Korea Society joins the newly renovated Museum of the Moving Image to present Hong Sang-soo’s Hahaha, a deceptively light romantic comedy which won the 2010 Prize Un Certain Regard at Cannes. The film follows a filmmaker on the skids who meets a film-critic friend. During a drinking session, they decide to share memories of trips they took to the same seaside town. Enjoy this special screening at Museum of the Moving Image’s new 267-seat cinema, which is only ten minutes from The Korea Society, at 35th Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria.

 

Sunday, July 17, 2011 | 6 PM

 

Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria 
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue 


Tickets $10 at The Museum of the Moving Image and include museum admission for exhibition viewing before 5 PM that day.

 

 

HaHaHa (115 min) 2010
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About the Director
Since winning Best New Director at the Asian Pacific Film Festival, Hong Sang-soo has emerged as a leading contemporary Korean director. Greatly influenced by French New Wave cinema, Hong’s work is unique among Korean filmmakers. He skillfully captures simple moments in life, and crafts unforgettable scenes of human relationships and interaction. He won international recognition for The Power of Kangwon Province, Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Woman is the Future of Man, The Turning Gate, and Woman on the Beach.

 

 

 

Special Screening of Poetry

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About the Director: Lee Chang-dong was a successful novelist and screenwriter before he came to be one of Korea’s most talented directors. His movies, such as “Peppermint Candy,” “Oasis,” “Secret Sunshine,” and his award-winning debut, “Green Fish,” are viewed as artistic critiques of Korean society. Director Lee has garnered much international recognition and has won awards at the prestigious Cannes, Berlin, and Toronto film festivals.

 

Sunday, January 23, 2011 | 4 PM

 

Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria 
From midtown, taxi or N/Q Train outbound to 36th Avenue 

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General admission $10
Visit The Museum of the Moving Image for more information.

 

 

Poetry (139 min) 2010
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A mysterious death, a woman with Alzheimer’s, and a poetry class are at the core of this highly acclaimed new film by Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine). Featuring an indelible central performance by Yun Jung-hee, this multilayered drama also won best screenplay at Cannes. Courtesy of Kino International. Directed by Lee Chang-dong.

 

 

 

Filmmakers Roundtable: A Discussion with Director Brian Iglesias

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Chosin_Rescreening_iconFilm fans and students of military history unite for an intimate discussion with director Brian Iglesias on the making of his award-winning independent documentary Chosin. Brian, a Marine and Iraq veteran, embarked on this production to honor those who sacrificed at the Battle of Chosin Reservior in the Korean War. Those who survived went on to facilitate the first evacuation under UN auspices, and over one million Koreans today descend from those who were assisted. The director will discuss his cross-country journey to film those veterans still with us and the challenges of growing the production from humble origins to award-winning heights—including a sold-out New York premiere hosted by The Korea Society. His story is one that honors the Korean-U.S. friendship in a compelling and heartfelt way. The director’s forum is followed by a special screening of the film.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

 

Classic Movie Night: The Housemaid

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In recognition of our recent sold-out premiere of The Housemaid (2010) at MoMA, The Korea Society proudly presents this special screening of the lovingly restored 1960 original, directed by visionary, some suggest eccentric, Kim Ki-young, a director who examines pre-modernity and modernity with respect to class differences in Korean society. Compare Kim’s The Housemaid to Im Sang Soo’s 2010 remake of The Housemaid.

The original version of The Housemaid (1960) was restored by the World Cinema Foundation, led by Marine Scorsese, along with the Korean Film Archive. It was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. 

 

Wednesday, October 27th | 6:30 PM

This event will take place at The Korea Society.
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The Housemaid (하녀)
1960, 111 mins
Director: Kim Ki-young
Starring: Kim Jin-kyu, Joo Jeung-nyu, Hum Aeng-ran, and Lee Eun-shim

 

 

 

 

New York Korean Film Festival 2010 @ MoMA and BAM

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The NYKFF 2010 Opening Reception will be held at The Korea Society on Thursday, 23 September 2010. The event will feature special remarks by Directors Im Sang-Soo (The Housemaid) and Boo Ji-Young (Sisters on the Road). We invite you to join us as we launch an amazing festival. The New York Korean Film Festival–the longest-running showcase of its kind in North America—is a true celebration of Korean cinema, with its auteurs, exciting screenings at MoMA and BAM Rose Cinema, and director discussions at The Korea Society.

 

NYKFF 2010 Opening Reception

With special remarks by Directors Im Sang-Soo and Boo Ji-Young.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

23 September 2010, 5-7 PM

 

The Korea Society
Samsung Center for Cultural Exchange
950 Third Ave, 8th Floor
New York, NY

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The New York Korean Film Festival (NYKFF) is the foremost North American festival dedicated to showcasing the work of both mainstream and independent Korean cinema. Since its inception in 2001, NYKFF has established its own unique identity as a prestigious event on the world film circuit. Not only does the festival screen contemporary films, it also features panel discussions with directors and other leading figures in the world of Korean cinema.

This year, NYKFF audiences will be able to view some of the best of contemporary Korean cinema from September 22-30 at MoMa and October 1-3 at Bam Rose Cinema. Ranging from action to comedy, sci-fi to horror, to genre-bending altogether, this year’s films represent not only Korea’s top box-office hits but also some of the industry’s most creative and substantial movies to date.

All films will be shown in the original Korean with English subtitles.

For more information including film and special events schedules, ticket and venue information please visit www.koreanfilmfestival.org

 

The Fabulous Kim Sisters

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The year is 1960, and The Kim Sisters have set the Vegas Strip afire with rich harmonies and an ability to play dozens of instruments. The sisters had been in the United States only two short years at the legendary Thunderbird—after singing for American GIs during and after the Korean War. From there, they became a staple of Rat Pack-era Las Vegas, booking clubs across the United States and appearing a record 22 times on the Ed Sullivan Show. Join us as we trace the meteoric rise of The Kim Sisters—from singing for chocolate bars in war-torn Korea to making $13,000 a week as headline entertainers—with a special montage from The Fabulous Kim Sisters and sister Sue Kim Bonifazio sharing her Stardust memories.

 

Thursday, April 15th | 6:30 PM
Q&A with Sue Kim Bonifazio | 7:15 PM

Moderated by Benjamin Min Han, New York University  
Film Screening at The Korea Society

 

 

The Fabulous Kim Sisters
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Director Bong Joon-Ho

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Director Bong Joon-Ho

 

Korean Film in Focus: A Conversation with Director Bong Joon-ho |

Long before he swept the Oscars with Parasite, Director Bong Joon Ho visited The Korea Society to talk about his career and films in February 2010. Listen to the highlights from his conversation with Michael Atkinson.

 

 

 

Korean Ghost Stories

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Through November and December, 2009, The Korea Society is screening episodes from Korean Ghost Stories, KBS’ popular and long-running television series. Known in Korea as Hometown of Legend, the series has thrilled Korean audiences with tales of the supernatural since it began airing in 1977. Often drawn from ancient folklore, these tales of tortured ghosts and supernatural curses have a uniquely Korean feel, and as such, provide a look into how Korean culture views issues of justice, revenge, and the role of women in a Confucian society. As part of our screening program, Yuni Cho, senior program officer for film, prepared questions for Lee Min-hong, who directed several episodes of Korean Ghost Stories, including The Reincarnated Princess, which will be screened at The Korea Society on Thursday, December 17th. Director Lee discusses the popularity of the series, as well as what sets it apart from other Asian horror films and TV. This podcast is also available as a video on http://www.youtube.com/user/TheKoreaSociety.