Jenny, Juno being remade

I just found this out this morning while I was trying to log onto my myspace. I hate to see Korean movies remade into American versions because of what the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of Ameirca) is doing to their film quota. So far as I know the movie is going to be called Juno. While the Korean version was about how the couple would handle teen pregnancy, this film looks like it's mainly about the girl. Check it out for your self at http://www.foxsearchlight.com/juno/

Chicago International Film Festival

This film festival was chock-full of great Korean (as well as other international) movies last year. Check it out!

"Secret Sunshine" going for the Oscar!

South Korea has selected Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine as its submission to the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards. A special committee appointed by the Korean Film Council chose Secret Sunshine over Kim Ki-duk's Breath and Kim Ji-hoon's box office hit May 18. Secret Sunshine premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where it won an actress award for Jeon Do-yeon as a young widow who moves from Seoul to start over in a provincial city. The film also stars Kang-ho Song. South Korea has never had a film selected for inclusion in the final five nominations.

In Between Days

Movie by a Korean-American Chicago Art Institute graduate playing this month at the Siskel Film Center.