The dance competition program Street Woman Fighter (SWF) created a "K-dance syndrome" by highlighting the field of female dancers that have not been well known to the public. Since the first week of the broadcast, it has ranked No. 1 in popularity indexes. It also gained syndrome-class popularity, w

“We South Koreans and North Koreans were all there, waving the flag of South Korea.”- a interview of Kang Shin-sung, former ambassador of Somalia Escape from Mogadishu, which was released on July 21, hit the first 3-million-viewer mark this year in Korea even though Level 4 social distancing has bee

As K-pop spread around the world and caused the Korean Wave, it expanded more globally over the domestic fandom. Also, the market where fandom becomes an economic entity has grown. However, due to COVID-19, the K-pop industry has faced difficulties as performances for K-pop singers to communicate an

"Fashion goes round and round" Newtro” represents an unchanging truth in the fashion world. Recently, as the Newtro fever has begun in the fashion world, a large number of popular items in the 90s are coming back. Now people can easily find 90s fashion on the street again such as scrunchies, new typ

The thing is, I was born brilliant. Born bad. And a little bit mad. The sentence above is a line describing Cruella, the main character of this movie, itself. Her full name is Cruella De Vil, and even her name is a kind of calembour using "cruel" and "devil". Cruella is the villain character of the

The movie Minari was first released in Korea on March 3, 2021, and has emerged as one of the most notable movies in the world, winning awards at the Golden Globe Foreign Language Film Awards and other famous overseas film festivals. As the movie Minari has won many awards and received various review

In recent years people have had easy access to news about racism such as “Black Lives Matter” and “Stop Asian Hate.” It shows us that racism still exists as social problems and it is a problem for mankind to solve. The movie Green Book shows the seriousness of black racism, and it may give an answer

A place where you can go wherever you want, where you can live what you want. It is the metaverse world from the movie Ready Player One. However, it is also paying attention to realities. That is, through this film, the audience can feel the wonderful virtual reality and the opposite. Maybe future M

In Korea, family movies tend to be very bright or so sad that make audience to shed tears, conveying the importance of family forcefully. Also, it is usually released on holidays such as Chuseok to be a box office hit. In this regard, Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Fer

▲Louisa Clark and Will Traynor, the main characters of Me before you. Louisa and Will are on a date. “You are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning” It would be no exaggeration to say that half of the audience who watches the movie shed tears after hearing Will's lin

In 2020, people could see a clear sky as the greenhouse gas emission had been reduced due to the decrease of traffic volume and factory operations in the aftermath of COVID-19. However, the clean sky is a temporary phenomenon that hides an uncomfortable truth about the abnormal climate related to th

Soul (2021), a film produced by director Pete Doctor, is considered as a strong candidate for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature film in April for its special strengths in presenting original worldviews. The film consists of cute and bright characters, and a dark and heavy atmosphere. Also,

The movie “The Flu,” released in 2013, is a disaster film about the government's decision to shut down the city as a virus with a 100 percent fatality rate sweeps through South Korea, and people who are suddenly quarantined are fighting for their lives. The film begins with a scene in which some for

I think in a way that no one had ever thought before me.-Rene Magritte After enjoying this exhibition, people may realize Magritte’s remark is reflected in most of his works. Magritte wanted to create artwork, expressing the unique feeling that was hard to feel in ancient art history or in earlier a

“It is Spia-Worf. It is a theory that the language determines how you think.”- Linguist Louise Banks (Amy Lou Adams)– Audiences are puzzled at the movie scenes, which were randomly inserted on screen regardless of the real-time flow. At the beginning of the movie, the main character Louise Banks (Am

Spirited Away (2001), directed by Miyazaki Hayao, is the first case in the animation genre that has won awards such as the Golden Bear, and the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. This animation film attracted about 24 million viewers in Japan and two million viewers in Korea. As su

The poster is showing beautiful rainbow and bright colors such as purple and pink. This makes people feel the Florida Project as a fairy-tale. However, people who have seen this movie would have complicated emotions since the story and atmosphere of the movie. People know that the Disney land proud

"I was depressed because of COVID-19 but I felt like the movie comforts me.""It would be better to watch this movie with families.” - Reviews from Naver The film “Beyond that Mountain” (저 산 너머) that opened on April 30 by director Choi Jong-tae. It has been making headlines as a family-healing movie

The Seensee Company, a Korean musical production company posted an official notice that they canceled the scheduled musical “Mamma Mia!” and the play "Let the Right One In”. Especially, in the case of “Let Me In”, serious restrictions have been placed on not only immigration but also activities for

The combined sales of 69 top publishing companies in South Korea's best-selling books rose 0.9 percent in 2018 from the previous year, but their overall operating profit fell 7.4 percent. Only book sales of the top three online bookstores such as Yes24, Aladdin, and Interpark increased 11.8 percent