THE KOREA SOCIETY

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Films/ Media

Special Screening of HaHaHa

Sunday, February 20, 2011 | 6:00 PM
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… Read More

Special Screening of Poetry

Sunday, January 23, 2011 | 4:00 PM
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 |… Read More
Film 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… Read More

Classic Movie Night: The Housemaid

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 | 6:30 PM
  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… Read More

New York Korean Film Festival 2010 @ MoMA and BAM

Thursday, September 23, 2010 | 8:15 PM
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… Read More

The Fabulous Kim Sisters

Thursday, April 15, 2010 | 6:30 PM
  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… Read More

Director Bong Joon-Ho

Thursday, February 25, 2010 | 6:30 PM
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. Read More

Korean Ghost Stories

Thursday, December 17, 2009 | 6:30 PM
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… Read More

The Korea Society Interviews Park Chan-wook

Friday, July 24, 2009 | 12:00 PM
South Korean star director Park Chan-wook (JSA, Old Boy), has thrilled both critics and audiences in his native country for a decade. His "vengeance" trilogy brought international recognition, including a Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize (2008) and a Jury Prize (2009), and established Park as a virtuoso filmmaker with a thoroughly original artistic vision. On July 24, 2009, The Korea Society recorded a special interview with the director in which… Read More

Korean Films Made During the Japanese Occupation

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 | 6:00 PM
The Korea Society and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) are proud to present seven films from one of the earliest, and most complex, periods of Korean cinema. Recently discovered in a Chinese warehouse and restored by The Korean Film Archive, the films date from the 1930s and '40s, a period when Korea was dominated by the dictates of Japanese colonialists. These dramas are thus uncomfortably pro-Japanese. Yet simultaneously, their… Read More
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