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EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun in New Orleans on Ana Lily Amirpour's Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, with Korean actress Jun Jong-Seo, the breakout from Cannes 2018 hit Burning, making her English-language debut alongside previously announced Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) and Craig Robinson (This Is The End)…

With the success of Asian-led films such as Crazy Rich Asians, Searching and Aquaman, #GoldOpen has partnered with AMC Theatres to help continue their initiative of championing Asian films. The first-of-its-kind partnership with AMC is designed to streamline group movie-going, theatre buyouts and bulk regular-price…

Lee Chang-dong's Cannes hit Burning scored the most nominations for the 2019 Asian Film Awards. The Korean mystery-drama was nominated for eight awards, including best film. Scroll down for nominations in major categories. Other best film nominees were Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters, Pema Tseden's Jinpa, Wen Muye's Dy…

UPDATED, writethru: From a field of 87 submissions to the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar category, nine movies have now advanced to the shortlist. Working with one of the strongest years in recent memory, the Phase I Committee and the Executive Committee have settled on such favorites as Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, Pawel…

Phase I voting for the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film race closes on Tuesday, which means it's time for our annual preview of the movies that have shaped up as the strongest contenders, and most interesting prospects, for the shortlist. That group of nine titles will be revealed on December 17, whittled down from…

Steven Yeun may be best known for his role as Glenn Rhee on The Walking Dead, but since the tragic death of his character (if you read the comics, you knew it was coming), he has been leaning into very genre-driven projects that have shown his range. From voice acting to the environmental drama Okja to Boots Riley’s…

Lee Chang-dong's drama Burning has been selected by South Korea as its submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race this year. Burning made its debut at Cannes in May where it won the FIPRESCI. It's also headed for Toronto, Fantastic Fest and the New York Film Festival. The film, loosely based on Haruki Murakami's…

When Steven Yeun left his longtime role as the ill-fated Glenn on AMC’s mega-hit zombie apocalypse show The Walking Dead, he could have found it difficult to shake off that mantle. But at Cannes this year, Yeun has embraced a more unconventional thriller in the form of Lee Chang-dong’s Burning – loosely based on…