Free Korean Movie Nights In New York: "It's A Fine Romance"
Hey, New York! Are you and that special someone looking for a date movie on a Tuesday night, but aren't interested in the not-great stuff passing as romantic comedies in the multiplexes? How about catching a one of three recent Korean hits for free?
Well, the Korean Cultural Service has got something for you with with their "It's A Fine Romance" series starting March 13th at Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street, on the corner of Canal Street). Doors open at 6:30 and seating is first-come, first serve. You can find the details of the three comedies screening as part of the series below.
Tuesday, March 13 @ 7pm
CYRANO AGENCY (2010)
The biggest romantic hit of 2010 (grossing only slightly less than Harry Potter and the Proper Noun: Part 1) this big budget romantic comedy won "Best Screenplay" and its star, Lee Min-Jung (Boys Over Flowers) won a truckload of "Best New Actress" awards. Full of irreconcilable differences, beautiful stars and ridiculous, laugh-out-loud plot twists, it's all about the Cyrano Agency, a matchmaking service that sets up elaborate, Mission Impossible-style scenarios to help their clients win the man (or woman) of their dreams. Now, their 100% success rate is in danger because a sad sack hedge fund manager wants to date a free spirited gal who just happens to be the head of the Cyrano Agency's ex. Hollywood hasn't made a movie this frantic and romantic in decades.
Tuesday, March 27 @ 7pm
MY GIRLFRIEND IS AN AGENT (New York Premiere, 2009)
Opening at number one, and staying in the box office top ten for nine straight weeks, MY GIRLFRIEND IS AN AGENT is the Korean version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Kim Ha-Neul gets dumped by her boyfriend, Kang Ji-Hwan, because she's never around. Actually, she's a spy. Three years later, he runs into her again, only now he's also joined the intelligence service too, albeit in a different department. Now they both have undercover identities they both have to keep hidden and they've got secret missions they both have to fulfill, while working out the trauma of their past relationship. Full of high-speed chases and plenty of glossy gunplay, it's easy to see why a movie this fast on its feet is already slated for a Bollywood remake.
Tuesday, April 10 @ 7pm
PETTY ROMANCE (US Premiere, 2010)
A word-of-mouth hit in 2010, this romance is set in the world of manhwa (Korean comic books), and the couple at the center of the story have chemistry to burn. TV star Lee Seon-Gyun is a struggling manhwa artist who enters a competition with a massive cash prize. To raise his chances of winning, he hires a sex advice columnist, Choi Gang-Heui (star of the breakout hit, My Scary Girl), to write his erotic comic. Little does he know that she plagiarized her column from the Kama Sutra and the Kinsey Report because her ideas about sex are a bit...vague, to put it kindly. PETTY ROMANCE been winning hearts and minds on the film festival circuit for a year and it's a guaranteed crowd pleaser.
