[K-enter] Park Chan-wook, will he take home the Golden Lion?

Our first K-enter story today, news on legendary director Park Chan-wook.

The 82nd Venice International Film Festival, regarded as one of the world’s top three film festivals, opened on Wednesday local time. Among Korean films, director Park Chan-wook’s "No Other Choice" is the only entry selected for the main competition section, which awards the Golden Lion for Best Film.

This marks Park’s first appearance on the Venice competition lineup since “Lady Vengeance” in 2005.

"No Other Choice" is adapted from American author Donald E. Westlake’s novel "The Ax", restructured into a story about an unemployed man preparing to re-enter the workforce, who ends up waging a desperate battle to protect his family. The 82nd Venice International Film Festival will run until September 6, with the awards ceremony taking place during the closing event.

Next up, we have some news that will have the BTS' ARMY flocking to the movie theatres.

South Korean cinema company Megabox as well as cinemas across the globe are launching "BTS Movie Weeks", a month-long cinematic event featuring four of the global supergroup’s live concert films. The worldwide ticket pre-sale has already begun, accompanied by the release of a trailer highlighting some of BTS’s most unforgettable moments on stage.

The program includes: “BTS 2016 Live The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage: Epilogue,” “BTS 2017 Live Trilogy EPISODE III THE WINGS TOUR THE FINAL,” “BTS 2019 WORLD TOUR ‘LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF’ LONDON” and “BTS 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO”. All are monumental concerts from their career so far.

I would advise visiting the weverse site for more on ticket sales and times as well as scheduled screening dates in your area.

Lastly, let's end with some "Good News" on another Korean movie making it to an international film festival.

It's always good news when Korean movies catch the eyes of international audiences and one of the latest to do so is Netflix's "Good News" which has been invited to the special presentation section of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.

"Good News" is set in the 1970s and follows the mission to land a plane hijacked by a Japanese communist group who plan to fly it to Pyongyang . The movie stars Sul KyungGu and is directed by Byun SeongHyun who have previously worked together on the hit 2022 political noir film "Kingmaker" which earned director Byun the Best Director Award at the "Baeksang Arts Awards" and "Grand Bell Awards."

"Good News" will be released on Netflix on October 17.

Thanks for that news Walter, stick around. We will now go over to our AI anchor Ari for more on the culture front. Ari, take it away!