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Tatler Asia
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Tatler Asia
Your Kim Da-mi binge guide: the movies and K-dramas you need to watch
'The Witch: Part 2. The Other One' The sequel focuses on a new character, and although Kim Da-mi's role is pivotal in driving the plot forward and setting up possible sequels, her time on screen is limited. She appears toward the end of the film in what is essentially a cameo appearance. 'Itaewon Class' In Itaewon Class , one of Netflix's biggest global K-drama hits, Kim Da-mi stars opposite Hallyu veteran Park Seo-joon (Park Saeroyi) as the fearless, intelligent and highly unconventional Jo Yi-seo. Kim Da-mi skillfully portrays Yi-seo's journey from a precocious teen to a savvy twenty-something, proving her versatility yet again. Throughout this transformation, Yi-seo's unwavering support for Saeroyi—instrumental in helping him fulfil his lifelong ambitions—is rivalled only by her stubborn and single-minded efforts to win his heart. 'Our Beloved Summer' As a young couple, Choi Ung (Choi Woo-shik) and Kook Yeon-soo's (Kim Da-mi) relationship is a textbook case of 'right person, wrong time'. But when circumstances bring them together again in adulthood, they're older, wiser and perhaps ready for a second chance at love. Kim Da-mi reunites with her Witch co-star Choi Woo-shik in the fan-favourite K-drama Our Beloved Summer . Their chemistry remains undeniable as they switch gears from supernatural thriller to romantic comedy, from sworn enemies to bickering ex-sweethearts. Don't miss: 8 slice-of-life K-dramas with no villains—just love, growth and healing 'Soulmate' Soulmate is a coming-of-age movie that chronicles the lifelong friendship between Mi-so (Kim Da-mi) and Ha-eun (Jeon So-nee). It's a bond formed in childhood, rocked by the follies of youth, and tested by time and distance. The movie explores the beauty and complexity of female friendships—how it can be both tender and tumultuous, and how they shape the women we become. Life may have torn Mi-so and Ha-eun apart, but their powerful connection becomes the saving grace that helps carry their story forward. 'Nine Puzzles' In the Disney+ K-drama Nine Puzzles , Kim Da-mi stars as Yoon E-na, a sharp criminal profiler with a complicated past. When a serial killer starts leaving clues that tie back to her uncle's unsolved murder, she partners with Kim Han-saem (Son Suk-ku), a seasoned investigator, to catch the killer. It's an uneasy alliance, riddled with major trust issues—Han-saem suspects that E-na, the sole witness to her uncle's death, may have been the killer all along. But if they want to put the pieces together, they must set their differences aside to solve this deadly puzzle. Don't miss: 11 new K-dramas to binge-watch this month: Watch for these thrillers, rom-coms and star comebacks 'The Great Flood' Above 'The Great Flood' is coming soon on Netflix. (Photo: IMDb) Scheduled to drop on Netflix later this year, the post-apocalyptic action thriller follows An-na (Kim Da-mi) and Hee-jo (Park Hae-soo) as they struggle to survive a catastrophic flood while trapped inside a high-rise apartment complex. As the waters rise, the two must face hidden dangers and hidden truths.
The Independent
18-04-2025
- General
- The Independent
A look inside Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' with 70-year-old frescoes
From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and pine forest. Inside, though, the South Solon Meeting House has a secret unknown even to some who drive through the tiny Maine town every day. The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state's art community to describe it as 'Maine's Sistine Chapel.' The murals were painted by artists in the 1950s and, while they have long been appreciated by visitors, the recent creation of a website dedicated to them by students at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has generated new interest in the paintings. Véronique Plesch, a Colby professor of art, hopes the building inspires more appreciation of frescoes. 'I fell in love with the place, because I have studies frescoes all my life,' said Plesch, who is a member of the board of the historical society that cares for the meeting house. She added that the paintings should stay in public places and not be in private institutions. The meeting house was built in 1842 and hosted church services until the 1940s, though there were periods of closure, such as times of war. A decade later, Margaret Day Blake found the building in a state of disuse and the former student at the nearby Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture put out a call for young artists to paint frescoes under the school's supervision in 1951. The artists were given creative freedom and told there would be no limits to subject matter, but that Biblical scenes would 'offer rich and suitable' imagery. The interior was covered in such scenes from 1952 to 1956 and the walls remain adorned with frescoes, including one that references Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper." Another fresco depicts the binding of Isaac, in which a hooded Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son on God 's orders. The Great Flood is depicted as it was by Michelangelo at the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Two of the 13 artists — Sigmund Abeles of New York City and Sidney Hurwitz of Newton, Massachusetts — both in their 90s, are still living. Both spoke fondly about their time at the meeting house. 'We would go out there and paint and then take a lunch break in the cemetery behind the building. It was a very idyllic time,' Hurwitz said. 'I very much enjoyed it.' Today, the meeting house, which is open to the public without locks on its doors, serves as a community gathering and performance space. Many of its old features, including box pews made for smaller people of a different time, are still intact. Abeles recalled painting the scene of Jacob wrestling with the angel from the Book of Genesis. 'It's a very, very special place, and it was a unique experience" to work on the frescoes, Abeles said. On a recent Sunday morning, Plesch gave a lecture at the meeting house before a group of members of the Maine Art Education Association as part of the group's spring conference. Long ago, attendants of the building might have been preparing for an Easter service, but on this day it was full of teachers fascinated by the frescoes. Suzanne Goulet, an art teacher at a nearby high school, said she was previously aware of the frescoes and confessed she had peaked into the windows of the old building, adding that it's great the paintings are still inspiring art lovers decades later. 'The inspiration is that we bring it back to our students,' Goulet said.
