Tag: Director Retrospective Series

To watch 'Thirst' is to be pulled back into the body, is to be infected by it — it feels like a study in full immersion.

The Handmaiden has all the trademarks of a great thriller. But it’s the sex that gives pause, specifically, how it is executed.

Park Chan-wook has explored many genres, but his most fundamental inquiry seems to be connected to the ugliness of human instinct.

Park Chan-wook’s first English language feature 'Stoker' is a polished and deliberately unsettling coming-of-age story with a heavy dose of Southern Gothic flair.

Twenty years later, 'Oldboy' continues to stir, disgust, and exhaust audiences — regardless of how difficult it is to avoid spoilers.

Beyond its violent exterior, 'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance' is a stark examination of familial responsibility and the crushing weight it can impose.

Finding parallels between the seemingly futile pursuit of art today and in Lee Chang-dong's 'Poetry'.

In 'Oasis,' Lee asks his audience to witness the growing love of Jong-du and Gong-ju without consternation.

'Peppermint Candy' presents a character study of a deeply broken man for whom the personal is inextricably tied to the political. 

'Green Fish' explores themes of encroaching urbanization, broken family dynamics, and dangerous wish fulfillment.