Features
Thursday, August 6 2009
Blood Work: Park Chan-wook Revamps a Western Myth
Korean director Chan-wook's killer new action-dramadey borrows heavily from Emile Zola's Therese Raquin, successfully setting it apart from the current proliferation of watered-down vampire stories.
Reviews
Wednesday, August 5 2009
Thirst (Bakjwi)
Full of ache and desire, Tae-ju seems the ultimate embodiment of the title of Park Chan-wook's new film, Thirst (Bakjwi).
Tuesday, November 22 2005
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
The film's sheer volume of vengeance is so great, pacing so deliberate, and confrontations so inevitable, that the experience is not unlike watching the climax of a film noir stretched out over 90 minutes.
Friday, September 30 2005
Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy feels more like an existential drama by Ingmar Bergmann than a brainless action bloodbath.
Blogs
Tuesday, June 15 2010
With a Capital 'V': The Vengeance Trilogy (Blu-ray)
The way in which wrongs are rights, rights are wronged, and all the permutations in between are approached makes the Vengeance Trilogy a classic of its own design.