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In Praise Of

Oldboy and the aesthetics of national trauma

by Anabelle Johnston

As Park Chan-wook’s sem­i­nal revenge thriller turns 20, it remains one of South Kore­an cin­e­ma’s most pierc­ing polit­i­cal indictments.
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In Praise Of

Stoker at 10: Park Chan-wook’s Hitchcockian fairytale

by Kevin Bui

This dark com­ing-of-age thriller is Park’s own scin­til­lat­ing twist on The Mas­ter of Sus­pense’s Shad­ow of a Doubt.
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The Oscar Goes To...

Why Decision to Leave deserves the Best Costume Design Oscar

by Josh Slater-Williams

Park Chan-wook’s ele­gant neo-noir has been shut out of the awards race, but Jung Ae Kwak’s impec­ca­ble cos­tume work deserves a clos­er look.
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Review

Decision to Leave

by Hannah Strong

The South Kore­an auteur known for squid-chomp­ing, luxe erot­i­ca and graph­ic tor­ture is back with a seduc­tive mys­tery thriller.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Shadows and Fog: a conversation with Park Chan-wook

by Iana Murray

The incom­pa­ra­ble South Kore­an film­mak­er reflects on his dreamy neo-noir, Deci­sion to Leave.
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Interviews

Animal Instincts: a conversation with Tang Wei

by David Jenkins

She deliv­ers arguably one of the great­est per­for­mances in a Park Chan-wook film, but how did Tang Wei build the enig­mat­ic sus­pect­ed mur­der­er, Seo-rae?
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Sponsored

Masters of Suspense: On Park Chan-wook’s love of Alfred Hitchcock

by David Jenkins

Deci­sion to Leave reframes the blue­print of Hitchcock’s Ver­ti­go, but it’s not the first time Park Chan-wook has looked back to this clas­sic-era muse.
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Incoming

No one can be trusted in the first trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave

by Charles Bramesco

A cop inves­ti­gat­ing a mur­der in a wind-swept moun­tain town falls for the vic­tim’s wid­ow in the Cannes prize-winner.
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LWLies Magazine

LWLies 95: The Decision to Leave issue – Out now!

by Little White Lies

Dive in to the decep­tive­ly tran­quil waters of Park Chan-wook’s sen­sa­tion­al, genre-splic­ing detec­tive yarn.
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Festivals

Decision to Leave – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A police detec­tive forms a dan­ger­ous bond with a woman sus­pect­ed of mur­der­ing her hus­band in Park Chan-wook’s swoon­ing crime drama.