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Park Chan Wook

  1. overnights
    The Sympathizer Series-Premiere Recap: RunawayGet ready to pause, rewind, and replay in Park Chan-wook’s series about Vietnam War–era spy games.
    By Terry Nguyen
  2. tv review
    Grad School Was Never This FunPark Chan-wook’s HBO adaptation of The Sympathizer is a captivating senior seminar on postcolonial theory.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  3. trailer mix
    The Sympathizer’s Playing Both SidesWho can you trust? Who do you know? Who even are these people?
    By Jason P. Frank
  4. hammer time
    All 11 Park Chan-wook Movies, RankedWith his revenge masterpiece, Oldboy, returning to theaters, we’re ranking the director’s films.
    By A.A. Dowd
  5. a long talk
    Park Chan-wook Leaves You HangingHis latest film, Decision to Leave, may be romantic, but that doesn’t mean the director is done with extreme violence.
    By Alison Willmore
  6. movie review
    In Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook Pulls BackMaybe a little too much.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  7. trailer mix
    Decision to Leave Trailer: Park Chan-wook’s in His Romance EraThe Handmaiden hive, rise!
    By Zoe Guy
  8. cannes 2022
    Park Chan-wook’s Latest Is Serving Hitchcock VibesDecision to Leave is a classical, restrained effort from the guy who gave us the squid scene in Oldboy.
    By Nate Jones
  9. cannes 2022
    Cannes 2022 Is Auteur Central (Even Without David Lynch)With new films by Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, David Cronenberg, and George Miller among the lineup.
    By Justin Curto
  10. casting couch
    Robert Downey Jr. to Pivot From Hero to Villain in HBO The Sympathizer SeriesHis first major role since Avengers: Endgame is also his first full TV series.
    By Justin Curto
  11. adaptations
    Park Chan-wook to Direct TV Adaptation of The SympathizerFrom the novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
    By Charu Sinha
  12. vulture lists
    15 Great Movies to Get You Started With South Korean HorrorFrom Whispering Corridors to The Wailing.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  13. a long talk
    The Face of Korean Cinema Is Anxious, Afraid, and Full of MetaphorsSong Kang-ho on Parasite and the exquisite, existential pain of acting.
    By E. Alex Jung
  14. overnights
    The Little Drummer Girl Premiere Recap: A Star Is BornThe John le Carré adaptation kicks off as a spymaster recruits an unwitting heroine in his dramatic plot to take down a terrorist.
    By Scott Meslow
  15. overnights
    The Little Drummer Girl Recap: Two PrisonersSalim and Charlie’s respective imprisonments invite us to interrogate the similarities and differences of their situations.
    By Scott Meslow
  16. tv review
    The Little Drummer Girl Is Dazzling, But BloodlessPark Chan-wook’s adaptation of the John le Carré spy novel is a lavishly produced, intelligent, tasteful mixed bag.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  17. vulture lists
    Vulture Asks: What Are the Best Revenge Movies?Perfect for former — and soon-to-be-former — members of the Trump administration.
    By Vulture Editors
  18. movies
    How Do You Direct a Sex Scene? 10 Directors Tell Their SecretsWith wild tales from Bridesmaids, Showgirls, American Psycho, and more.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  19. movie review
    Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden Is the Year’s Most Twisted RomanceThe surface is classical, but the perversity bubbles up from beneath.
    By David Edelstein
  20. trailer mix
    Cannes Sensation The Handmaiden Has a TrailerIn theaters October 19!
    By Devon Ivie
  21. cannes 2016
    The Korean Gothic Lesbian Revenge Thriller That’s Captivated CannesIt’s from Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook, and, yes, as is his trademark, somebody loses a body part.
    By Jada Yuan
  22. side by side
    The Differences Between Spike Lee’s Oldboy and the Original OldboyLess octopus, for one.
    By Alex Suskind
  23. primer
    Director Park Chan-wook: Six Movies to WatchThe following works are required viewing.
    By Nick Schager
  24. movie review
    Edelstein on Stoker: No Sympathy for This Lady VengeanceThe first English-language film from Oldboy director Park Chan-wook.
    By David Edelstein
  25. vulture picture palace
    Park Chan-wook Recounts a Worse-Than-Usual Day at the MorgueIt’s as if Jean-Paul Sartre and Rod Serling got together and hijacked a Roland Emmerich film.
    By Bilge Ebiri