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  1. overnights
    The Sympathizer Recap: In Cold BloodThe last of the Park Chan-wook–directed episodes ends in murder like all good Park Chan-wook works.
    By Terry Nguyen
  2. overnights
    The Sympathizer Recap: American NightmareIn case we forgot, America was (even more) racist in the 1970s.
    By Terry Nguyen
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. trailer mix
    The Sympathizer’s Playing Both SidesWho can you trust? Who do you know? Who even are these people?
    By Jason P. Frank
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. movie review
    In Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook Pulls BackMaybe a little too much.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. trailer mix
    Decision to Leave Trailer: Park Chan-wook’s in His Romance EraThe Handmaiden hive, rise!
    By Zoe Guy
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. adaptations
    Park Chan-wook to Direct TV Adaptation of The SympathizerFrom the novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
    By Charu Sinha
  14. vulture lists
    15 Great Movies to Get You Started With South Korean HorrorFrom Whispering Corridors to The Wailing.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. trailer mix
    Cannes Sensation The Handmaiden Has a TrailerIn theaters October 19!
    By Devon Ivie
  23. 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
  24. side by side
    The Differences Between Spike Lee’s Oldboy and the Original OldboyLess octopus, for one.
    By Alex Suskind
  25. primer
    Director Park Chan-wook: Six Movies to WatchThe following works are required viewing.
    By Nick Schager
  26. movie review
    Edelstein on Stoker: No Sympathy for This Lady VengeanceThe first English-language film from Oldboy director Park Chan-wook.
    By David Edelstein
  27. 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