South Korea

  • Directing

Slow-Burn: Director Lee Chang-dong on Storyboarding, Shooting, Lighting, and Scoring Burning

Eight years after Poetry, Lee Chang-dong premiered Burning in the Cannes Film Festival’s main competition section. Based on the short story…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Bleeding Love: To The Handmaiden Director Park Chan-wook, All His Films are Romances

An artisan of deviance, South Korean master Park Chan-wook imbues his captivating tales of revenge with elegant depravity and profound…

8 years ago
  • Documentary

Kim Jong-il Productions: Ross Adam and Robert Cannan on a Tyrant’s Love of Cinema in The Lovers and the Despot

History has repeatedly shown that tyrants are often some of the most avid art collectors and supporters, despite the dark motivations…

8 years ago