Park channels detestation, deception and anxiety into this slick and entertaining, if somewhat protracted, black comedy about a family man who loses his cushy job and thus must devise a nefarious plan to eliminate his competition to get the new job he so desires.
Shot in solemn black-and-white, Hong’s elegiac, non-linear reflection on infidelity, regret and emotional burden sees a condemned man trying to move on from his extramarital affair.
A contemplative exploration of neediness and the transient nature of human connection, Hong’s drama about creative paralysis sees a film director having a fling with his friend’s girlfriend, sparking psychological clarity.
A married Korean man finds himself staying in Paris in Hong’s thought-provoking and layered work about the inherent affinities and contradictions of living a present life to one’s desire, as he gets caught up in an incompatible romance with a younger woman.
A filmmaking student doesn’t know herself except through the eyes of three men who have had an on-off intimate relationship with her, as Hong gives us a sly film bounded by the circularities and repetitions of plotting and dialogue.
A loyal bodyguard to a mobster boss must think for himself when things go terribly wrong in this compelling and bloody Korean revenge thriller about the inevitability of karmic retribution.
Bong’s directorial feature debut is already a solid showcase of his trademark tonal control, effortlessly alternating between light and dark humour, and peppered with dramatic tension, as a married but unemployed scholar wants to get rid of an annoying barking dog in his estate.
Hong’s finest film in a while tackles work, life, art, love, past and future with effortless ease, as an art lecturer asks his famous but blacklisted uncle to help her students mount a skit.
With generous doses of horror and comedy, though with some way-too-sappy scenes of melodrama, this ‘zombies-on-a-train’ flick is no doubt a crowd-pleasing marker of Asian blockbuster success.
A wild, zany, and sometimes, indulgent meta-film in the hands of Kim Jee-woon, about a tormented filmmaker hoping to reshoot an alternate ending that won’t go down well with the authorities.
Eternality Tan 