Park Chan-wook

The Handmaiden Review

The Handmaiden is perversely erotic, viciously violent, narratively twisted, deceptively comedic, and beautifully icky.

Blu-Ray Round Up: 7/1/13

This week, we look at Blu-Rays of horror classics Lifeforce and Phantasm II, one of Steven Spielberg's most underrated films, Empire of the Sun, the metal and cardboard documentary Skull World, and the bizarre worlds of Stoker and Spring Breakers.

Interview: Chan-wook Park

Dork Shelf talked to famed Korean director Chan-Wook Park (Oldboy) about where his desire to tell such dark stories springs from, why he selected Stoker for his North American debut, the casting process, his identifying with the work of Alfred Hitchcock, and his study of film criticism and philosophy.

CONTEST: See STOKER in TORONTO!

Enter for a chance to win one of five pairs of passes to see an advance screening of Stoker in Toronto on Thursday, February 28th at 7:00pm, courtesy of Dork Shelf and Fox Searchlight.

Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Thirst

We briefly discussed Korean director Park Chan-wook‘s latest film Thirst, in our most recent podcast.  Park, the director of 2003’s twisted and amazing Oldboy debuted his new film at the Cannes film festival a few weeks ago.  Thirst secured a North American release at the festival, and an English trailer for the film hit the […]