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GHOST TRAIN Review: South Korean Horror Trods Overly Familiar Supernatural Ground

The translated title of Tak Se-woong’s (Devil in the Lake, A Stranger Dream) latest film, Ghost Train (괴기열차), is something of a misnomer.   While Tak’s supernatural horror film certainly involves ghosts (a handful, maybe more) and trains (many state-of-the-art...

Udine 2022 Review: KINGMAKER, Sumptuous Character Study and Tense Political Drama Makes for Thrilling History Lesson 


The easiest way to describe Kingmaker, the latest film from The Merciless director Byung Sung-hyun, is as the Korean equivalent of George Clooney's election drama The Ides of March, a film that incidentally used the English word 'Kingmaker' as its...