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Though as a theme it has spawned some of Korean cinema's biggest hits, including Shiri (1999), Joint Security Area (2000), Silmido (2003), Taegugki (2004) and Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005), the representation of North Korea on screen has always been a...

The last film produced by Kim Ki-duk that wasn't directed by himself was the enjoyable and original gangster movie ROUGH CUT.  Now comes a new film produced by Kim called POONGSAN (formerly known as PHUNGSAN DOG). Director is Jeon Jae-hong...

Kim Ki-Duk's Time is an emotional slap in the face. It's confrontational, daring, passionate, but also clumsy, reductive and juvenile. The director obviously badly wanted to offer some kind of reasoned, thought-provoking commentary on how people drift in and...

[Our thanks to Justine Smith for the following review.] DREAM is the latest effort from acclaimed filmmaker, Kim Ki-Duk, who is best known for his human dramas infused with Buddhist inspired ideas and style. In his first foray into...