Park Chan-Wook Articles

Vampires galore: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In (middle); Park Chan-wook's Thirst (bottom) From Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: New Moon to Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds, from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek to Park Chan-wook's Thirst, from Zoe Saldana in Avatar to Anne-Marie Duff in Nowhere Boy — there's something for just about [...]

2009 Blue Dragon Awards 2009 Blue Dragon Awards – Nominations: Nov. 14, 2009 2009 Blue Dragon Award Winners: KBS Hall in Seoul on Dec. 2, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Directed by Joon-ho Bong, Mother chronicles the fight of a middle-aged mother to clear the name of her son, accused of a vicious crime. Mother is South Korea's submission for the [...]

2008 Blue Dragon Awards   Lim Soon-rye's Forever the Moment, chronicles the struggles of a fictionalized version of Korea's women's handball team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.   Best Film: Forever the Moment Best Director: Kim Ji-woon (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) Best New Director: Lee Kyung-mi (Crush and Blush) Best Actor: Kim Yoon-seok (The Chaser) Best Actress: Sohn Ye-jin (My Wife [...]

Yu Nan in Tuya's Marriage "When I started making films, my teacher said film should show people's dreams. This film made my dreams come true," remarked Chinese director Wang Quan'an upon accepting the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear for his rural drama Tuya's Marriage, a portrait of the social and environmental costs of China's unbridled economic growth. In Tuya's Marriage, a woman (Yu Nan) living [...]