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A detective falls for a beautiful murder suspect. But that's just the beginning of the experience of "Decision to Leave." In the hands of South Korean master Park Chan-wook ("Oldboy," "The Handmaiden"), that familiar noir premise is just the outermost layer of a cinematic onion — a sweet one nevertheless…

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South Korean director Park Chan-wook, conjurer of dark, sexually charged dreams such as “Oldboy” (2003) and “Stoker” (2013), gives us his most Hitchcockian effort to date. One of the music tracks is even entitled “Rear Window.” “Decision to Leave,” is a film noir about a young, married detective named Hae-jun…

This Oscars contender and Cannes winner breaks the rules around police procedurals and femmes fatales, while being ‘achingly romantic’ to boot.

The "Oldboy" and "Handmaiden" director delivers a romantic thriller that took Cannes by storm

At first glance — and it rewards several glances — "Decision to Leave" seems to tell the story of a police detective and the beautiful woman who upends his dull, well-ordered existence. It's a tale of impossible longing, the kind that can undo a marriage, ruin a career and send…

Long before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” triumphed at the Oscars and “Squid Game” circled the globe, Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, outrageously violent and devilishly elaborate vision of Korean cinema

South Korean master auteur Park Chan-wook has a new film, “Decision to Leave,” hitting theaters this Friday, the first film in his career selected as the South Korean submission for the Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. Park has gained a cult following across the globe for his…