Samaritan Girl is a touch too enigmatic for its own good.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

Samaritan Girl is a touch too enigmatic for its own good.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

While often surreal and almost intriguing, the film lacks direction.

~ Darren Amner -

While often surreal and almost intriguing, the film lacks direction.

~ Darren Amner -

Intense and committed performances from Cho Min-soo and Lee Jung-jin combined with the oppressive atmosphere Kim creates make for a raw and very sad viewing experience.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Intense and committed performances from Cho Min-soo and Lee Jung-jin combined with the oppressive atmosphere Kim creates make for a raw and very sad viewing experience.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Intensely erotic throughout, even in the absence of what most people would think of as sexual, this feels like the culmination of a number of threads that have run throughout Kim's work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Intensely erotic throughout, even in the absence of what most people would think of as sexual, this feels like the culmination of a number of threads that have run throughout Kim's work.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The audience are never sure whether to laugh or not, adding to the film's disturbing quality and to the intensity of its emotional impact.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The audience are never sure whether to laugh or not, adding to the film's disturbing quality and to the intensity of its emotional impact.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Kim Ki-duk is using language to highlight the communicative gulf that exists between his dramatis personae.

~ Anton Bitel -

Kim Ki-duk is using language to highlight the communicative gulf that exists between his dramatis personae.

~ Anton Bitel -

Shows the personal tragedy of war rather than how it affects a nation.

~ John Gallagher -

Shows the personal tragedy of war rather than how it affects a nation.

~ John Gallagher -

Breath is an icy, chilling love story. It looks at a bond that goes beyond the simplicities of life and death.

~ Chris -

Breath is an icy, chilling love story. It looks at a bond that goes beyond the simplicities of life and death.

~ Chris -

Hwal is a wonderful piece of film-making. It's simple, thoughtful, perfectly focussed, and a delight to watch from start to finish.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

Hwal is a wonderful piece of film-making. It's simple, thoughtful, perfectly focussed, and a delight to watch from start to finish.

~ Keith Dudhnath -

There is no relief in this film; nobody is saved from the world. Rather, the story follows two people learning to approach the world on their own terms.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is no relief in this film; nobody is saved from the world. Rather, the story follows two people learning to approach the world on their own terms.

~ Jennie Kermode -

While it is certainly possible to admire the experimentalism of Arirang, it is less easy to like or care about it.

~ Anton Bitel -

While it is certainly possible to admire the experimentalism of Arirang, it is less easy to like or care about it.

~ Anton Bitel -

Mysteries lend the romance an irrational trajectory.

~ Anton Bitel -

Mysteries lend the romance an irrational trajectory.

~ Anton Bitel -