A Korean Master Goes Noir in Decision to Leave

While the success of Knives Out and Murder on the Orient Express have, in theory, stoked a resurgence of the whodunit, that genre’s close cousin, the noir, hasn’t yet had its day back in the sun. Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water maybe counts—it’s certainly an erotic thriller—but that’s pretty much it. In America, anyway. Over in South Korea, the masterful director Park Chan-wook has made the stylish, surprising Decision to Leave, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Mostly set in Busan, Decision to Leave concerns a dogged investigator, Hae-jun (Park Hae-il), and his shifty prime suspect, Seo-rae (Tang… Read Full Article