Min-ho Woo's 'The Man Standing Next' watches as those closest to a South Korean president decide to kill him. By John DeFore A cinematic history lesson that will be all-new to most Americans ...

A series of murders exposes the deep corruption in a village in rural Kazakhstan in Adilkhan Yerzhanov's brilliant, diamond-hard film noir.

“A Dark, Dark Man” is set in a stretch of Kazakhstan where few people seem to live, yet corruption pervades every corner. When this police procedural, directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov (“Yellow ...

South Korea has selected "The Man Standing Next," starring Lee Byung-hun, for Oscars contention in the best international feature category.