20 Films to See in August
In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting films debuting in North American theaters this month, listed in alphabetical order.
Additional content by Jason Dietz
Action/Drama/Thriller | Directed by Chan-wook Park
Returns to theaters August 16
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At the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, the Quentin Tarantino-led jury awarded the Grand Prix to Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy. The film went on to worldwide acclaim, introduced Park to a global audience (whom he has rewarded with The Handmaiden and Decision to Leave), and even inspired a much less successful Spike Lee remake starring Josh Brolin in 2013. A brutal revenge thriller filled with indelible moments—star Choi Min-sik eating a live octopus and the single-shot hallway hammer fight come to mind—this cult classic follows Oh Dae-Su as he tries to find his captors after being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years. Originally released in South Korea in 2003, the film will get a 20th anniversary theatrical re-release in restored and remastered 4K.
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