Why isn’t Lee Chang-dong considered in the same company as Hong Sang-soo or Bong Joon-ho or Park Chan-wook?
The film has a queasy sensibility that has less to do with the gory remains than the twisted psychology on display.
13 Assassins shows that Miike can indeed color between the lines.
The film is suitably dark and dangerous and filled with well-honed, visceral scenes.
The festival presents films in ten theaters daily, nine of them within a few block radius.