Jung Byung-gil wastes zero time with niceties in his wham-bam action flick The Villainess, which had a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival, closed the New York Asian Film Festival and opens ...

Destined to be known as “the one with the three-way motorcycle swordfight” — or, perhaps, “the one with the single-take, first-person massacre” — Jung Byung-gil’s The Villainess is a film of major ...

Ahmed Rehan Nasir is a contributor from Pakistan. With a Psych degree in hand, Rehan has a knack for picking apart anime and dissecting characters. When he isn't writing features, you'll probably find ...

Ahmed Rehan Nasir is a contributor from Pakistan. With a Psych degree in hand, Rehan has a knack for picking apart anime and dissecting characters. When he isn't writing features, you'll probably find ...

Isekai villainess anime offer a unique twist from the typical hero reincarnation narrative, focusing on transmigrated villainesses in otome game settings. Winter 2025's From Bureaucrat to Villainess ...

Ascendance of a Bookworm, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, The Executioner and Her Way of Life (Image via Ajia-do Animation Works, Silver Link., J.C. Staff) I'll Become a ...

“The Villainess” actress Kim Ok-bin said she felt a heavy sense of responsibility as the heroine of an action-filled film. “I felt like I had to do a good job in order for people to invest more in ...

Channeling “La femme Nikita,” “Kill Bill,” Nikkatsu’s ’70s female exploitation films and a gazillion Hong Kong martial arts heroines, “The Villainess” nonetheless succeeds in being one-of-a-kind for ...

I often admire the protagonists of stories where a regular person is reborn as the villain or villainess of a fantasy world. They can always find a way to dodge death flags and avert their gruesome ...