Denmark launches an all-out attack on North Korea in this has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed documentary that ventures into territory somewhere between Michael Moore and Borat. Bankrolled by Lars von Trier ...

Deceit matches deceit in "The Red Chapel," a doc whose many layers of propaganda, indoctrination, and pranksterism collide in bewildering ways that, while not the stuff of a big nonfiction hit, could ...

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Lorber Films announced from Cannes today that they have acquired all North American rights for “The Red Chapel,” directed by Mads Bruegger. The film won the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize in the World ...

A rare look inside the fortress-like walls of North Korea proves sufficiently intriguing to prevail over the messiness of director Mads Bruegger’s guerrilla-style tactics in “The Red Chapel,” a ...

The uproariously odd Danish documentary “The Red Chapel” is in essence a prankish charade gone very wrong. Filmmaker Mads Brügger gained rare access to North Korea under the ruse of a cultural ...

Comedians pose as a Danish-Korean theater troupe in order to gain access to North Korea and stage performances that comment on the nation's oppressive policies and human-rights record in this ...

Danish director Mads Brugger documents a cultural exchange visit to North Korea by the Red Chapel, a pair of shticky comedians who were born in Korea but adopted and raised by Danes. As the guests ...