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Film Review: Was "The Lovers & the Despot" Really Necessary?  The Arts Fuse

Review: In ‘The Lovers and the Despot,’ a Harrowing Korean Ordeal (Published 2016)  The New York Times

The Lovers and the Despot movie review review:  Roger Ebert

Pyongyang Confidential: 'The Lovers and the Despot' Tells a Tale of Film-Loving and Kidnapping  International Documentary Association

Magnolia Pictures Acquires North Korean Kidnapping Tale 'The Lovers and the Despot'  IMDb

'The Lovers and the Despot' Review: North Korean Kidnapping Documentary Grips  Variety

‘The Lovers and the Despot’: Sundance Review  The Hollywood Reporter

'The Lovers and The Despot': A filmmaker, an actress and Kim Jong-il  LAist

A Korean Celebrity Couple Kidnapped By Kim Jong Il: 'The Lovers And The Despot'  NPR

The incredible true story of "The Lovers and the Despot": “Until North Korea collapses and we get access to the files, we’ll never know for sure”  Salon.com

‘The Lovers and the Despots’: Kim Jong Il takes the term ‘film buff’ to an extreme  The Washington Post

“Lovers and the Despot’: Film couple kidnapped by North Korea  San Francisco Chronicle

How a 'Godzilla' Knock-Off Movie Tricked North Korea's Leader Into Freeing Two Hostages  Collider

The Lovers and the Despot review – kidnap in North Korea | Documentary films  The Guardian

Acting For Film Or Acting For Life? Doc Tells Story Of Kim Jong Il's Captives  NPR

The Lovers and the Despot: study of Kim Jong-Il's cinephilia is hard to adore  The Guardian

[Sundance Review] The Lovers and the Despot  The Film Stage

Reviews in Brief: ‘Imperium,’ ‘The Lovers and the Despot,’ and ‘Sand Storm’  TheGATE.ca

‘The Lovers and the Despot’: a real-life great escape from movie-mad Kim Jong-il  The Seattle Times

‘The Lovers and the Despot’ reveals story of Kim Jong-il’s private, kidnapped filmmakers  The Korea Herald

Sex, death and betrayal: This North Korean movie shows things audiences have never seen before  CNN

'The Lovers and the Despot' Exclusive Poster: New Doc Follows Director-Actress Couple Kidnapped By Kim Jong-il  IMDb

Kim Jong-Il kidnaps himself a filmmaker in "The Lovers and the Despot"  CBS News

The Lovers and the Despot : Forced Seduction, North Korean Style  Film International

The movie stars Kim Jong-il kidnapped  BBC

“The Lovers & the Despot” Is the Documentary That Escaped Kim Jong Il’s North Korea  W Magazine

Review: North Korean intrigues in “The Lovers and the Despot”  CBS News

The Lovers and the Despot Tells a Story Stranger Than Fiction  TheWire.in