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Film Review: Folklore: POB (2018) by Pen Ek Ratanaruang
HBO Asia’s “Folklore” is a six-episode, hour-long series that takes place across six Asian countries – Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Each episode is based on a country’s...
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Film Review: Before We Vanish (2017) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
By Shikhar Verma Cult J-Horror filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure [1997], Pulse [2001]) has been on a hiatus for around a decade now. While he keeps churning out interesting looking films every other...
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Short Film Review: The Glamorous Boys of Tang (2018) by Su Hui-Yu
Cinema/Video is generally not considered as classic art. Maybe because it is a collaborative expression and mostly tied up with storytelling. However, it is not necessary that filmmaking should be...
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French Minister of Culture Franck Riester to Visit Vesoul International Film...
The 25th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas (VIFFAC) opens on Tuesday, February 5. French Minister of Culture Franck Riester has been confirmed to widen the list of the distinguished...
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Film review: Fly By Night (2018) by Zahir Omar
Zahir Omar’s directorial debut feature “Fly by Night” takes us to a familiar territory of a genre cinema, but in a less threadbare setting of Kuala Lumpur’s underworld. Visually engaging, with a good...
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Rakkhosh (Demon) 2019 by Abhijit Kokate and Srivinay Salian won Best Director...
“Rakkhosh” is a 1st complete POV film from India where the camera is the hero. The story of “Rakkhosh” is set in a mental asylum and is shot from 1st person POV of a schizophrenic person. It recently...
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Film Review: Folklore: Nobody (2018) by Eric Khoo
HBO Asia’s “Folklore” is a six-episode, hour-long series that takes place across six Asian countries – Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Each episode is based on a country’s...
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Documentary Review: Inner Landscape (2019) by Frank Scheffer
Second part of Frank Scheffer’s tetralogy on the disappearance of musical traditions in the world, “Inner Landscape” follows Guo Wenjing, who wants to recreate the famous Sichuan opera “Si Fan”, Dutch...
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Film Review: Blank 13 (2017) by Takumi Saitoh
Takumi Saitoh is a Japanese actor and model, well known for starring with Aya Ueto in the popular romantic TV-series-turned-film “Hirugao”; his 2017 directorial debut “Blank 13” was a film about a...
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Film Review: Eyecatch Junction (1991) by Takashi Miike
So here we are, almost at the fountain where everything started. “Eyecatch Junction” is the second film directed by Takashi Miike, but was released prior to his first motion picture, “Lady Hunter:...
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Film Review: The Fortress (2017) by Hwang Dong-hyuk
Every story has two sides to it. Injo, the sixteenth King of the Joseon dynasty is generally known to be a weak and indecisive ruler, mostly widely disliked for his surrender of Joseon to the Qing...
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Film Review: Khandhar (Ruins, 1984) by Mrinal Sen (+ full movie)
Khandhar was the 22nd feature film Directed by Mrinal Sen and released in 1984. The movie won India’s National film award for Best Direction, Best Actress and Best Editing. It was screened in many...
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Film Review: Folklore: Mongdal (2018) by Lee Sang-woo
HBO Asia’s “Folklore” is a six-episode, hour-long series that takes place across six Asian countries – Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Each episode is based on a country’s...
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Interview with Kavich Neang: “Every night after the shooting, I would have...
Born in 1987 in Phnom Penh Neang’s family was one of many living in the historic White Building. He studied dance and music before he graduated in professional design at Limkokwing University of...
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Film Review: Folklore: Toyol (2018) by Ho Yuhang
HBO Asia’s “Folklore” is a six-episode, hour-long series that takes place across six Asian countries – Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Each episode is based on a country’s...
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Film Review: Bodyguard Kiba 2 – Apocalypse of Carnage (1994) by Takashi Miike
After finishing the first movie, Takashi Miike did not hesitate to throw Bodyguard Kiba into a second round of high kicks and low-level storytelling. Buy This Title This time the plot takes some...
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Tomoyasu Murata: Stop Motion Master. Japan Society Presents North American...
Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Japan Society One of Japan’s most prolific independent animation artists, Tomoyasu Murata (1974, Tokyo) has steadily created breathtaking, boundary-breaking stop motion...
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Documentary Short Review: Tokyo Kurds (2018) by Fumiari Hyuga
The topic of minorities is a hot topic in recent Japanese cinema. Being confronted with faster aging and a shrinking society, politics is challenged by new questions. One of these challenges is...
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Film Review: Rona, Azim’s Mother (2018) by Jamshid Mahmoudi
“My mother is all my life.” In the constant stream of images of refugees making their way to Europe and the USA, we often tend to forget the stories behind the faces of the people we see on camera and...
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Couples of/from Asia entwine the 25th Vesoul International Film Festival of...
It is not a secret that Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas is a result of love for Asian countries, Asian culture, Asian films, and of romantic love. “This festival that was created...
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