Trailer for Malaysian Film “Fly By Night”
Director Zahir Omar has completed production on his debut feature “Fly By Night”. The gritty neo-noire film, which follows a quartet of cabbies from Kuala Lampur that use their skills to create an...
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Short Film Review: Leaking Life (2019) by Shunsaku Hayashi
Water is life. But water can also be frightening. Everyone who has seen Hideo Nakata’s “Dark Water” (2002) or the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (1960) would agree. In Sunsaku Hayashi’s...
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Film Review: Apprentice (2016) by Boo Junfeng
Winner of the NETPAC award at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, among a number of other awards, both Asian and international, and backed up by production companies from all over the world,...
View ArticleHow Obsession with Korean Dramas Makes US Students Learn Korean?
Asian dramas became popular in the USA more than 5 years ago. Did you know that some 20 years ago TV novels from Latin America made people obsessed? They gathered families around a screen reliving...
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Berlinale Interview – Wang XiaoShuai: “Censorship does exist, but what should...
A pioneering director of 1990s independent Chinese cinema, he is one of the few filmmakers to remain true to his art in spite of the rampant commercialism of China’s film market. His directorial debut...
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Film Review: Aruna and Her Palate (2018) by Edwin
Indonesian director Edwin depicts friendship and the lifestyles of the people of the age group of 30s with a food base spicy narrative in “Aruna and Her Palate”. The movie is adapted from Laksmi...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean film “Bad Police” by Lee Jeong-beom
The last time Lee Sun-kyun played a cop was in 2014’s hit “A Hard Day”, where he played a corrupt cop trying to cover up a road accident death. In 2019, we will see him play a corrupt police office...
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Interview with Hirose Nanako: “The films that I want to do are ones that...
Hirose Nanako was born 1987 in Kanagawa, Japan. After graduating from Musashino Art University, Hirose joined the Kore-eda Hirokazu’s production company BUN-BUKU in 2011. She worked in Kore-eda’s TV...
View ArticleFrom James Bond to Black Panther – How Realistic are Movie Casino Scenes?
The casino has been a major location for films since the advent of cinema. It has been used as a setting due to its familiarity, but also because it is well known for being a place of excitement. It...
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Documentary Review: Chinese Portrait (2018) by Wang Xiaoshuai
Somewhere between the movie and the video installation, “Chinese Portrait” is the result of Wang Xiaoshuai travelling China with his camera since 2009, and shooting various people and settings...
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Film Review: Kumbalangi Nights (2019) by Madhu C Narayanan
A lot of expectation was riding on this project as the cohort of creative talent it gathered had no place in mediocrity. The movie did not disappoint one bit. Fahad Faasil, Dileesh Pothan, Nazriya...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Thriller “Idol” by Lee Su-jin
Six years after the harrowing but excellent “Han Gong-ju”, director Lee Su-jin is back with his sophomore directorial film “Idol”. While “Han Gong-ju” was primarily a drama, “Idol” will see Lee Su-jin...
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Hong Kong International Film Festival to present the “Centenary of Korean...
The 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), in association with the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), will present the “Centenary of Korean Cinema” programme, which will include screenings of...
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Film Review: Life Finds A Way (2018) by Hirobumi Watanabe
Let us take things from the beginning. Hirobumi Watanabe is not your usual director, as proven quite eloquently in the other films of his I have watched, “Poolsideman” and “Party ‘Round the Globe“,...
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The Story of 90 Coins (2015) by Michael Wong
The question of whether to choose love or a chance of fulfilling your dreams has been tormenting couples since the beginning of time, and Michael Wong deals with this theme by adding the concept of...
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Kokoroview. Interview with Kokoro Shinozaki
Kokoro Shinozaki – born in 1993, Japanese idol, model, DJ, songwriter, producer. In 2013 she formed the idol unit ‘Petit Pas!’ The group dissolved in 2016, however since then, Kokoro has become even...
View ArticleTrailer for New Short Film “Stranger Danger”
Director Argie Seth has completed production on his short film “Stranger Danger”. The film is a collaborative effort of Hong Kong students from various campuses. With the production crew referring to...
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Film Review: Poolside Man (2016) by Hirobumi Watanabe
Watanabe’s third feature film is a very peculiar production, featuring a silent protagonist but constant talking, black and white cinematography, and a repetition that seems to be more meaningful than...
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Short Film Review: Pain (1994) by Eric Khoo
“Pain” is the film that, in essence, kickstarted Eric Khoo’ career. As he mentions in his interview: In 1994, I did a short film named “Pain”, in black and white, 30 minutes long. With no dialogue....
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Arrow Video will release Teruo Ishii’s Yakuza Law as part of their May line-up
Director Teruo Ishii (Blind Woman’s Curse, Horrors of Malformed Men), the Godfather of J-sploitation, presents Yakuza Law (AKA Yakuza’s Law: Lynching) – a gruelling anthology of torture, spanning...
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