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Film Review: Pop Aye (2017) by Kirsten Tan
Kirsten Tan has hit it from the beginning, with her debut feature being the first Singaporean movie selected to screen at the Sundance Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize in the World Cinema...
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Film Review: The Unborn Child (2011) by Poj Arnon
Based on one of Thailand’s more gruesome true stories, this ripped-from-the-headlines genre effort concerns the scandal of the discovery of 2,002 fetuses in a Bangkok Buddhist temple that had come...
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Film Review: Haifa (1996) by Rashid Masharawi
After the Madrid Peace conference in 1991, the negotiations in Oslo at 1993 and the autonomy accord in Cairo in 1994, the peace between Palestinians and Israelis looked like a possible prospect at the...
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Film Review: We Make Antiques (2018) by Masaharu Take
From the director and scriptwriter of “100 Yen Love”, comes a rather enjoyable comedy about the world of antiques and the shenanigans of the people involved. We Make Antiques screened at Helsinki Cine...
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Film Review: Palawan Fate (aka Busong, 2011) by Auraeus Solito
Since 2013 Berlinale comprises a section – special series “dedicated to the cinematic storytelling of Indigenous peoples from around the world with a focus on a different region every two years […]”...
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The Best Martial Arts/Action Movies to Look Forward To in 2019
Some of the biggest Kung Fu and Martial Art stars have movies being released in 2019, from Jackie Chan to Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa to Scott Adkins. Many fans are excited for the Donnie Yen remake of the...
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Interview with Ying Liang: “I think my case is the most serious one that has...
Ying Liang, a Chinese independent filmmaker, was born in Shanghai. He studied in Beijing and Chongqing before settling down in the city of Zigong in Sichuan Province. He made his directorial debut in...
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Film Review: Sister Street Fighter (1974) by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
After the success of the original ‘Street Fighter,’ a new series was commissioned involving female martial arts actress Etsuko Shihomi to provide a counterbalance to Sonny Chiba’s wild main films....
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Film Review : Kokdu: A Story Of Guardian Angels (2018) by Kim Tae-yong
Childhood is all about innocence. It is sometimes selfish but that selfishness is due to ignorance. Once there is a realisation that some emotions are vices and one should keep away from them, the...
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Film review: Idol (2019) by Lee Su-jin
One thing is certain: Lee Su-jin’s second feature “Idol” (“Woo sang” in the original language) is a head-spinning thrill ride of a movie which, in the end, can become exhausting. Having in mind Lee’s...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Movie “Birthday” by Lee Jong-eon
The 2014 sinking of the MV Sewol ferry is arguably the most tragic event in recent South Korean history, which resulted in 304 deaths, most of which were high school students. Director Lee Jong-eon...
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Documentary Review: Turning 18 (2018) by Ho Chao Ti
Continuing her dealing with the marginalized after “My Fancy High Heels” and “Sock ‘n’ Roll”, Ho Chao Ti this time deals with two Taiwanese indigenous teenager girls, Chen and Pei, both coming from...
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Interview with Rodd Rathjen: The issue of modern slavery in the Thai fishing...
Born in Colbinabbin, a small town in central Victoria, Australia in 1981, Rodd Rathjen graduated with an honours degree in film and television from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010. His short...
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Film Review: The Night (2014) by Zhou Hao
At the 69th Berlinale, the Panorama selection marked its 40th edition. The section that is dedicated to films that tend to provoke and challenge their audience took a shape of own retrospective or,...
View ArticleTrailer for New Filipino Action/Thriller Film “Maria”
Director Pedring Lopez (“Darkroom” “Nilalang”) has completed production on his most recent project “Maria”. The Action/Thriller stars Christine Reyes (“El Presidente”, “No Other Woman”) as Maria, a...
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Film Review: Ave Maryam (2018) by Robby Ertanto
Stories about forbidden love is not something new for cinema, not even when we are talking specifically for ones between priests and nuns, which is the main theme of “Ave Maryam”. Robby Ertanto...
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Eureka Entertainment releasing “The Third Wife” in theatres and on-demand in May
Eureka Entertainment have announced that they will be releasing director Ash Mayfair’s acclaimed debut feature film “The Third Wife” in theatres and on-demand across the UK & Ireland from 31st...
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Film Review: Walking Past the Future (2017) by Li Ruijun
The harsh critique towards the increasingly materialistic Chinese society and the consequences of a country that seems to move forward with almost no regard for its citizens has been a recurring one...
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Film Review: “The Drug King” (2018) by Woo Min-ho
The narcotics industry, or what existed of it, in South Korea has for the most part never been explored in cinema up until recently. 2018, however, changed that with two films on the subject out in a...
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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019 Opens with RANDEN: The Comings and Goings on a...
The Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) has started this year’s run, its 14th, with an opening ceremony packed with guests and film fans at the Hankyu Umeda Hall on March 08, 2019.The evening launched...
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