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Film Review: Ticket to Jerusalem (2002) by Rashid Masharawi
“Don’t complicate what’s already too complicated.” For his fourth feature film, Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi chose a topic which walks a very thin line between fact and fiction. Fittingly, he...
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Documentary Review: Mixed Match (2016) by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Documentaries that raise awareness, particularly for issues very few know, serve one of the most important purposes of cinema. Jeff Chiba Stearns’ film does exactly that, although with an approach...
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Film Review: Wushu Orphan (2018) by Huang Huang
Director Huang Huang questions traditional teaching methods and the meaning of right education in his directorial debut “Wushu Orphan”. The film premiered at the 31st Tokyo International Film...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Philippine film “City of Cries”
Richard Somes, of “We Will Not Cry Tonight” has just completed his newest film, which seems like another deep down and dirty actioner. From the description of the film: 6 men.One last job.One step to...
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Film Review: Tracey (2018) by Jun Li
Newcomer Hong Kong director Jun Li decided to begin his career in feature movies with a “bang” and a big pink wig on the head of one of the most recognisable Hong Kong actors. What a way to start!...
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Documentary Review: Children of the Snow Land (2018) by Zara Balfour & Marcus...
Snow Land is not a magical country, surrounded by crystalline glaciers. Snow Land is a school in Kathmandu, Nepal’s Capital City, run by a Buddhist monk with private donations and on a mission to give...
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Film Review: Nunchaku and Soul (2019) by Akiyoshi Koba
Akiyoshi Koba’s martial arts dance frenzy “Nunchaku and Soul” aims at the quiet undertones. Nunchaku and Soul is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival Numata is a shy, bespectacled middle-aged...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Indian (Hindi) film “The Man Who Feels No Pain”
Director Vasan Bala’s (Peddlers) second feature film “The Man Who Feels No Pain” (“Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota”) is all set to release on 21st March this year. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala under his...
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Film Review: Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) by Kazuhiko...
Due to the strong impression left on the first film, the same creative crew returned for this brazen and highly-enjoyable follow-up that carries on the sensational adventures of detective Li Koryu....
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Documentary Review: “Shinjuku Tiger” (2019) by Yoshinori Sato
Shinjuku, Tokyo’s entertainment district has been an ever evolving area of Tokyo, which constantly creates and celebrates the world of cinema and artistic expression. One of the more recognizable...
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Short Film Review: Slowly (2019) by Momoko Fukuda
Sometimes it takes a random cessation of momentum to make us ponder on the directions we are headed, not just in the literal sense of “where are we going?” but also in our own grand narratives, the...
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Helsinki Cine Aasia to start on Thursday 14th March; directors Bat-Amgalan...
The four-day festival gives a Finnish premier to 18 East and Southeast Asian films. In addition to topical films, the festival also hosts five expert discussions in which new perspectives to the films...
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Interview with Cheng Wei Hao: “beneath genre films’ commercial appearance,...
After winning Best Short Film at the Golden Horse Awards in 2015 and multiple other awards for his mockumentary “The Death of A Security Guard”, Cheng’s first feature film “The Tag-Along” – based on a...
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14th March, UK Gala Premiere + Q&A of “Children of the Snow Land” by Zara...
The inspiring story of an incredible journey, “Children of the Snow Land” by Zara Balfour & Marcus Stephenson will have the UK Theatrical Premiere with a Gala + Q&A hosted by Anna Smith...
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Film Review: Wild Tour (2018) by Sho Miyake
The city of Yamaguchi located in the southern part of Japan, between Hiroshima and Fukuoka, is the research area of a student group looking for DNA samples of plants and bacteria. Ume is 19 years old...
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Film Review: Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1975) by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Graced with more time than before to craft this entry, director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi brings this third tale of detective Li Koryu kicking apart drug smugglers and other assorted thugs in the streets of...
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Interview with Jamshid Mahmoudi: “Still if I had the opportunity to be...
Jamshid Mahmoudi was born in 1983 in Afghanistan. He was hardly one-year-old when his family sought refuge in Pakistan, and then in lran. After high school graduation, he passed the entrance exam for...
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Film Review: 24 Frames (2017) by Abbas Kiarostami
“I always wonder to what extent the artist aims to depict the reality of a scene.” When Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami died in Paris in 2016, he left behind one of the greatest bodies of work of...
View ArticleTrailer for New Japanese Horror Film “Toshimaen”
Director Hiroshi Takahashi (“Occult Bolshevism”, “The Sylvian Experiments”) has completed production on his recent horror production “Toshimaen”. Although this marks the fifth feature length film from...
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Film Review: Zombie Fight Club (2014) by Joe Chien
With plenty of genre efforts already made, it would seem very few original ideas are left in the ground to unearth for zombie films yet the concept of mixing together ‘The Raid: Redemption’ with...
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