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Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival Announces Full Line-up
Back for it’s 10th edition, the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival has announced its full line-up as well as the list of guests that will be attending the Festival this year. Their most...
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Film review: Sudani from Nigeria (2018) by Zakariya Mohammed
A few years back, when I was walking along the Kozikhode beach, a young man approached me. That part of Kerala (a small coastal state in South India) rarely attracts foreign tourists, so he was...
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“A Family Tour” wins the Golden Dram at Chinese Visual Festival
Every year Chinese Visual Festival assembles a team of top industry experts, academics and filmmakers to select the very best films from the programme. For the 2019 edition of the festival, the Jury...
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Film Review: Three Husbands (2018) by Fruit Chan
Labelled as the third instalment of the Fruit Chan’s Prostitute Trilogy, that started in 2000 with “Durian Durian” followed by “Hollywood Hong Kong” in 2001, “Three Husband” is set to spark up...
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Film Review: Satya (1998) by Ram Gopal Varma
by Tanvir Ashraf “Satya” didn’t create much hype prior to its screenings, trailers didn’t show any superstar in lead, critics didn’t fall over themselves to write, but everything changed upon its...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Film “Long Live the King” by Kang Yoon-sung
2017’s smash hit “The Outlaws” propelled its lead Ma Dong-seok into superstardom and established its debutant director Kang Yoon-sung as a talent to watch out for. While he is already signed on to...
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TV Show Review: Ultraman Episode #1 – Ultra Operation No. 1
After crashing on Earth, the heroic patrolman from planet M78 revives the fallen member of the Science Patrol, after an accident kills him which enables the special Science Patrol officer to transform...
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Interview with Actress Yao Chan, Director Lü Yue and Producer Jessica Chen:...
Actress Yao Chen began her career in 2005 on the small screen with TV series “My Own Swordsman”. Two years later, she was the protagonist of another very popular series, “Lurk”, where she played a...
View ArticleA retrospective of Kazuo Miyagawa’s work as cinematographer on the Criterion...
“The golden age of Japanese cinema would not have been the same without visionary cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, as the Criterion Channel’s now-streaming retrospective attests. Miyagawa, who over the...
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Akio Jissôji’s “The Buddhist Trilogy” released on Blu ray by Arrow Academy in...
Akio Jissôji created a rich and diverse body of work during his five decades in Japan’s film and television industries. For some, he is best-known for his science-fiction: the 1960s TV series...
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Film Review: Ghost of the Golden Groves (2018) By Aniket Dutta and Roshni Sen
“Ghost of the Golden Groves” follows the plights of two unrelated travelers into the remote forest area in the ‘Shonajhuri’ forest area. A region not yet developed and rife with superstition, which...
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Interview with Shugo Fujii: I really believe in the power of the films. I...
You were inspired by Kaidan Chibusa Enokizu to shoot Mimicry Freaks. Can you elaborate on this? What is the meaning of the title? I saw this drawing painted by Seiu Ito couple of years ago. It was a...
View ArticleJAPAN CUTS: North America’s Largest Japanese Cinema Festival Announces Dates...
Now entering its 13th year, JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film returns to present the best new movies made in and around Japan and the filmmakers and performers who made them, all appearing in...
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Unity of Heroes arriving on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD May 28
Vincent Zhao (Once Upon A Time in China) reprises his role as legendary folk hero Wong Fei Hung in “THE UNITY OF HEROES,” debuting on digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD May 28th from Well Go USA...
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Film Review: Mayaanadhi (2017) by Aashiq Abu
A major portion of romantic films releasing in India consists of a first half in which the hero is wooing the heroine against all her attempts to get rid of him until he succeeds, and a second half in...
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Short Film Review: Underline (2018) by Suraj Vilas Dalvi
Suraj Vilas Dalvi from India has directed the short film “Underline”; he has also curated the script, story and dialogue of this moral tale, focused on a teenage girl. Pooja is a typical teenage girl...
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Short Film Review: The Recorder Exam (2011) by Kim Bo-ra
Kim Bo-ra’s directorial debut brims with maturity over the craft. It is a 28-minute short which won the Student Film Award from the Director’s Guild of America. Moreover, it was screened in Berlin...
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Film review: In a New York Minute (2019) by Ximan Li
Although filmed entirely in New York and in completely US production, Ximan Li’s debut feature “In a New York Minute” qualifies for being considered as an Asian film based on its milieu: the Chinese...
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Film Review: Danur: I Can See Ghosts (2017) by Awi Suryadi
My opinion about the horror genre, with few exceptions, is that it is a preterit category, with the thousands of entries having said everything there is to say about how to scare people. And yet, it...
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Film Review: Big Brother (2018) by Kam Ka Wai
There comes a time in every action hero’s career when they must branch out from the chosen field to try their hand at other genres, which is what Donnie Yen accomplishes here. Trying to merge his...
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