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Film Review: Shehjar (2017) by Nikhil Allug
The Kashmir Conflict has been a major issue between India and Pakistan, and Nikhil Allug uses it as a base in order to present a rather unusual but quite intriguing approach to the subject. The film...
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Film Review: Posto (2017) by Shiboprosad Mukherjee & Nandita Roy
The director duo Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy has become a household name in Bengal after their back-to-back hits “Belasheshe” and “Prakton”. But unfortunately, I didn’t get any chance to...
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Film Review: Ishqiya (2010) by Abhishek Chaubey
by Saayak Santra There are not many black comedies in the realm of Bollywood. One of the reason for that may be that filmmakers do not think that black comedy goes hand to hand with the modes of...
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Short Film Review: Haze (2005) by Shinya Tsukamoto
“I will soon wake up and the pain will be gone.” For many years Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto had experimented with variations of of the same theme: the link between a highly technologized and...
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Film Review: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) by Karan Johar
Some love stories define the victory of love. Some define the value of love. Some define the underneath passion that make love last for ever. Some love stories end in desolation and only the...
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TV Show Review: Ultraman Episode #2 – Shoot the Invaders!
Investigating a series of strange signals around the city, the Science Patrol finds the cause to be from a race of aliens known as Baltan Seijin who are looking to overtake the Earth and relies on...
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Short Film Review: Yes The Goat is My Husband (2018) by Isyraqi Yahya
In the opening scene of this enigmatic tale of faith and sin a character is ranting, declaring that “whoever knows Jack about film can even make one”. We are left wondering if this is the case here...
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Film Review: Alifu, the Prince/ss (2017) by Wang Yu-lin
“Are you a boy or a girl?” While it seems as if the current wave of conservatism, old-fashioned ideals and xenophobia has the upper hand at time, there is no denying the tremendous change the global...
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Trailer for New Original Web Series ‘Drishtibhram’ (Optical Illusion)
Director Aditya Sharma has completed production on his new original web series “Drishtibhram”. The crime/drama series stars Jasmine Kaur, as a female psychologist who is assigned to investigate a high...
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Documentary Review: One Child Nation (2019) by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
In one of the most extreme (population control) measures of all time, the One Child Policy carried on from 1979 to 2015, in essence forcing Chinese families to have only one child. Nanfu Wang and...
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MUBI Announces June Film Slate with many interesting Asian titles
Apart from many other amazing titles in its June line-up, there are some noteworthy Asian titles audiences can look forward to. The first one is Lav Diaz “A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery“:“The epic...
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Film Review: Tunguska Butterfly (2019) by Akira Nobi
Having served her time in prison for the murder of her partner, Saki (Asami) finds that, despite her attempt at redemption, that society is not ready to accept that she has served her time and...
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North America’s Largest Showcase Of Japanese Cinema June 6 – June 27, 2019 At...
CENTREPIECE HIGHLIGHTWORLD PREMIERE of “Dance With Me”Director Shinobu Yaguchi, Lead Actress Ayaka Miyoshi in attendance OPENING NIGHTNorth American Premiere of Masayuki Suzuki’s mystery thriller,...
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Short Film Review: 2AM Street (2019) by Alvin Aprilianto Tan
Stuck at home with fighting parents, Banyu decides to get some respite from family trauma and bikes through the city at night. Banyu finds himself in a small alley and rests for a moment to have a...
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Documentary Review: Diary of Cattle (2019) by Lidia Afrilita and David Darmadi
Perhaps one of the greatest, bleakest paradoxes of our time has to do with our resources. While our planet has been abused and robbed of its resources, leading to a great shortage of those as well as...
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Film Review: Tokyo Living Dead Idol (2018) by Yuki Kumagai
With the growing popularity of idol performers in Japan, pairing together various groups into a singular movie is a tactic that hasn’t really been tackled before now. Bringing together members of the...
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Film Review: The Adventure of Magical Michiko (2018) by Junichi Yamamoto
An inspiring Mangaka, Michio, is struggling to make an impact with his work. His current stories end up getting shut down by his current editor and he finds himself struggling to make enough money to...
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Film Review: Night of the Dead Geisha (2018) by Kiyoto Naruse
Misa is a struggling screenwriter facing scrutiny from her co-workers as she attempts to pen a new horror film. However, she finds inspiration in a small town legend of a Geisha who committed suicide...
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Film Review: Brutal (2018) by Takashi Hirose
Given its lack of subtext, propensity for garishly realistic violence and surrealist imagery, director Takashi Hirose manages to offer up a distinctly Japanese exploitation film with a strong message...
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Short Film Review: Sense of Sin (2018) by Yuki Hatayama
A sin committed by a boy in his childhood, goes on to literally haunt him into adulthood. The tormented life of the young man is the premise of the short. Sense of Sin is screening at Japan Film Fest...
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