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Film Review: Someone To Talk To (2016) by Liu Yulin
By Shikhar Verma Just the other day I found myself complaining to a friend about how these social media apps are completely destroying the way in which we communicate. There’s a different emoticon for...
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Film Review: The Truth Beneath (2016) by Lee Kyoung-mi
There is no denying that the Korean crime thrillers are the frontrunners of the impact the country’s cinema has on international cinema. However, despite the quality of so many productions, their...
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Japan Society Announces Full Lineup for the 13th Annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival...
North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema presents a diverse slate of 42 films, with over 20 guest filmmakers and talent in person for daily post-screening Q&As, including...
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Film Review: Roobha (2018) by Lenin M. Sivam
The love story between a young transgender woman and an older married man can be a very interesting premise, but in “Roobha” these people are also Sri Lankan Tamil people living in Canada which adds a...
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Anime Review: Mirai (2018) by Mamoru Hosoda
Director Mamoru Hosoda, founder of production house Studio Chizu, has brought us some very compelling and imaginative anime films during the latest years like “The Boy and The Beast” and “Wolf...
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Film Review: Your Face (2018) by Tsai Ming-liang
I hope you are having a good day. Please, make sure you sit comfortably and have all you might need at hand. Ready? Good. Let`s talk the latest piece of Taiwanese auteur and master of suspenseful...
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Film Review: Invasion (2017) by Shahram Mokri
When you see in the description of a film that it is a dystopian, detective/horror story with vampires, presented in a single unedited shot, and from Iran, well, if you are a true film buff, you will...
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Film Review: Rage (2016) by Lee Sang-il
Based on the bestselling book by Yoshida Shūichi, originally serialized in newspaper format, and then published in hardback in 2014, “Rage” provides a unique take on the traditional murder mystery....
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Film Review: Season of the Devil (2018) by Lav Diaz
“These are my friends. And this is a tribute and a memoriam to them.” The cinema of Filipino director Lav Diaz has always been about time, its essence as well as its way to define people and their...
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Film Review: Killing (2018) by Shinya Tsukamoto
Can (intense) violence be used to communicate a message about antiviolence? If Shinya Tsukamoto begun giving a reply to this question with “Fires on the Plain”, this time, he gives a definite one, and...
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Film Review: Soul Mate (2016) by Derek Tsang
The article was first published on EasternKicks The script is based on the novel July and Ansen by Qing Shan and tells the story of two girls, from the moment they become friends at 13, and through a...
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Documentary Review: “BNK48: Girls don’t cry” (2018) by Nawapol...
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, young prolific artist – he is writer, screenwriter, critic, producer and filmmaker – immerses us in the lives of teenage idols in Thailand. The documentary has been around...
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Short Film Review: Tungrus (2019) by Rishi Chandna
“Now he’s a full-blown terror in the house …” If we think of the idea of having an animal as a pet, we normally have images of cats and dogs in our mind. Surely, there might be the occasional snake,...
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Film Review: Distinction (2018) by Jevons Au
Jevons Au has already made a name of himself, with his involvement in “Trivisa” and “Ten Years”, two films that, apart from their quality, also share a ban from being released in China. Both of these...
View ArticleTrailer for New Japanese Drama Series “The Naked Director”
Japanese director Masaharu Take (“100 Yen Love”, “The Gun”) has completed work on his new drama series “The Naked Director”. The production is based off of the career of director and actor Toru...
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Winter Film Awards International Film Festival is Seeking Entries
Winter Film Awards International Film Festival showcases emerging filmmakers in all genres from around the world, with a special emphasis on highlighting the work of women and under-represented...
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Film Review: Still Human (2018) by Oliver Siu Kuen Chan
The story of a middle-aged man that remained paralysed after an accident at a construction site and his new Filipino helper can be pretty much summed-up into a paraphrase on Descartes`s most famous...
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Film Review: Funan (2018) by Denis Do
“We’re together now. It’ll be fine.” For director Denis Do the task of making his first film is closely linked to his family’s history. Born in 1985 in Paris, Do is a child of three different...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Film “Fist and Furious” by Ha Won-joon
Last year’s action film “Revenger” saw stuntman/action co-ordinator Bruce Khan step in front of the camera for a leading role. This year, we have another stuntman and martial arts director taking the...
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Film Review: Antiporuno (2015) by Sion Sono
“Antiporuno” is one of five films made by leading Japanese directors as part of Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno Reboot Project celebrating the 45th anniversary of the genre. Roman porno films were Nikkatsu’s...
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