Trailer for New Japanese Drama “Sayounara”
Japanese Director Yûho Ishibashi has completed production on her first feature length film “Sayounara”. The coming of age drama is adapted from the manga series “Sorry” and showcases an emerging cast...
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Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival 2019 Releases Details of...
Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival (JAEFF) 2019: Nation is taking place at the Barbican and Close-Up Cinema in London. A full list of events and ticket links can be found on their...
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MUBI Announces September Film Slate
Leading curated streaming platform MUBI announced today its September release slate of films and curated series from both emerging talent and acclaimed directors from across the globe. MUBI continues...
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Film Review: The Raid (2011) by Gareth Evans
Martial art films are an entertaining genre. Usually, they are simple plot wise, but pulling off a good martial art film is a big challenge; pulling off a great one, a monumental task. “The Raid” is...
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Film Review: Merantau (2009) by Gareth Evans
Before the international success of “The Raid” , the team comprised of Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian shot another film that highlighted Pencak Silat, “Merantau,” which actually served as...
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Film Review: Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010) by Takashi Miike
The collage of different ideas that is usually the trademark of Miike’s cinema finds one of its apogees in “Zebraman 2”, a film that manages to portray a pointy sociopolitical satire about 2010 Tokyo...
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Film Review: Khosla Ka Ghosla! (Khosla’s Nest) (2006) by Dibakar Banerjee
By Saayak Santra To introduce the movie I want to quote IMDB: “A Delhi based retired middle class man tries half-heartedly to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his...
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Film Review: In the Absence of the Sun (2014) by Lucky Kuswandi
“In the Absence of the Sun”, Lucky Kuswandi’s second feature film, won him the Best Director Award from the Indonesian Film Director’s Club, screened at a plethora of festivals all over the world, and...
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Film Review: Pai Kau (2018) by Sidi Saleh
“Pai Kau” is quite a different film that the other Indonesian ones we have seen in the west, since it deals with the Chinese minority in the country, in an effort that functions much like a soap...
View ArticleJapan Society Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Beloved Tokyo Film Icon...
Tora-san (Kiyoshi Atsumi) emerged as Japan’s comic, penniless anti-hero in 1969, when yakuza superstars such as Ken Takakura and Yujiro Ishihara dominated the screen, and remained a beloved icon for...
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Film Review: Lowlife Love (2015) by Eiji Uchida
“Everybody in this industry is crafty, filthy and bitter.“ Through most of our lives, especially during our teenage years, we often hear we should follow our dreams and our passions in life. It is...
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Film Review: Satan’s Slaves (2017) by Joko Anwar
One of the most celebrated Indonesian horror efforts, the original “Satan’s Slaves” (or Pengabdi Setan) was initially released during the height of the country’s horror boom in the early 1980s by...
View ArticleWellGo USA releasing animated “Ne Zha” in US Theaters
WellGo USA Entertainment will release the Chinese box office hit animated-feature NE ZHA exclusively in select IMAX® 3D theatres across North America on August 29th following a nationwide expansion on...
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The London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) brings Bong Joon-ho’s “The Host”...
The London East Asia Film Festival brings a unique opportunity to watch Director Bong Joon-ho’s box office hit as a part of K-CINEMA 100! THE HOST괴물 | 2006 | South Korea | Dir. Bong Joon-ho | 120 min...
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Film Review: The Lion Standing in The Wind (2015) by Takashi Miike
The Japanese actor Takao Osawa was so moved by Masashi Sada’s popular song “The Lion Standing in The Wind”, that he approached the songwriter with a suggestion of adapting it into a novel. Not only...
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Film Review: Pintu Terlarang (2009) oleh Joko Anwar
“Pintu Terlarang” adalah pemenang Film Terbaik tahun 2009 di Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Film ini telah diputar di berbagai festival di dunia seperti di Inggris, Kanada, Spanyol,...
View ArticleShort Film Review: Ayah (2018) by Feisal Azizuddin
Salmia (Aqilah Deenah) is preparing to continue her studies in college and the relationship with her “Ayah” (“Father”) (Azhar Amir) a drunkard who abandoned her for a long period is still not mended....
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Film Review: This Transient Life (1970) by Akio Jissoji
Akio Jissoji’s first film produced by the Art Theatre Guild (ATG), “This Transient Life” was also one of the most successful, receiving a wider release outside the ATG circuit and winning the Grand...
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Interview with Shengwei Zhou:”Everyone is equally apt to desires regardless...
Shengwei Zhou’s impressively crafted feature length stop-motion animation “SHe” centers around mother’s struggle to provide her daughter with a better life by teaching her how to alter the appearance,...
View ArticleCheng Cheng acquires North American rights to SEND ME TO THE CLOUDS from Teng...
New York-based distributor Cheng Cheng has picked up North American all rights to first-time filmmaker Teng Congcong’s comedy-drama Send Me to the Clouds. The film starring Yao Chen (Monster Hunt,...
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