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The very first Anime Film Festival will show a selection of anime classics in...
The brand new Anime Film Festival is taking place on Saturday 7th September in London’s West End, with a programme of visually stunning and captivating films from Japan which will keep keen anime...
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Short Film Review: Gridlock (2019) by Mark Schoonmaker
Floyd Tanager, a paranoid individual, is seeking revenge for his murdered younger brother. His quest brings him to find a man known simply as “Sphinx”. With a man bound and brought out to a field to...
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Film Review: Three Times (2005) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
By Lai Kun-Yu If love is an eternal emotion, what would change in the feeling after time goes by? In the movie “Three Times”, director Hou Hsiao-hsien uses three different relationships in different...
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Interview with Zhou Lidong: “It was the sense of powerlessness, of life, of...
Zhou Lidong was born in Shandong Province in 1964 and after many years working several jobs he eventually started his own business. His experiences as a business owner inspired his debut feature “The...
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Film Review: I Have Nothing to Say (2017) by Liang Ying
Living in a somewhat self-imposed exile in Hong Kong for the past five years, Liang Ying has somewhat been an exile from filmmaking as well over this period, spending much of that time teaching....
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Film Review: Soul (2013) by Chung Mong Hong
Starring Jimmy Wang Yu, best known for his 1967 Shaw Brothers movie, “One-Armed Swordsman”, “Soul” netted him a Best Actor Award at the 15th Taipei Film Festival in 2013. Buy This Title The story...
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Film Review: Lovely Man (2011) by Teddy Soeriaatmadja
By Kyriacos Kyriacou With the questioning title “Lovely Man,” and the main characters being a transvestite prostitute and his religious Islamic daughter, being intriguing enough, the movie takes us in...
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Film Review: Marebito (2004) by Takashi Shimizu
As the boom of J-horror was slowly declining, the movement, which became popular for its blend of contemporary themes and Asian folklore, was looking at new shores that would provide new ideas. While...
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Film Review: Eliana, Eliana (2002) by Riri Riza
by Ghafara Harashta Winner for Best New Director at Singapore, Dragon & Tiger Awards at Vancouver, Best Actress for Jajang C. Noer at Cinemaya and Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Maryam at...
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Film Review: Monday (2000) by Sabu
In many interviews, Japanese director Hiroyuki Tonaka, or Sabu as he is called, has explained the significance of coincidence as a theme within his work. Anything can be a source of inspiration, and...
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Interview with Chen Zhilin (Chilam): “The way our parents teach us is how to...
Born and raised in Guangzhou, Chen Zhilin (Chilam) is a director, writer and cinematographer. He recently graduated from Emerson College with an MFA degree in Film & Media Art. His filmography...
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Film Review: Fig Fruit and the Wasps (2014) by Prakash Babu M.S.
Prakash Babu M.S.’s feature debut “Attihannu Mattu Kanaja” (English title: “Fig Fruit and the Wasps”, 2014) probes the agonizing anticipation of slow cinema with none of its delicacy. This quiet,...
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Hong Kong Arts Centre: Moving Images – August and September Programmes
In its aim to support the art of independent Hong Kong cinema and show it to audiences the Hong Kong Arts Centre in the years of its 20th anniversary again has designed a program promoting visions and...
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Film Review: Forbidden Door (2009) by Joko Anwar
“Forbidden Door” was the winner of the Best of Puchon Award at the 2009 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, it was screened in festivals in the UK, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, USA, etc and...
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Film Review: Eternal Summer (2006) by Leste Chen
Love is an eternal quest. The mind does not care of the body when it searches love. The feeling of love is more dominant than the passion of love and that’s where the film transcends into a classic...
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Short Film Review: That Morning (2019) by Wong Wai Nap
Mental health has never been more in the limelight and been the focus of public consciousness than now. Like many Hong Kong young directors that recently addressed “difficult” topics in their works,...
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Film Review: The Last Painting (2017) by Chen Hung-i
The film starts on January 16, 2016, the day of the presidential elections in Taiwan (Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected President with 56%), in an apartment where the...
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Series Review: Ultraman Max: Episodes 15 and 16 (2005) by Takashi Miike
“Ultraman Max” is one of the many series and audiovisual products about the character of Ultraman. In this case, we will talk about this series aired in 2005 and 2006, where Takashi Miike shot 2...
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Film review: Parasite (2019) by Bong Joon-ho
Judging by the taste of A-list film festivals juries, Asian cinema is taking the lead on the world scale. Last year at Cannes, two of the most lauded films were Palme d’Or winner “Shoplifters” by...
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Film Review: The Island That All Flow By (2016) Ching-lin Chan
By Lai Kun-Yu “The Island That All Flow By” is a television film that was released in 2016. It perfectly combines social issues, teenager problems and characters’ personal struggles. It’s a great work...
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