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Film Review: Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996) by Peter Chan
By Kun-Yu Lai “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” is director Peter Chen’s best work, and is not just a simple love story. It also talks about the imagination of self identities in this diverse society....
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The other side of online entertainment in Australia
It is unlikely that you can find a person who would not like to spend his leisure time watching an interesting movie or series nowadays. However, why do we like watching movies so much, not spending...
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Film Review: Come Drink With Me (1966) by King Hu
Perhaps one of the most legendary titles in the genre, King Hu’s iconic martial arts epic “Come Drink with Me” was a revelation when it first premiered in the mid-60s. Being one of the first films to...
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Film Review: “The Witch: Part I. The Subversion” by Park Hoon-jung
“You really don’t remember?” After his feature debut in 2011 with “The Showdown”, South Korean director and screenwriter Park Hoon-jung has been working in many different genres. Similar to his...
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Interview with Mila Al-Zahrani: “What attracted me is the message it tries to...
Mila Al-Zahrani is a well-known name in her home-country of Saudi-Arabia, where she’s been pursuing her career of a TV actress for several years. With the title role in Haifaa Al-Mansour’s feature...
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Film review: Balloon (2019) by Pema Tseden
As a novelist and a filmmaker, Pema Tseden is probably one of the key figures in the contemporary Tibetan culture. His newest film, “Balloon” (“Qiqiu” in the original) is kinda connected to his...
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Anime Review: Kengan Ashura (Part 1, 2019)
Ouma Tokita, nicknamed “The Ashura”, is a young fighter looking to prove himself on the world stage. This leads Tokita to enter a fighting tournament held by the Kengan Association. The tournament is...
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Film Review: Durian Durian (2000) by Fruit Chan
In the first film of what in the future would be called the Prostitute Trilogy, Hong Kong director Fruit Chan constructs a film around contrasts and contradictions, using a playful fruity metaphor for...
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Comparative Film Review: “Us, Day by Day,” (2019) by Kangyu Ga-ram and “The...
Update: “Us, Day by Day” (Kangyu Ga-ram, 2019) won the Best Korean Film prize at SIWFF. The 21st Seoul International Women’s Film Festival witnessed two feminist documentary world premieres in their...
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Short Film Review: 15.7 KM (2018) by Rian Apriansyah
Getting to school is usually such a trivial activity that most parents and children do not pay major attention to it. However, there are some remote areas in the world where a child has to travel a...
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Short Film Review: A Letter From Phnom Penh (2019) by Seo Won-tae
Generally speaking, the act of creation is also an act of understanding, of approaching something which has been unknown thus far or is completely new. Rather than deliver an absolute truth, most...
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Anime Review: Redline (2009) by Takeshi Koike
It was always obvious to me that Katsuhito Ishii’s style would fit greatly in anime and the fact that the director of “Redline” is Takeshi Koike, who was in charge of the excellent style of animation...
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Interview with Pema Tseden
Sheep are back again in Pema Tseden’s seventh feature film “Balloon” that premiered in the Horizon’s sidebar of the Venice International Film festival, and they feel like the inseparable part of the...
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Short Film Review: Alice (2019) By D-Ni Lidie
A young student named Alice inherits psychic abilities after falling from the balcony of her school. With her new powers, Alice begins to experiment only to find it takes a heavy toll on her body and...
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The popular “Art of Commercials” is back at the Hong Kong Arts Centre from 23...
Here comes the time of the Hong Kong Arts Centre (香港藝術中心)’s signature annual moving image programme Art of Commercials (極品廣告片)! Art of Commercials is one of the most popular programmes of the Hong...
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Short Film Review: Uncomfortable (2019) by Joo Young
Being a woman in Korea has never been easy (as depicted in a plethora of movies) and Joo Young’s “Uncomfortable” highlights this fact in this rather pointy short. “Uncomfortable” is screening at Ulju...
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Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival opens Part 2 with 3 special guests.
Aperture returns for its second edition, continuing our commitment to presenting some of the boldest, most daring and striking films from the Asian and Pacific regions to wide and diverse audiences...
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Film Review: Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004) by Lu Chuan
It is always difficult to review films that surpass the borders of cinema, and “Kekexili”, which was inspired by the Wild Yak Brigade, a real-life volunteer group that patrolled the Tibetan Plateau...
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Film Review: Climbing to Spring (2014) by Daisaku Kimura
Daisaku Kimura made a name for himself working as a cinematographer in Japanese cinema since the 70’s, with his work netting him awards from the Japanese Academy three times, namely for “House on...
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Short Film Review: House of the Rising Sun (2019) Lee Ga-kyung
Having an already successful career as an actress, with parts in blockbusters like “Illang“, “Money” and “The King”, Lee Ga-kyung has now decided to take the seat of the director with this particular...
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