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Film Review: House of the Rising Sons (2018) by Anthony Chan
Some movies are as interesting due to their theme and aesthetics as due to the context that surrounds them. “House of the Rising Sons”, a biopic about The Wynners, an extremely popular during the 70’s,...
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Film Review: River’s Edge (2018) by Isao Yukisada
Films taking place in the 80’s and 90’s have been one of the recent trends of international cinema (“Stranger Things” has probably something to do with it), with the majority of them trying to benefit...
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Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018) by Cheng-Kuo Yen
“What more do you want?” In 2007 one of the godfathers of the Taiwanese underworld died. Chen Chi-li, one of the country’s most controversial figures, did not die from the stereotypical causes of his...
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Film Review: The Big Call (2017) by Oxide Pang
Oxide Pang has come a long way since he was directing horror films with his brother (The Eye). Currently, his prowess lies on crime movies (“The Detective”, “Conspirators”, etc), and “The Big Call” is...
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Film Review: Old Beast (2017) by Zhou Ziyang
The article was first published on EasternKicks Films in which the protagonist is an elderly are not so common, since their target group is quite far from what companies consider as mainstream. This,...
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Film Review: The Age of Blood (2017) by Kim Hong-seon
“The Age of Blood” started production in 2016 and was completed and released in 2017. This film is the debut feature of filmmaker Kim Hong-seon, who previously worked on television dramas of a similar...
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Film Review: Neomanila (2017) by Mikhail Red
Probably the most interesting prospect of Filipino cinema, Mikhail Red, once more, presents his social comments through a genre packaging, in a crime thriller taking place in Manila, with the war on...
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Film Review: The Scythian Lamb (2017) By Daihachi Yoshida
Integration and second opportunities are only two of the ideas that director Daihachi Yoshida has included in his multifaceted latest movie. Based on Tatsuhiko Yamagami and Mikio Igarashi’s manga...
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End of Summer (2017) by Quan Zhou
Frank de Boer strides. The ball lazily at his feet with direction. Suddenly vision. A long, fifty metre pass. The right foot of Dennis Bergkamp in the Argentina penalty area. Control. Dead. The second...
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Documentary Review: Counters (2017) by Lee Il-ha
Dressed in Imperial Army uniforms and flying Rising Sun flags, the anti-Zainichi Korean group dubbed Zaitokukai invade the streets of Koreatown in Tokyo. With virulence in their eyes and bile in their...
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Film Review: The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (2017) by Ya-che Yang
“The Bold, the Corrupt, and The Beautiful” is about a female family, who plays middle-man in a series of political corruption and bribes. Combining a love/hate relationship among the family members...
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Film review: The Return (2018) by Malene Choi
Malene Choi Jensen’s first full-length feature keeps on travelling from festivals to festivals and is coming to the New York Asian Film Festival. Between fiction and documentary, the movie questions...
View ArticleTrailer for upcoming Japanese Film “Still Life of Memories”
Japanese director Hitoshi Yazaki (“Acapella” “Strawberry Shortcakes”) has completed production on his new film “Still Life of Memories”. The film is inspired by the life and works of famous French...
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Film Review: Little Forest (2018) by Yim Soon-rye
“Little Forest” is a film with a bit of pedigree. The original source is a 2002 Japanese manga of the same title, written and illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi and subsequently adapted in a two-part live...
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Film Review: Missing Johnny (2017) by Hsi Huang
Hsu Zi-qi has just moved into a new apartment. She opts for a more simplistic life by dedicating herself to the pet parrots she raises, as well as losing herself in her job. These actions help her...
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Film Review: Looking for Lucky (2018) by Jiang Jiachen
Humor is not so frequently associated with the movies coming from mainland China. As Geng Jun’s “Free and Easy” has proven, though, when they do, great things happen. Jiang Jiachen in his debut...
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Film Review: After My Death (2017) by Kim Ui-Seok
Kim Ui-Seok’s first feature carries on its festival tour. Winner of the 22nd BIFF New Currents Award together the Iranian movie “Blockage”, and winner of the Special Jury Prize at Fribourg, “After My...
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Film Review: The Last Verse (2017) by Tseng Ying-ting
“Hopefully when the morning comes, / We’ll be beautiful people again With beautiful lives.” One of the central themes of the cinema of Taiwanese director Tseng Ying-ting is human interaction and how...
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Interview with Nishil Seth: I feel the behind the scenes could have been a...
Nishil Sheth hails from Bangalore, India. He completed his engineering and moved to pursue cinema by studying Editing at Flash Frames Visuals, Bangalore. Soon after he completed his engineering, he...
View ArticleTrailer for upcoming Chinese Film “Warriors of Future”
“Warriors of Future” is the debut work of visual effects artist Ng Yuen-fai who worked on previous productions such as “The Warlords”, “Re-Cycle” and “Tai Chi Zero”. The Action/Sci-fi blockbuster...
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