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Film Review: On the Job (2013) by Erik Matti
The film is based on a series of actual events that shocked the public in the Philippines, where prison inmates were contracted by politicians to temporarily leave jail and conduct a number of...
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Film Review: BuyBust (2018) by Erik Matti
Erik Matti is one of the most recognizable and most crucial figures of the Filipino film industry, with films like “On the Job”, “Honor Thy Father” and “The Aswang Chronicles” among others, along with...
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Film Review: Inuyashiki (2018) by Shinsuke Sato
58 year old Ichiro Inuyashiki is a down trodden loser working in sales for a company who doesn’t want him, to pay for a mortgage for his wife and kids who couldn’t care less about him. Ichiro’s life...
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Film Review: Buffalo Boys (2018) by Mike Wiluan
In one of the latest tendencies in Asian cinema, production companies from S. Korea and Japan have begun penetrating the Indonesian market, financing local filmmakers to shoot big budget productions...
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Jackie Chan’s stylish 1993 action-comedy extravaganza “City Hunter” (Eureka...
Eureka Entertainment to release “City Hunter”, Jackie Chan’s stylish action-comedy extravaganza, as part of the Eureka Classics range on Blu-ray on 17 September 2018, featuring a Limited Edition O-card...
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Anime Review: Aragne: Sign of Vermillion (2018) by Saku Sakamoto screening at...
Independent anime productions are not exactly the norm in the Japanese movie industry but occasionally some productions do stand out, and this one by Saku Sakamoto, who handled digital effects on...
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Interview with Zaza Khalvasi: The shooting process almost feels like a...
Zaza Khalvasi was born in Batumi, Georgia (formerly USSR) in 1957. In 1979, he graduated from Tbilisi State University faculty of philology, then completed a course at Tbilisi Rustaveli Institute of...
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Film Review: Champion (2018) by Kim Yong-wan screening at Fantasia...
Ma Dong-seok’s star has been on the rise since his scene-stealing supporting role in “Train to Busan”. After leading roles in varied films such as “Derailed”, the very popular action film “The Outlaws”...
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Film Review: Five Fingers of Death (1973) by Jeong Chang-hwa screening at...
In the 1970s, American audiences were treated to an explosion of Hong Kong, Korean and Taiwanese martial arts and kung-fu films, including the works of Bruce Lee and rival studios Shaw Brothers and...
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Film Review: I Have a Date With Spring (2018) by Baek Seung-bin screening at...
“I Have a Date With Spring” is quite a peculiar film, particularly for its narrative that mixes drama, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and social drama within an apocalyptic setting, through which the director...
View ArticleU.S. Cultural Embassadors of Guangzhou to Represent Director Tan Bing’s...
Starring the controversial Chinese-American actress Bai Ling, ‘THE FATAL CONTRACT’ will be her first Chinese feature since her 20-year exile for openly criticizing Chinese government officials. Los...
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How Chinese wannabe-blockbuster “Asura” became epic for all the wrong reasons
Chinese Fantasy extravaganza “Asura” has broken few records in the past weekend, unfortunately not the kind of records to be proud of. The film is allegedly the most expensive Chinese film ever made,...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Chinese Film “Dying to Survive”
Chinese director Muye Wen has completed his feature debut film. The film was inspired by the real-life story of Lu Yong, a Chinese leukemia patient who bought cheap cancer medicine from India for 1000...
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Film Review: Honeygiver Among the Dogs (2017) by Dechen Roder
“Honeygiver Among the Dogs” is definitely a unique entry in international cinema. Aside from the fact that it is actually a noir film from Bhutan, what sets the movie apart is its aesthetics, which...
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Film Review: Junk Food (1997) by Masashi Yamamoto
A woman wanders the streets, desperately looking for her next fix. A man from India, trying to find freedom within Japan, turns to murder in a mad scramble over money. A traveling wrestling performer...
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Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai” to open Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival...
Following Cine Fan’s retrospective of the late Japanese animation legend Isao Takahata, the Summer International Film Festival (SummerIFF) will showcase a special programme of Mamoru Hosoda – the...
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Interview with Kanji Furutachi: Why need to act so frequently? Financial...
Kanji Furutach is best known for playing Toshio, one of the leading roles in “Harmonium”, directed by Koji Fukada, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Japanese Film “Kyoukaishi”
Director Dai Sako (“Running on Empty” “Still Paradise”) has completed production on his recent film “Kyoukaishi”. The film marks the last performance of iconic actor Ren Osugi (“Shin Godzilla”...
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Documentary Review: People’s Republic of Desire (2018) by Hao Wu Screening at...
“People’s Republic of Desire” is a documentary by Hao Wu that follows two webcam stars and their rise to the top of the Chinese social media site YY.com. If you haven’t heard of YY.com before, you...
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Film Review: Let’s Keep the Traffic Order (2006) by April 26th Animation Film...
There is a number of movies produced to promote a specific ideology or back the politic party. Leni Riefenstahl received solid support from Hitler and she repaid with “The Triumph of the Will”. You can...
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