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Film Review: Dear Etranger (2017) by Yukiko Mishima
One thing is for certain: Japanese directors are in the top of the family drama genre, which they have been perfecting since the beginning of the country’s cinema. And although “Dear Etranger” (the...
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Film review: Dude’s Manual (2018) by Kevin Ko
The 2018 edition of the New York Asian Film Festival offered a very eclectic selection. Among the more commercial movies the NYAFF featured was the first Chinese movie made by Taiwanese director...
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Fantasia Interview with director Saku Sakamoto and producer Osamu Fukutani: I...
Saku Sakamoto graduated from Tama Art University’s Department of Graphic Design in 2000. His short animated works such as Makafushigi (’00) and Fisherman (’02) were selected for the Hiroshima...
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Film Review: Still Life of Memories (2018) by Hitoshi Yazaki
I have to admit, although films do not frustrate me easily, even the worse of them, I was quite unnerved by this one, for about half an hour, particularly because it seemed to me overly pretentious....
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All the Asian Movies in the 75th Venice International Film Festival’s line-up
The 75th Venice International Film Festival has finally announced the line-up in a press conference in Rome, hosted by the President of the Biennale di Venezia Paolo Baratta and by the Director of the...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Anime Film “Flavors of Youth”
The studio behind the international phenomenon “Your Name” will be releasing a new feature-length film through Netflix streaming service. The film will be a drama/romance inspired anthology featuring...
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Film Review: Room Laundering (2018) by Kenji Katagiri screening at Fantasia...
You have probably heard about money laundering. But what about Room Laundering? Director and writer Kenji Katagiri wants to tell you more about that in his same-titled debut film. “Room Laundering” is...
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Film Review: The Brink (2017) by Jonathan Li Screening at Fantasia
One of the most celebrated recent Hong Kong action films, Cheang Poi-sou’s ‘S.P.L.’ series has been at the forefront of a wave of old-school, hard-hitting action films emerging from the country that...
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Film Review: The Third Murder (2017) by Hirokazu Koreeda
Hirokazu Koreeda’s effort to stray away from the various versions of the family drama, was, once again, crowned with success, winning most of the major awards from the Japanese Academy (Picture of the...
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Film Review: White (2018) by Aneek Chaudhuri
With a presence in Cannes (Film Market), and a very interesting premise (a silent film comprising of three stories about women who have been raped), “White” is one of the most intriguing films coming...
View ArticleTrailer For New Malaysian Film “Pulang”
Director Kabir Bhatia (“Cinta” “Setem” “Sepi”) has completed his most recent production “Pulang”. The Drama, inspired by true events, stars Remy Ishak (“Nur Kasih” “Jiwa Teiko”) as Othman, a sailor...
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Film Review: Flirting Scholar (1993) by Lee Lik-Chi and Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-Chi both direct this wacky comedy in which a scholar pretends to be a live-in houseboy for a rich family so he can get close to the girl he falls in love with. Buy This Title...
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“Brothers”鋼刀 (2016) by Kiefer Liu Debuts on Digital & DVD September 4,...
Bonded by Blood. Divided by War. The close relationship between two brothers is ripped apart during the 1936 Chinese civil war when they end up on opposite sides of the conflict in the action drama...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Film “The Witness” by Jo Kyu-jang
Actor Lee Sung-min has had quite a year. After a leading role in the comedy “What A Man Wants” and an integral role in the upcoming spy thriller “The Spy Gone North“, he will next be seen starring in...
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“Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum” by Jung Bum-Shik Arrives On Digital, Blu-ray Combo...
“Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum is the real deal. Deeply unsettling and unrelentingly scary, it is a film that must be seen.” ~ Jonathan Barkan, DREAD CENTRAL “Forget The Blair Witch Project, director [Jung...
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Film Review: Operation Red Sea (2018) by Dante Lam
Merely a year and a half after the success of “Mekong Delta”, director Dante Lam returns for a second over-the-top helping of bombastic action based on real-life events. Concerning the 2015 evacuation...
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Ten Masterful Asian Film Trilogies
Movie trilogies have emerged in world cinema during the last decade or so, as one of the most favorite medium of films, and probably, as a countermeasure to the growing popularity of TV series....
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Film Review: The Seen and Unseen (2017) by Kamila Andini
“A young girl seeks out imaginative ways to cope with the death of her twin brother” is how the film is described on IMDB. This is not a wrong way to summarize director Kamila Andini’s third work, “The...
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“Jackie Chan’s Project A & Project A Part II” (Eureka Classics) Limited...
Eureka! News Release A pair of effortlessly entertaining action-comedy adventures from peak Jackie Chan Eureka Entertainment to release “Jackie Chan’s Project A and Project A Part II”, a set of...
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2018 Mulan International Film Festival Full Programme Release
The Mulan International Film Festival (MulanIFF) is dedicated to showcasing the best of Chinese-language films and historically significant films about China. The first edition of the festival will be...
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