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Film review: Diamond Island (2016) by Davy Chou
Winner of the 2016 International Critics’ Week SACD, “Diamond Island” embraces nowadays globalization of cinema as it has been co-produced by France, Germany, Cambodia, Thailand and Qatar. This,...
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Detective K: Secret of The Living Dead – Available Exclusively on Digital...
“The give-and-take between the brilliant but bumbling hero … and his dim sidekick … is consistently charming and funny, at once parodying and paying homage to the classic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson...
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Film Review: My Friend “A” (2018) by Takahisa Zeze
The fractured narrative technique has given us a number of great Japanese films during the years, with “Rage” and “Noise“, being the first that come to mind. Takahisa Zeze, who has long since refrained...
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Film Review: Ajji (2017) by Devashish Makhija
Probably one of the best independent Indian films of the year, Devashish Makhija’s “Ajji” takes a dark (noir) approach to the “Red Riding Hood” fairytale, by placing it in the Indian slums and inducing...
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Film review: Metaphors in the City (2018) by Feng Yulan
A war between vampire-like demons against sorcerers who try to prevent these evils from entering the human world sounds like a fantastic topic for today’s young audience. However, “Metaphors in the...
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Film Review: 3ft Ball and Souls (2017) by Yoshio Kato
Time loop films have been a recurring theme in international cinema, with “Groundhog Day” probably being the most famous. In Japan, a prominent sample of this subgenre is the anime “Higurashi: When...
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Interview with Joshua Smith and George Crosthwait: There’s a whole living and...
Joshua Smith graduated from King’s College London with an MA in Film Studies and Philosophy, taking modules in post-war Japanese film genres and the avant-garde, and transnational Japanese cinema at...
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TekeTeke (2009) by Koji Shiraishi
After a woman is found cut in half after crossing a train bridge, the word of an Urban Legend starts circling around town. The tale tells the story of a female ghost with no legs who haunts the area of...
View ArticleShort Review: My Name is Riku by Naoyoshi Kawamatsu
Based on a true-life incident in 2014, a 5-year old boy was found decomposed in the apartment complex where his parents were supposed to live with him. Having known only three words at the time of his...
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The Athens International Film Festival (Nyxtes Premieras) and the Asian...
The Athens International Film Festival has been taking place for more than twenty years with the support of cinemagazine.gr. The Festival transforms the centre of Athens into a ten-day cinematic fest,...
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Film Review: Immortal Demon Slayer: The Legend of Wu Kong (2017) by Derek Kwok
Based on the smashing Jin Hezai’s web novel Wukong Biography, “Wu Kong” introduces to the public a young and romantic Sun Wu kong, the popular Chinese hero best known as Monkey King. Buy This Title...
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“Believer” Arrives On Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack & DVD October 30
“… a wild and boisterous crime drama …” ~ David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE “… solid two hours of action and suspense that’s muscularly directed by Lee and stylishly shot …” ~ Richard Kuipers, VARIETY Directed...
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Interview with Jevons Au: I cannot say if the black list really exists but...
Born, raised and educated in Hong Kong, Au studied filmmaking at the Academy for Performing Arts’ School of Film and Television under renowned critic Shu Kei. After graduating from the APA in 2004, Au...
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Film Review: The Island Funeral (2015) by Pimpaka Towira
“An impossible utopia. A hopeless dream.” As most artists are aware, it is simply impossible not to make a statement with one’s work. Even though it seems strange to think of mainstream films – the...
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Third Window Films’“The Legend of the Stardust Brothers”– World Premiere at...
Third Window Films is pleased to announce the WORLD PREMIERE release of the new master of Macoto Tezuka’s 1985 debut film “The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” In 1985, Macoto Tezka (son of the great...
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Film Review: A Tiger in Winter (2017) by Lee Kwang-kuk
Director Lee Kwang-kuk is a regular of Busan Film Festival where all his films have premiered. His feature debut, the convoluted Escher-inspired love story “Romance Joe” (2011) won him the Citizen...
View ArticleTrailer for New Chinese Film “Master Z: Ip Man Legacy”
Famed Chinese actor/director/choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (“Iron Monkey“, “Drunken Master”, “Last Hero In China”) has completed production on his latest film inspired by the Ip Man series. The film...
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Film Review: Absent without Leave (2016) by Lau Kek-huat and Chen Jing-Lian
Filming one’s family members is an old trope in documentary filmmaking. If you don’t know what to say, start with something that your are familiar with. We seem to be hearing film teachers passing this...
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“Unexpected Journeys：Magical Realism in Chinese Cinema” is coming to London...
Where realism and wild imagination meet in contemporary Chinese cinema. Unexpected Journeys is a film programme introducing and celebrating Magical Realism in Chinese cinema and curated by Giada Liu...
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Interview with Ken Ochiai: I believe the director brings his/her style to the...
Ken Ochiai made his first film at age 12. Immediately following his high school graduation, he left his hometown of Tokyo, Japan, to pursue his dream of becoming a film director in the United States....
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