Trailer for Korean Film “After My Death” by Kim Ui-seok
South Korea does some of the best dark high school dramas. Films like “Bleak Night”, “Han Gong-ju”, “Thread of Lies” and even “Silenced” are incredibly hard to sit through yet exceptionally engaging...
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Changing Landscape Of Japanese Film: African American Filmmaker Seeks...
Filmsnoir Motion Pictures and Fusion For Peace Productions are proud of the progress of their rewards-based crowdfunding campaign for the independent motion picture “Stay”, shot in Tokyo by...
View ArticleTrailer for New Chinese Action Film “Golden Job”
Veteran Chinese actor and stunt man Kar Lok Chin has completed production on his third feature length film “Golden Job”. The film, which was funded by Jackie Chan, reunites Ekin Chang, Jordan Chan,...
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Film Review: Bleach (2018) by Shinsuke Sato
In the plethora of anime/manga adaptations that have flooded Japanese cinema (to say the least) during the latest years, “Bleach” was definitely one of the most eagerly expected. At the same time...
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Film Review: #BKKY (2016) by Nontawat Numbenchapol
“There are so many dreams. So many.” Describing the feeling of being young, or what it means to be young has been the source of many works of art, the inspiration for many nostalgic episodes when...
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New Asian Cinema: First 6 Titles of the 12th Five Flavours Competition Section
New Asian Cinema is a survey of the most outstanding and widely debated new films from South and Southeast Asia, often directorial debuts. The filmmakers competing for the festival Grand Prix make...
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Film Review: Confessions (2010) by Tetsuya Nakashima
In the very first episode of the first season of BBC’s acclaimed police procedural ‘Luther’, the psychotic evil genius Alice Morgan, who is also the series’s most interesting character, refers to a...
View ArticleTrailer for New Chinese Film “Kung Fu League”
Director Jeffrey Lau (“Treasure Hunter”, “Soccer Killer”) has completed production on his new martial arts/comedy film “Kung Fu League”. The comedy takes iconic martial artists and actors who have...
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Film Review: Death Certificate (2017) by Rajaditya Banerjee
Even after more than a century of history, cinema is still growing and finding innovative ways to amuse the audience. Even now there are areas, people and languages that are uninitiated with this...
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Programme Announced for the 13th London Korean Film Festival 1 – 25 November
Running from 1- 14 November in London before taking highlights around the country with its annual UK Tour, the festival will feature an in-depth special focus entitled A Slice of Everyday Life, along...
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Film Review: Dangan Runner (1996) by Sabu
I have to admit, Sabu is one of my favorite directors, one of the main reasons I turned my attention towards contemporary Japanese cinema, and that films like “Postman Blues”, “Monday”, “Usagi Drop” ,...
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Film Review: Crazed Fruit (1956) by Ko Nakahira
Based on a novel that was written by the later Governor of Tokyo, „Crazed Fruit“ from 1956 offers a simple story with a messed up „boy meets girl“-plot. Director Kō Nakahira sets himself a...
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The London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) has disclosed the full Programme...
The London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF), opens its third year on the 25th October at Vue Leicester Square with “Dark Figure of Crime”, the newest thriller by director Kim Tae-gyun, and runs until...
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Film Review: Forest of Oppression – A Record of the Struggle at Takasaki City...
In 1967, Shinsuke Ogawa closes himself in with a group of university students, who occupy the lecture hall of Takasaki University. Over a time span of one year, he documents their struggle for freedom...
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Film Review: Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) by Nagisa Oshima
“This is Ali Baba, town of mystery…” As most of us know, the 1960s, especially the second half, were a time of upheaval, protests and general unrest in many areas of the world. Protests against the...
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Final Contact: “Zero” Gets People Talking With A Cameo From A Shaw Brothers...
Directed By: Robert Samuels Produced By: Robert Jefferson, Eng Andy, Torari Casel, Alan Goldberg, James V.Santi Written By: Robert Jefferson Action By: TeamOneTake Cast: Roxalinda Vasquez, Armondo...
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Film Review: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) by Toshio Matsumoto
“I am the wound and the blade, both the torturer and he who is flayed.” In an interview about his most important work, “Funeral Parade of Roses,” Japanese director Toshio Matsumoto explains how his...
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Vault Shorts #13: JAEFF 2018 (Your Voice Came Out Through My Throat, Desktop...
Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival also features 4 shorts, which we are going to present here. However, their distinctly experimental nature make it rather hard to review them...
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Artists’ Choice #8: Ho Yuhang (director) lists his 11 Favorite Hong Kong Movies
Ho Yuhang was trained as an engineer but went into film-making due to his love for vintage films. He began his career by shooting commercials in the mid 1990’s. In 2000, he co-directed a Malaysian...
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Film Review: The Unity of Heroes (2018) by Lin ZhenZhao
Wong Fei Hung movies are a staple of Martial Arts Cinema going back to the Black & White era of Kwang Tak Hing, to Gordon Liu in “Martial Club” and even Sammo Hung in “Around the World in 80...
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