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Dragon Ball Super: Broly descends on cinemas across Australia and New...
Excitement levels are over 9000 for the upcoming release of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, which opens in cinemas across Australia and New Zealand on January 24, 2019. “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” will be the...
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Film Review: Champion (2018) by Kim Yong-wan
After the success of the blockbuster “Train to Busan,” breakout star Ma Dong-seok has gained massive exposure in his homeland with roles in films like “The Outlaws,” “Derailed” and “Along with the...
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Documentary Review: Eastern Memories (2018) by Niklas Kullström, Martti...
Gustaf John Ramstedt (1873-1950) is one of the most important individuals of the 20th century, both for Finland, by opening diplomatic routes to Mongolia, Japan, Korea and China, but also globally, for...
View ArticleTrailer for New Indonesian Film “The Night Comes For Us”
Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto (“Killers”, “Macabre”) has completed production on his latest production “The Night Comes for Us”. The action film will reunite actors Iko Uwais (“Man of Tai Chi”,...
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Film Review: Soni (2018) by Ivan Ayr
Ivan Ayr’s indie feature debut “Soni” is a gentle but assertive work of social realism and a character exploration on the background of women problematic day-to-day life in India. After being well...
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Film Review: Ley Lines (1999) by Takashi Miike
“Ley Lines” (1999) is the final part in Takashi Miike’s thematically connected “Black Society Trilogy” of crime dramas that began with “Shinjuku Triad Society” (1995) and continued with “Rainy Dog”...
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Documentary Review: Rituals of Resistance (2018) by Tenzin Phuntsog, Joy...
Assistant Professor at Montana State University’s Film and Photo Department and founder of the Tibet Film Archive Tenzin Phuntsog directs a very powerful documentary that explores the actions and the...
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Film Review: Rainy Dog (1997) by Takashi Miike
“Rainy Dog” (1997) is the follow-up to Takashi Miike’s blistering theatrical debut “Shinjuku Triad Society” (1995), continuing his “Black Society Trilogy”. Once again this unique director delivers a...
View ArticleTrailer for New Japanese Film “Kingdom”
Japanese director Shinsuke Sato (“Gantz”, “Inuyashiki”, “Bleach”) has completed filming of the live-action adaptation of “Kingdom”. The Manga series, written by Yasuhisa Hara, was first published in...
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Film Review: Suburban Birds (2018) by Qui Sheng
Like the beautiful “Wrath of Silence” last year, “Suburban Birds” premiered at debut-only FIRST Festival in Xining, China, and has now landed at London Film Festival. Written and directed by Qiu Sheng,...
View ArticleTrailer for New Chinese Film “A Cool Fish”
Chinese director Rao Xiaozhi (“The Insanity”) has completed production on his second feature film “A Cool Fish”. The comedy/thriller stars Chen Jianbin (“A Fool”, “People Mountain People Sea”) as a cop...
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Anime Review: Yuri!!! On Ice (2016) by Sayo Yamamoto
Featuring actual choreographies by two times Japanese National ice skating champion Kenji Miyamoto, and dealing with homosexuality almost as much as with the sport itself, “Yuri!!! On Ice” is...
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Interview with Chie Mikami and Hanayo Oya: You never listen to their original...
It is a well-known history that the Imperial Japanese Army’s battles abroad changed ties in Far East Asia, and how Japan finished the Pacific War on August 15, 1945, after two mushroom-shaped clouds....
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Anime Review: Mirai (2018) by Mamoru Hosoda
Director Mamoru Hosoda, founder of production house Studio Chizu, has brought us some very compelling and imaginative anime films during the latest years like “The Boy and The Beast” and “Wolf...
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Film Review: Girls vs. Gangsters (2018) by Barbara Wong
Following the unexpected success of the documentary “Women’s Private Parts”, director Barbara Wong became one of the newest hopes of the female-centric comedy/dramas that had exploded in Chinese and...
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Interview with Wang Xiaoshuai: This movie contains the memories of my journey
Chinese movie director Wang Xiaoshuai visited the 73rd Busan International Film Festival with his new work ‘Chinese Portrait.’ This narration-free documentary premiered in Wide Angle session on October...
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Film Review: Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) by Takashi Miike
With the threat of two gangs going to war, the head of the Fudoh family must sacrifice his first born in order to keep peace. The surviving son, Riki, witnesses his brother’s murder and after tattooing...
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Artists’ Choice #9: Le Binh Giang (director) lists his 13 Favorite Vietnamese...
LÊ Bình Giang (1990, Vietnam) was educated in Film at the University of Ho Chi Minh, but he wasn’t allowed to graduate because the script for his film KFC was considered too violent by the Council of...
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Film Analysis: The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016) by Takashi Miike
“Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio” is a rude, crude and completely daft Yakuza comedy, based on the manga by Noboru Takahashi, and directed by Takashi Miike, the maverick Japanese director. This is an...
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Film Review: The Blood of Hussain (1980) by Jamil Dehlavi
“The Blood of Hussain” is quite a significant film for Pakistan, for a number of reasons. Firstly, the shooting was completed just before the rise of General Zia-ul-Haq’s military junta, that actually...
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