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Interview with Isao Yukisada: Precisely because twenty years have passed I...
Isao Yukisada was born in Kumamoto in 1968. His first feature film, ‘Sunflower’ won the International Federation of Film Critics Award at the 5th Busan International Film Festival. He directed ‘Go’ in...
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Film Review: Samui Song (2017) by Pen-ek Ratanaruang (19/11)
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is a name already recognized and respected inside Asian cinema culture. His filmography has gone from less to more, and lately, the quality of his work has reached a very appreciable...
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Film Review: No. 1 Chung Ying Street (2017) by Derek Chiu
Director Derek Chiu’s ambitious project ” No. 1 Chung Ying Street” started in 2011 when a participant of the 1967 riots asked him if he was interested in developing a script out of his own experience...
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Anime Review: Belladona of Sadness (1973) by Eichii Yamamoto
The article was first published in EasternKicks Mushi Productions, a company created and abandoned by Osamu Tezuka, (aka “God of Manga”), produced the adult-themed anime Belladonna of Sadness, in 1973....
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Anime Review: Violence Voyager (2018) by Ujicha
Following up the bizarre “The Burning Buddha Man”, director Ujicha again employs a blend of animation and manga called “geki-mation,” a process creating grotesque body horror nightmare imagery from...
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Interview with Dain Said: I believe in the magic of cinema
Born in Kuala Lumpur, director and screenwriter. After graduating from the film department at the University of Westminster in London, Said made commercials and worked for TV. In 2006, he shot his...
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Film Review: Birds Without Names (2017) by Kazuya Shiraishi
Iyamisu is a subgenre of mystery fiction, which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature. The subgenre has been quite popular recently in Japan, particularly through the works of...
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Film Review: Ramen Shop (2018) by Eric Khoo
The culinary arts sometimes get lost in the maelstrom of film, music, literature and other mediums of expression, including the forging of a national identity where cuisine is often homogenised with...
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Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival Announces 2018 Awards
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD WINS AUDIENCE CHOICE AT THE 22ND EDITION OF REEL ASIAN The festival announces its 2018 award winners including Finding Big Country, Dead Pigs, A Time To Swim and Menkes Audience...
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Film Review: Hotel by the River (2018) by Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang-soo can be a very frustrating artist at times for some. He has developed a formula that he has stuck to so well for so long that audiences can pretty much guess several settings and...
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Love Actually. Interview with Rikiya Imaizumi.
Rikiya Imaizumi – born in Fukushima in 1981, Imaizumi made his directional debut with ‘The Movie of Tama’ (2010), a music documentary. ‘Catch a Terrible Cat’ (2012) was screened at several...
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Film Review: Dahufa (2017) by Bu Sifan
“Why is the sun this red and still so cold?” Although China has opened up to the world as globalization and digitization paved the way for the global village as well as a global economy, the country...
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Film Review: Song Lang (2018) by Leon Le
A song lang is a musical instrument, a little percussion used in Vietnamese traditional music to keep the tempo for the musicians and the performers and – as the protagonist’s father believed – to...
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Film Review: Funan (2018) by Denis Do
“We’re together now. It’ll be fine.” For director Denis Do the task of making his first film is closely linked to his family’s history. Born in 1985 in Paris, Do is a child of three different cultures;...
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12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival Winners Revealed
The People’s Jury of the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival has awarded the Grand Prix of the Festival to “Die Tomorrow” (Thailand 2017) directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit. The Special Mention...
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Friend, anybody? Interview with Mayu Akiyama.
Mayu Akiyama – worked in the fashion industry while studying at the Film School of Tokyo. Her graduation production, ‘Garconne – The Woman having both sexes’, featured a refreshingly intersexual...
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Introducing Deejo Knives!
Pocket knives have become a real fashion accessory. On the other hand, it is not always easy to choose among all the existing products and there are many factors to consider such as aesthetics or...
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Film Review: Manila Skies (Himpapawid) (2009) by Raymond Red
“When you finish your studies, never come back here.” Within today’s film industry of the Philippines director Raymond Red has to belong to the most important voices of his generation. After winning...
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Film Analysis: On Happiness Road (2017) by Sung Hsin-Yin
On a truck packed with furniture, a mother is telling her daughter that their new home is on “Happiness Road”. A little girl, with her eyes wide-opened, asks: “what is happiness?” Hearing this...
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Film Review: Grandma and Her Ghosts (1998) by Wang Shaudi
“These ghosts have no manners.” There seems to be a common thread throughout the work of animated features from Asia, which connects them to either a culture’s folklore or its roots. Of course, you...
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