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Film Review: Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016) by Khavn
In 2025, the Kostka gang, a group of kids with nicknames like Pork Chop, Bull Dog, Snowman, McAbnormal and J. Blo, aged from 5 to 15, terrorize Manila, robbing and killing everyone in their path. After...
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Film Review: Life of an Outcast (2018) by Pawan K Srivastava
“Father, what is our caste?” “Son, there is not caste for the poor…” In an article published on Youth Ki Awaaz, Indian director Pawan K Srivastava starts with the phrase “We become what we read and...
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Film Review: Shaolin vs Lama (1983) by Tso Nam Lee
In a genre spanning several decades and literally thousands of films, it is difficult for a kung fu film to stand out, particularly when up against classics of the genre with big name actors or from...
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Interview with Yang Mingming and Li Yuan: For me, it is a very strange...
Yang Mingming was born in Beijing in 1987, and is a graduate of the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts. Her debut, a short film “Female Directors,” was deemed one of the most interesting...
View ArticleTeaser for new Japanese film Samurai Marathon 1855
London Born director Bernard Rose (Candyman, Ivansxtc) has completed production on his new film “Samurai Marathon 1855”. Filmed in Japan, the films stars Takeru Satoh (Inuyashiki, Ruroni Kenshin”) as...
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Film Review: The House That Never Dies: Reawakening (2017) by Joe Chien
After the enormous success of the original, a return to the Zhisheng household was assured as this sequel returns to the cursed house for yet another impressive installment. Now helmed by rising...
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Film Review: Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018) by Kim Yong-hwa
Following the epic success of part one, the vast majority of the team returns in yet another action-packed installment in the celebrated webcomic adaptation which shared much of the success of the...
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Film Review: The Guillotines (2012) By Andrew Lau
The Flying Guillotine (1975) was the first movie to feature this deadly flying weapon, starring Chen Kuan Tai and directed by Ho Meng Hua. It became quite a sensation and soon sequels were popping up....
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Neon Genesis Evangelion soon to land on Netflix Platform in Spring 2019
Streaming giant Netflix has just announced the addition of an Evangelion package to its growing anime lineup. This new bundle includes the 26 episodes of the “Neon Genesis Evangelion” television series...
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Film Review: Wasted Eggs (2018) by Ryo Kawasaki
The mixture of ultra-modern technological achievements and ancient-old traditions, norms and codes of conduction in Japan might seem to work perfectly, but an in-depth look would reveal some major...
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Live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop set to land on Netflix platform
Straight after the announcement of the Evangelion acquisition, streaming giant Netflix disclosed on Twitter that a live action TV show of the popular anime “Cowboy Bebop” is being produced and is...
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Film Review: First Night Nerves (2018) by Stanley Kwan
“It’s over now.” People often say that the heyday of Hong Kong cinema is gone. The Hong Kong film here refers to films made in Cantonese language, through Hong Kong studios, directors, and subsided by...
View ArticleTrailer for Upcoming Korean Movie “Sister” by Im Kyung-taek
South Korean cinema has a history of strong, engrossing female action leads. Films like “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”, “Bedevilled” or last year’s “The Villainess” successfully mined the revenge...
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BFI, KOFA and KCCUK announce archive exchange to mark the centenary of the...
• More than ten of Korea’s oldest surviving films to screen to UK audiences for the first time in February 2019 at BFI Southbank and the KCCUK • BFI restorations to show in Korea at KOFA in Seoul as a...
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All about “Across Asia Film Festival 2018. Ghosts of Asia”– 2 to 10 December...
“ACROSS ASIA FILM FESTIVAL 2018. Ghosts of Asia” Cagliari, Italy – from 2 to 10 December 2018 ACROSS ASIA, the International Festival dedicated to explore the cinematography of South East Asia – and...
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Where they’re from, the birds sing a pretty song. Interview with Sho Miyake...
Sho Miyake – directed his first feature, ‘Good for nothing’ in 2010. His ‘Playback’ debuted in competition at the 2012 Locarno International Film Festival and won him several directing awards in Japan....
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Asian Features Selected for 2019 Sundance Film Festival
The lineup for the 2019 Sundance festival running from January 24th to February 3 has been confirmed. After a record breaking 14,259 films submitted to be featured, a total of 112 films has been...
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Film Review: Miss Lovely (2012) by Ashim Ahluwalia
“Miss Lovely” was the independent film from India that competed in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes Film Festival in 2012. 2013 was one of the best years of the Indian history of independent...
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Film Review: Bilathikuzhal (2018) by Vinu Kolichal
Obsession over anything is considered a negative connotation. But if we look around, there are a lot of people who continue their mundane life happily, because of their obsession with something....
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Film Review: Namdev Bhau: In Search Of Silence (2018) by Dar Gai
The human mind is always in search of peace. For few this peace could be inside the corner of their home, for others might be in creativity and for few might be in tranquility. And again, peace can be...
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