Month: March 2012

Yo ho, yo ho!  A pirate’s life for me!  The VCinema is back from sailing the seven seas of Asian film to bring you a...

Sanshiro Sugata is an interesting film for a number of reasons. One, it’s Akira Kurosawa’s debut film; two, it’s a genre picture, something Kurosawa didn’t...

Japanese noir has rarely been more seductive than Chaos, a skilfully-crafted thriller by Ring (1998) director Hideo Nakata, who briefly leaves the realms of the...

The cross-cultural rom-com has specific tropes that diverge slightly from your typical rom-com. There tends to be at least one disapproving parent of at least...

I’m a huge Asian horror fan—I’ve seen horror films from all over Southeast Asia.  While Japan tends to lead the way in horror, I’ve seen...

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire is a movie that, brought to Netflix and their Instant Watch service a few months back due to their recent partnership...

Looking at it now, Kim Ji-woon’s A Bittersweet Life seems very much of its time in the swift rise in popularity that Korean cinema experienced...

Several months ago, I received a Facebook message from Korea National University of Arts (aka K’Arts) graduate and fledgling director Oh In-chun that essentially read,...

First impressions are important and as film viewers we are particularly prone to making rash decisions based upon the opening moments of anything we watch. ...

“How long has it been raining…forever ?” Sky Blue, the slightly (around 2 minutes) cut and dubbed version of the South Korean animated feature Wonderful...