That Demon Within (Hong Kong, 2014)
Dave Wong (Daniel Wu) is not the most popular officer on the Hong Kong police force: although dedicated to his job, he has an aloof...
The Great Hypnotist (China, 2014)
Confidently touted as China’s first mind-bending suspense thriller, The Great Hypnotist is a stylish piece of escapism which often plays like a mix of Spellbound...
Seventh Code (Japan, 2014)
One of the most prolific visionaries to emerge from the V-Cinema sector of the 1980s, Kiyoshi Kurosawa has been keeping a surprisingly low-key profile since...
Unforgiven (Japan, 2013) [Japan Cuts 2014]
Unforgiven is Lee Sang-il’s remake of Clint Eastwood’s classic 1992 Western of the same name. It stars Ken Watanabe, who has been seen in such...
Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits (South Korea, 2013) [NYAFF 2014]
The Korean word “manshin” is a respectful term for shaman, and Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirit concerns Manshin Kim Keum-hwa, who in 1985 became the first...
Apolitical Romance (Taiwan, 2013) [NYAFF 2014]
A pleasing romantic-comedy peppered with cultural tension, Apolitical Romance wastes little time in getting to the ‘meet cute’ that is necessary for its central dynamic....
Miss Zombie (Japan, 2013) [Japan Cuts/NYAFF 2014]
Miss Zombie is set in a future Japan where zombies exist, but not in a large-scale apocalyptic way that is common in Western horror films....
The Devil’s Path (Japan, 2013) [Japan Cuts/NYAFF 2014]
A brutal journey into the dark heart of Japan’s underworld, The Devil’s Path is a grueling look at the machinations of the yakuza which overcomes...
The Snow White Murder Case (Japan, 2014) [Japan Cuts/NYAFF 2014)
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura and written by Tamio Hayashi, The Snow White Murder Case is a crime thriller based on a novel by Kanae Minato....
Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (Japan, 2013) [Japan Cuts/NYAFF 2014]
Why Don’t You Play in Hell? is based on a fifteen year old screenplay written by director Sion Sono that he reportedly didn’t make many...