My Dad and Mr. Ito (Japan, 2016) [Reel Asian 2016]
Yuki Tanada’s latest comedy-drama My Dad and Mr. Ito is so conventional in its set-up and ensuing narrative complications that it could almost have been...
Zhang Wei Tackles the Sensitive Issue of Autism with Destiny (China, 2016)
Destiny is the third feature by entrepreneur-turned-director Zhang Wei. Following the success of his previous film Factory Boss (2014), a tale of a sweatshop owner...
A Copy of My Mind (Indonesia, 2016) [Five Flavours 2016]
Urban space and the cinematic city are mutually imbricated in productive ways and for as long as both continue to evolve, expand and diversify, they...
Dark Side of the Light (Japan, 2016)
Dark Side of the Light uses a Citizen Kane (1941)-style structure to explore how an actual murder, which occurred in Shibuya back in 1996, would...
The Lockpicker (Canada, 2016) [Reel Asian 2016]
It’s apparent from the opening frames of The Lockpicker that we’re deep in troubled teen territory as a youth sits up late at night writing...
Five Flavours Film Festival 2016 Report
Warsaw has had a troubled history. Located in Central Europe, it has been passed between empires and dynasties, been pillaged and seen golden ages since...
Call For Papers: The Poetics Of Asian Cinemas Conference, Lancaster University, July 2017
Papers and panel proposals are invited for the 12th Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference: The Poetics of Asian Cinemas. With the support of the Lancaster...
At the Terrace (Japan, 2016)
Playwright and director Kenji Yamauchi premiered his third feature At the Terrace at the 2016 edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival where it garnered...
Interview with Ng Ka-leung [Five Flavours 2016]
When you search for Ng Ka-leung on IMDb, what you get is a single credit for his film Ten Years which was the Hong Kong...