Month: July 2018

Treb Montreras II’s debut feature-length film Respeto looks into the Fliptop Rap Battle, which comprises a large part of contemporary Filipino hiphop subculture in the...

Among the handful of women whose debut/second films are showcased at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival is Bongkod Bencharongkul, aka Bongkod Kongmalai or...

Dain Iskandar Said’s Dukun might be confusing at first, due to its choice of narrative style. The film presents itself in a non-linear way as...

Siwakorn Charupongsa’s directorial debut Premika is a jaunty slapstick slasher, with its combination of gory moments of killing, thanks to a teenage ghost in a...

Nobody wants to grow up and face responsibilities, nor does anyone wish to join the herd and leave our identities behind. We want to feel...

Kim Hyun-seok’s heart-wrenching and thought-provoking feature I Can Speak begins as a comedy and ends as a drama that will leave audiences thinking about the...

Crossroads: One Two Jaga begins with cryptic intensity: in a slightly low-angle close-up, a man with a bruised and beaten face responds to questions posed...

Miso (Esom), a woman in her early 30s, cleans other people’s fancy homes, but lives herself in a non-heated one-room apartment, which is too cold...

“Your long awaited friend has returned today,” declares a teacher to his class. “Was that your seat, Young-hee? Go sit.” Instead, high schooler Young-hee (Jeon...

Eisuke Naito’s adaptation of Rensuke Oshikiri’s cult manga Liverleaf (more popularly known as Hepatica) continues the theme he’s been exploring since his debut – high...