Keening Woman (Hong Kong, 2013)
When in doubt, shoot it like a dream sequence. That seems to be the major underlying principle in Rita Hui’s sophomore feature, Keening Woman, an...
Bodies at Rest (China/Hong Kong, 2019)
One-time blockbuster purveyor Renny Harlin continues the China phase of his roller coaster career with Bodies at Rest, an efficient action-thriller that seems tailored for...
Preview – East Asian Cinema at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2019, September 26 – October 11
The 38th Vancouver International Film Festival’s (VIFF) Gateway stream will once again present the largest showcase of East Asian cinema outside of that region. The...
Fall Guy (Japan, 1982)
Those familiar with director Kinji Fukasaku’s most popular titles (the yakuza sagas in the ‘70s, the samurai films in the ‘80s, and, of course, the...
Liborio: An Artist of the Solomon Islands (Australia/Solomon Islands, 2018)
Award-winning Australian documentarian Elliot Spencer visits the stunningly beautiful Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands to film his latest project, Liborio: An Artist of the...
Cowboy Joe (USA, 2018)
Though only a film of under six minutes, Jingjing Tian’s Cowboy Joe can be divided into two distinct parts. The first part is in the...
Song Lang (Vietnam, 2018) [NYAFF 2019]
Leon Le has done a marvelous job directing his first feature film, Song Lang. Ambitious and rich in both screenplay and mise-en-scène, it tells the...