She: tHEiR Love Story (Thailand, 2012) [Frameline 37]

I must admit that just as I have amusicality for most country music. I also have an inability to appreciate most of what comes out of a few film/TV genres. Case in point, I have ...

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on Jun, 17 · in Reviews

The Grandmaster (Hong Kong, 2013)

There is a lot of critical weight attached to a Wong Kar-Wai picture. Like all auteurs, Wong has, over the last three decades, crafted a public persona that has put the man front and center ...

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on Jun, 12 · in Reviews

New York’s Asian Film Trifecta

Around this time of year, I start experiencing two things. One is excitement in anticipation of the annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) and the JAPAN CUTS Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema. The other ...

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on Jun, 10 · in Announcements

When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep (Taiwan, 2012)

When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep is the latest feature from Taiwan’s government-sponsored commercial production sector to take an aspect of Taipei’s urban culture and utilise it as the basis for a ...

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on Jun, 05 · in Reviews

New Filipino Cinema June 5-9 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

A Twitter conversation started by Kurtiss Hare amongst some fellow cinephiles was nano-trending the other day. Kurtiss proposed we ponder what comes to mind when we hear the words  ‘program notes’. Appropriately vague enough to ...

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on Jun, 03 · in Announcements

Biotherapy (Japan, 1986)

Biotherapy is a horror/sci-fi shocker that clocks in just short of an hour. That’s right, short of an hour.  Because of the film’s truncated time, you know that a lot of things like characterization and ...

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on Jun, 01 · in Reviews

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