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UFO in Her Eyes (China/Germany, 2011)

Since the late-1990s, Guo Xiaolu has been developing a fascinating, multi-disciplinary career that ranges from literary fiction to incisive documentaries to narrative features, with such novels as 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (2008) and ...

Posted by John Berra
on May, 15 · in Reviews

YAK Films, Hip Hop, And Public Space in South Korea

When I finally went to South Korea in 2005 to attend the Pusan International Film Festival, (when the festival still spelled the city with a ‘P’), I was struck by the public culture. As a ...

Posted by Adam Hartzell
on May, 10 · in Features

Isn’t Anyone Alive? (Japan 2012)

Following a lengthy absence from filmmaking, Isn’t Anyone Alive? marks the much-anticipated return of Sogo Ishii, the rebellious auteur responsible for such cult favourites as Burst City (1982) and Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001), although ...

Posted by John Berra
on Feb, 04

The VCinema Show: A Conversation with GOLDEN SLUMBERS Director Davy Chou

Hey folks. Busy January schedules have led to us not having the time to record a new episode of The VCinema Show. However, fear not, because our own Adam Hartzell was able to catch up ...

Posted by Jon Jung
on Jan, 28

The Woodsman and the Rain (Japan, 2011)

Shuichi Okita’s delightful comedy-drama The Woodsman and the Rain begins with its titular 60-year-old lumberjack Katsuhiko (Koji Yakusho) cutting down a tree in the wilderness that surrounds his remote Yamamura village. Katsuhiko is suddenly interrupted ...

Posted by John Berra
on Jan, 26

Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (Korea/Vietnam, 2007)

Yun-hee (Ahn Jo) is a writer under pressure from her editor to pen another book. She had some success with a semi-autobiographical novel titled Secrets and Lies three years prior, but nothing since. Yun-hee receives ...

Posted by Colleen Wanglund
on Jan, 24

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