The Taste of Tea (Japan, 2004)
The third feature by writer-director Katsuhito Ishii, The Taste of Tea is an absolute wonder. Shunning what typically is the definitive basis of a film...
Wolf’s Calling (Japan, 2019) [JAPAN CUTS 2020]
Retaliating against his arrest by Japanese police in April 2019 for a possession of a handgun, filmmaker Toshiaki Toyoda made a 16 minute near silent...
Dear Etranger (Japan, 2017) [Reel Asian 2017]
Dear Etranger is an intimate drama about one man trying to balance two families and be an ideal father at a time when others give...
Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (Germany/Philippines, 2014)
Existing somewhere between gonzo exploitation and the type of visual art project that plays on loop as a video installation, Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between...
Invisible Waves (Thailand, 2006)
In terms of the talent involved, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s Invisible Waves is a continuation of his previous film – the international success Last Life in the...
Last Life in the Universe (Thailand, 2003)
In the intellectually weighty 1998 tome Death and Metaphysics – Heidegger on Nothingness and the Meaning of Being, Death and Philosophy, Peter Kraus argues that,...