Thank You and Farewell!
Regular readers of VCinema have likely noticed that our site has been inactive since summer 2022. Indeed, the second half of last year saw the...
Emergency Declaration (South Korea, 2022)
Emergency Declaration is an action-thriller dealing with terrorism and contagion in a post-Covid world. It stars Song Kang-ho of Parasite (2019) and Lee Byung-hun of Squid Game (2021), arguably two...
Call for Papers – Asian Popular Culture and the Gothic
Article proposals are welcome for an upcoming collection on Asian Popular Culture and the Gothic, edited by Li-hsin Hsu, Deimantas Valančiūnas and Katarzyna Ancuta. The collection...
South Korean Cinema Seminar: Preservation, Distribution and Education, September 1
This one day seminar helps educators teach students about Korean Cinema. In person and online, free entry & film screening. The global success of South...
Interview with Mai Nakanishi, Director of Swallow
Mai Nakanishi is a long-time horror film enthusiast. After founding and directing the Scream Queen FilmFest Tokyo and working on a wide variety of films in various...
Swallow (Taiwan/Japan, 2021)
One woman’s greedy pursuit of movie stardom leads to a sticky end in Swallow, a 22-minute short from Mai Nakanishi. Winner of a Special Mention at...
Karmalink (Cambodia, 2021)
Karmalink attempts to bridge science fiction speculation and religious beliefs. It presents the rather weird idea that there will be a time when science will be...
Interview with Kahori Higashi, Director of Melting Sounds [OAFF 2022]
Deceptively simple but quite profound, Melting Sounds is a moving and quietly funny first feature film from freelance designer-turned-director Kahori Higashi. In her work, she ruminates on...
Melting Sounds (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2022]
Melting Sounds is part of the latest wave of films associated with MOOSIC LAB, a competition wherein the titles submitted showcase up-and-coming directors who have created...
Paid in Blood (South Korea, 2021)
Paid in Blood, the feature debut of director and screenwriter Yoon Young-bin, is a crime drama that revolves around the battle for a new casino and...