Honor Thy Father (Philippines, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
Edgar (John Lloyd Cruz) and Kaye (Meryll Soriano) are a hard-working couple trying to maintain a solid middle-class life through faith and social networking among...
Miss Hokusai (Japan, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
The history of art is dominated by men. For much of history, women were denied educational opportunities in the arts and some those who dared...
Hamog (Haze) (Philippines, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
Ralston G. Jover’s latest feature film Hamog (Haze), a Cinema One original production, is a labyrinthine web of experiences, both structurally and thematically speaking, even...
What’s in the Darkness (China, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
First-time director Wang Yichun’s take on the small-town police procedural is one that is tender, subtle, and full of surprising levity. While it bears the...
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Japan, 1989) [NYAFF 2016]
Written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a bizarre cyberpunk body horror classic. Filmed entirely in black and white and on...
The Laundryman (Taiwan, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
Two professions that have been mined by genre cinema to the point of near-redundancy – the assassin and the medium – get a welcome creative...
Apocalypse Child (Philippines, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
Directed and co-written by Mario Cornejo (along with Monster Jimenez), Apocalypse Child is a character-driven drama that at its core is about the relationship between...
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (Japan, 2016) [NYAFF 2016]
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle is one of three films at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival directed by Shunji Iwai who will...
The Priests (South Korea, 2015) [NYAFF 2016]
Is anyone up for another exorcism movie? For those who have been to cinematic Hell and back with just a few of Hollywood’s underwhelming attempts to...
Twisted Justice (Japan, 2016) [NYAFF 2016]
The opening film of this year’s New York Asian Film Festival has two titles: Twisted Justice is the international one while the Japanese title literally translates...