Tag: New York Asian Film Festival 2020

Contemporary genre hybrid Hong Kong films are often defined by a certain manic energy that presumes these present times demand this pace and hyper-dynamism. Veteran...

For those who are familiar with the filmography of Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To, Chasing Dream is less of a surprise in terms of its...

Faozan Rizal is one of the most prominent Indonesian cinematographers. This is why in his directorial feature Abracadabra, Rizal emphasizes the beauty of its cinematographic...

Based on the webcomic series Haechijiana by Hun that ran from 2011 to 2012, Secret Zoo is a charming and delightful comedy about a zoo struggling...

Continuing his recent historical costume drama run, rather than the contemporary-set tearjerkers featuring terminally ill patients and lovers for which he is primarily known in...

A perception exist that Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness philosophy has made the country one of “the happiest places in the world,” but the reality is...

Troubled times require clarification, which often requires a troubled approach. Japanese cinema is not alien to attempts to make sense of trouble with trouble; of...

Since signing a production deal with the talent agency LDH JAPAN, SABU has made the films Jam (2018) and Mr. Long (2017) with some of...

In his career so far, director Kazuya Shiraishi has chronicled the darker aspects of Japan with true-crime stories featuring outlaws like The Devil’s Path (2013)...

Feature films are hard to make. Sometimes, true artists sacrifice their health and sanity to see their dreams come alive on the big screen, and...