Joy of Man's Desiring (Japan, 2014) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2018]
Following the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, director Masakazu Sugita put into production a film dedicated to the orphans left behind after natural disasters....
The Dark Maidens (Japan, 2017) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2018]
High school senior Itsumi Shiraishi (Marie Iitoyo) falls to her death from a building at the exclusive Seibo Maria Girls High School. She was the...
Crowdfund This – Eat Drink Boy Girl
The recently announced nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards were hailed as a triumph for diversity in some quarters with Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya, Mary...
Preview – The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2018, Februrary 2-March 28
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme returns to the UK from February 2 to March 28 to bring audiences another taste of the cinematic delights...
Have a Nice Day (China, 2017)
When asked about the challenges of parodying contemporary China during the promotional tour for his acerbic action-comedy Gone with the Bullets (2014), iconoclastic actor-director Jiang...
Preview – The Seattle Asian American Film Festival, February 22-25, 2018
The Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) presents its 6th annual festival February 22-25, 2018, at Broadway Performance Hall (Opening Night), Northwest Film Forum and...
Preview – Hong Kong International Film Festival to Celebrate Brigitte Lin
Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia is the "Filmmaker in Focus" at the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF42). The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) will...
3006 by Matthew Leung
Films that treat their cities as characters elicit a certain melancholic sentimentality that other films don't. This challenges the common notion that a city is...
Manfei (Taiwan, 2017)
Compared to the rebellious, anxious tone and radical narratives of Mainland China's younger generation documentarians, Taiwanese filmmakers have inherited the constant filmic style tradition of...
Somewhere Beyond the Mist (Hong Kong, 2017)
The crime genre is inseparable from the appeal of Hong Kong Cinema, carrying the 1980's and 1990's Hong Kong New Wave to international acclaim with...