Sammo Hung, Kurata Yasuaki Get Kick Out of Hong Kong Martial Arts Discussion...
Veteran action movie ace Sammo Hung, Japanese actor Kurata Yasuaki and action choreographer-turned director Tanigaki Kenji had a ball on Thursday in Tokyo as they took a light-hearted trip down memory...
View ArticleOda Kaori Goes ‘Underground’ and Semi-Fictional to Complete Subterranean Trilogy
The last element of a trilogy exploring subterranean spaces that began with the 2015 “Aragane” and continued with the 2019 “Cenote,” Oda Kaori’s docudrama “Underground” ventures from a subway in...
View Article‘Small Hours of the Night,’ Film About Censorship, Banned in Singapore and...
“Small Hours of the Night,” by Singapore director Daniel Hui, has been removed from the lineup of the Singapore International Film Festival. The city-state’s authorities have refused the film a release...
View ArticleDocs About Ray Romano’s Twins, Wrestler Mildred Burke and Bob Mackie...
The 39th Fort Lauderdale Intl. Film Festival (Nov. 8-17) anchors South Florida’s cultural calendar. The non-profit FLIFF offers an eclectic lineup of independent features, international debuts and...
View Article‘Papa’ Review: A Moving Study in Grief and Redemption Based on a Shocking...
The almost unimaginable grief of a husband and father is chronicled in “Papa,” an affecting drama based on the true story of a 15-year-old boy whose murder of his mother and sister shocked Hong Kong in...
View ArticleDrifting Between Dreams and Reality, Yoshida Daihachi Analyzes ‘Teki Cometh’...
Screening in competition at the 37th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, Yoshida Daihachi’s “Teki Cometh” is based on a 1998 novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka about a retired professor, Watanabe...
View ArticleDisturbing Dream-Like Drama ‘Teki Cometh’ Dominates Tokyo Festival Prize List
In a stunning sweep of the main awards, Japanese drama “Teki Cometh” snared three top prizes at the closing night ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival on Wednesday. The film was named as...
View Article‘Autobiography,’‘Cu Li Never Cries’ Head for Blue Chair Film Festival in...
Recent Asian feature films including Makbul Mubarak’s “Autobiography,” Lan Pham Ngoc’s “Cu Li Never Cries,” Nelson Yeo’s “Dreaming & Dying,” Jeremias Nyangoen’s “The Women of Rote Island” and Lyda...
View ArticleJude Law Crime Thriller ‘The Order’ to Open Marrakech Film Festival Amid...
Justin Kurzel’s timely thriller “The Order,” starring Jude Law as a FBI agent fighting neo-Nazi terrorists, will open the Marrakech International Film Festival with Law and producer Stuart Ford in tow....
View ArticleTony Leung’s ‘Hidden Blade,’ Qui Jiongjiong Retrospective Set at Japanese...
A new film festival titled Chinese Cinema Today is set to launch in Japan, featuring 15 Chinese films including four Japanese premieres. The program, running Nov. 22-Dec. 12 at Tokyo’s Cinelibre...
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