Should works be held accountable for creators’ views?
Inspired by the Ender’s Game controversy, the Flixist staff take to their webcams to talk about whether or not they believe films (and ...
Audience votes Hentai Kamen as best film of NYAFF 2013
At the beginning of every screening at the New York Asian Film Festival, the good folks at Subway Cinema handed out little slips ...
Features
NYAFF Non-Review: Sion Sono’s Bad Film is a masterpiece
Sion Sono’s Bad Film is truly a movie that should not exist. Shot in the mid 90s on Hi8 video, the film ran ...
Reviews
Japan Cuts Review: Rurouni Kenshin
I have all 28 volumes of the Rurouni Kenshin manga. When I hear the first few notes of “Freckles,” I am suddenly returned ...
Reviews
Japan Cuts Review: The Warped Forest
When I explained to a friend that I had just seen a film that featured trees that are actually women with skin colored “branches” ...
Ten films that should be in the Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection is amazing, but it could always be more amazing. The ever-expanding list of films (so much of which is worth ...
Trailers
First Oldboy remake trailer looks exactly like Oldboy
So here it is. The long awaited (ha!) trailer for Spike Lee’s unnecessary remake of Oldboy. It’s two and a half minutes of ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: Very Ordinary Couple
When most non-Koreans think of Korean films, they think of deeply disturbed violence and bleak, depressing dramas (I know I used to). What ...
Features
After the Credits: The Korean Rom-Coms of NYAFF 2013
I very seriously considered doing a dual review of How to Use Guys with Secret Tips and Very Ordinary Couple. I’ve only ever written ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: Secretly Greatly
Before the NYAFF screening of Secretly Greatly, director Jang Cheol-Soo (the man behind the oft-mentioned-by-me Bedevilled), came out and said a few words. ...
NYAFF Review: Lesson of the Evil
Takashi Miike, who makes at least a dozen films a year, has been off making Samurai films and videogame adaptations instead of the blood-drenched ...
Features
Interview: Lee Won-Suk (How to Use Guys with Secret Tips)
The best film I saw at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival (our recap of which will be up late next week) ...