Review: Train to Busan
In my review of Yeon Sang-Ho’s Seoul Station from this year’s New York Asian Film Festival, I said that I felt it would have been ...
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Review: Lake Nowhere
I saw Lake Nowhere last Halloween. I first heard about the film about a month prior, at the press screening for The Last ...
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Review: Lights Out
Last April (man, time flies), I saw a film called Unfriended. I liked it well enough, but as is so often the case, ...
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NYAFF Capsule Review: Twisted Justice
It’s fascinating to watch a film about the police searching for criminal guns while living in a country where the ubiquity of guns ...
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NYAFF Capsule Review: Seoul Station
At NYAFF 2012, I saw a movie called The King of Pigs. I wanted to like it, but I couldn’t get over the ...
NYAFF Capsule Review: Jagat (Brutal)
Brutal (Jagat)Director: Shanjhey Kumar PerumalRating: NRCountry: Malaysia
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NYAFF Capsule Review: Maverick
When you think of “Asian cop movie about systemic corruption” you likely get a very specific image in your head: fast-paced, action-packed thrill ...
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NYAFF Capsule Review: The Mermaid
It’s always fascinating to me to see blockbusters from other countries. The Mermaid is the highest grossing Chinese film of all time; that’s ...
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Review: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
A couple weeks ago was the finale for the forty-first season of Saturday Night Live. At one point, fairly late in the show, ...
The 2016 New York Asian Film Festival Is Almost Here
Is it really that time again already? Wow. Apparently it is. NYAFF time. For the past five years, we have been covering the ...
Review: Cash Only
What would you do to get your daughter back from an Eastern European mob man? Your first answer is probably, “Become Liam Neeson.” ...
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Review: Keanu
I think everyone can agree that Key and Peele was a great show, and I think all of us were at least a ...