NYFF 2016: Our Most Anticipated Movies of the 54th New York Film Festival
The 54th New York Film Festival kicks off on Friday, September 30th and runs until Sunday, October 16th. This year’s slate looks generally ...
Tag: Film Festivals
The first Women Texas Film Festival is coming (and worth paying attention to)
It feels like, at any given moment, there are at least 25 film festivals going on that I’m supposed to be watching out ...
Reviews
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 ...
Reviews
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 ...
Reviews
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
NYC: New Directors/New Films starts next week (March 16-27)
The 45th edition of New Directors/New Films starts next week in New York City. New Directors/New Films showcases emerging filmmakers from around the ...
DOC NYC starts this week, runs November 12-19
DOC NYC is one of my favorite film festivals in New York City. Each year, DOC NYC showcases some of the best non-fiction ...
The 2015 New York Korean Film Festival is coming
My favorite New York-based film festival of the year is the New York Asian Film Festival. It has a special place in my ...
Review: Shrew’s Nest
When I was in middle school, we’d periodically have a writer, Jon Land, come and talk to us. He’d talk about writing and ...
Reviews
Japan Cuts Capsule Review: Strayer’s Chronicle
It’s hard to make a rip-off of X-Men without hundreds of millions of dollars to back up the production. With a relatively minimal ...