Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises hits NY/LA in November
I’m really excited to be seeing Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises at the New York Film Festival. If you’re not attending the NYFF screenings ...
Tag: Foreign
Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer may not be cut for Weinstein
Not too long ago we reported that Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer would be getting cut by 20 minutes for US release because The Weinstein ...
Reviews
Review: A Touch of Sin
It’s remarkable what a little context can do. My initial impressions about A Touch of Sin were generally positive but also ambivalent. I ...
Reviews
NYFF Review: The Missing Picture
At last year’s New York Asian Film Festival I saw a documentary called Golden Slumbers, which focused on the lost cinema of Cambodia. ...
Reviews
NYFF Review: Like Father, Like Son
The film Still Walking by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda has been on my to-watch list for a little while. It’s supposed to be ...
Review: Blue Is the Warmest Color
There are many examples of desire in Blue Is the Warmest Color that are nuanced and downright erotic. These moments are communicated in ...
Reviews
NYFF Review: Stray Dogs
Sometimes I’m torn between the thing itself and the idea of the thing. I may not enjoy a book, for instance, but I ...
Hayao Miyazaki explains why he’s retiring
There was a shock at the Venice Film Festival last weekend when Studio Ghibli president Koji Hoshino announced that The Wind Rises would ...
Trailers
The Young and Prodigious Spivet lands images and trailer
So you know how you like Amélie, but you sometimes think, “Man, I wish that movie could be even more adorable and heartwarming.” Check ...
Reviews
Review: The Happy Life
I’ve been playing music for years off and on, but I’ve never been particularly great at it. Mostly I play the drums, but ...
Fantasia Review: The Weight
When The Weight started, I thought for a moment that I was watching the wrong movie. Even though the opening credits were in ...
Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster cut by 20 mins for US
Wong Kar Wai’s long-in-the-making Ip Man film The Grandmaster finally hits the US next week, and it will be about 20 minutes shorter ...