NYC: Watch wonder women kick ass at the Old School Kung Fu Fest (August 18-20)
Subway Cinema’s seventh edition of The Old School Kung Fu Fest is back this weeked at The Metrograph, running from Friday, August 18th ...
Tag: Foreign
Reviews
Review: Endless Poetry
In what may be the final years of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s life, his work has turned inward and become sentimentally personal. He’s exploring his ...
The 2017 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) starts today
It’s that time of year again. One of the best film festivals in the city is about to get underway. The New York ...
Trailers
Trailer: Acclaimed anime In This Corner of the World looks like a moving war-torn romance
I’m not familiar with the films of Sunao Katabuchi, but after watching the trailer for In This Corner of the World, I want ...
New posters for Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja describe the characters in terms of choice cuts
Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja looks like a hoot–a Spielbergian eco-adventure about a brave girl and her mutant super pig. Reviews out of Cannes have ...
Tribeca Capsule Review: Rock’n Roll
I feel like I might have appreciated Rock’n Roll more if I was familiar with French pop culture and the country’s film industry. ...
Reviews
Tribeca Capsule Review: Mr. Long
Juzo Itami’s Tampopo was a quirky blend of western tropes and epicurean delight. SABU’s Mr. Long is sort of like a nihilistic Tampopo. ...
Reviews
Tribeca Capsule Review: King of Peking
There’s something undeniably charming about Sam Voutas’ King of Peking. I smiled my way through a lot of the film, and snippets of its ...
Trailers
New Mary and the Witch’s Flower trailer showcases magic from ex-Ghibli talent
Even though Hayao Miyazaki is no longer retired, Studio Ghibli is in a transition period. The venerable studio went on a hiatus in ...
Reviews
Tribeca Capsule Review: November
I want to describe the opening scene of Rainer Sarnet’s November because it’s absolutely bonkers. There’s a sentient creature comprised of three scythes and ...
Watch the US trailers for Makoto Shinkai’s anime mega-hit Your Name
Despite some of my qualms about its second half, Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name was a good coming-of-age body swap film with an undeniable ...
Reviews
Review: My Life as a Zucchini
There’s this pervasive idea that children are resilient, that they’re able to cope well even in dire circumstances. In stories about forlorn kids, ...