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 ...
Tag: New York Asian Film Festival 2013
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NYAFF Review: Comrade Kim Goes Flying
The strangest thing about Comrade Kim Goes Flying is the nationality of its directors. When I first heard that there was a collaboration between the ...
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NYAFF Review: How to Use Guys with Secret Tips
At last year’s NYAFF, it seemed like every other film I saw blew me away. Looking back at the roundup, almost half of ...
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NYAFF Review: When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep
When people use the word “cute” to describe a movie, it’s usually dismissive. “It was cute,” as if there was an unstated “Eh” ...
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NYAFF Review: Hardcore Comedy
I’m willing to forgive occasional errors in subtitle translations. It’s a tedious job and mistakes happen, whatever. I see them, and it makes ...
Dada Chan Interview (Tales from the Dark/Hardcore Comedy)
Dada Chan doesn’t want to be seen as a sex icon. That was clear to me as soon as I walked into the ...
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NYAFF Review: Taiwan Black Movies
Sometimes it’s difficult for documentaries to convey all they hope to convey, especially when the documentary is about a film genre or a ...
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NYAFF Review: Catnip
I think it was George Saunders who said that the worst comment a writer can receive about his or her work is that ...
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NYAFF Review: Tales from the Dark Part 1
Tales from the Dark Part 1 had its world premiere last Friday at the New York Asian Film Festival. It’s an anthology horror ...
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Japan Cuts Review: Thermae Romae
The plot of Thermae Romae sounds like it was born from a drunken night of playing Mad Libs: a bath house architect from ...
Japan Cuts Review: A Story of Yonosuke
A Story of Yonosuke clocks in at 160 minutes, which is a good chunk of time to spend with the title character and ...
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NYAFF Interview: Jung Ji-Woo (Director of Eungyo/A Muse)
One of the more interesting films I saw at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival was Eungyo, also known as A Muse, ...