Last Song for You
Ekin Cheng shines in this tender romance with a mighty twist… Ekin Cheng shines in this directorial debut for screenwriter Jill Leung, previously best known for his collaborations with...
View ArticleHong Kong 1941
A love story and piece of history that still feels relevant today… The original title of the film translates as “Waiting for Dawn”, a far more poetic and apt moniker for a film that deals with the...
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Love in the Big City
A bright, offbeat portrait of friendship and survival, wrapped in the deceptive warmth of a romantic comedy… Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park (2019) is a well-researched work that, along with...
View ArticlePained
A man who can’t feel pain tries to look after a frail young woman in this 2011 Korean melodrama… Korean blockbuster director Kwak Kyung-taek, responsible for hits such as Friend and Typhoon tried...
View ArticleMiracles
Jackie Chan’s lavish, raucous remake of Frank Capra’s Pocketful of Miracles… Miracles is Jackie Chan’s loving tribute to Hollywood musicals and is often considered to be one of his most sophisticated...
View ArticleThe Snake Prince
Monster mayhem and musical madness ensue in forgotten Shaw Brothers delight, brought back to life by Imprint… Ever watched a version of Beauty and the Beast and thought it was lacking in giant...
View ArticleBye Bye Love
Isao Fujisawa delivers a true classic of political cinema… “Bodies are what really matter, right? Cause we won’t have them forever.” While spectators can enjoy older films without fully knowing the...
View ArticleThe Wedding Banquet
A much-needed modern reimagining of a beloved queer classic that’s just as messy, moving and earnest… Ang Lee’s 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet is a rom-com in theory and a horror flick in practice. A...
View ArticleSecret Love
A woman starts to wonder if she’s married the right twin in this increasingly odd 2010 Korean mystery… Popular Korean actor Yoo Ji-tae took on a double role as twin brothers in the 2010 mystery Secret...
View ArticleNomad
With great characters and fantastic cinematography, this classic Hong Kong film flows from one energetic scene to the next… A bored housewife who sits without talking and practices piano for hours each...
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Plastic
A dreamy musical delight, asking whether love can last like obsessions can… The story of how Plastic was born starts with a musician and a producer feeling nostalgic. Ide Kensuke and his producer...
View ArticleI Miss U
A woman finds herself haunted by the ghost of her new beau’s ex-girlfriend in this familiar Thai horror romance… Despite its title, I Miss U is actually a Thai horror film from back in 2012, albeit one...
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Cha-Cha
The rom-com sways far off into LOCO territory 3 steps at a time with a neo-Nipponese twist… Do you like cha-cha? More importantly, does Cha-Cha (Marika Itō of Nogizaka46, It’s a Summer Film!) like you?...
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July Rhapsody
Can living a lie with passion and sincerity make it true? A question richly confronted from many angles… In raw terms, turn-of-century Hong Kong (1997-2002) saw some of the most uncertain times the...
View ArticleLan Kwai Fong 3
The third and final entry in the Lan Kwai Fong series offers yet more trashy bed-hopping and soap opera shenanigans… Wilson Chin took a final trip back to Hong Kong’s hottest nightlife district...
View ArticleMimang
Walk on by with the past running through your mind… They walk, talk, and linger. They depart. Not because they want to, but because they must. The conversation has ebbed before the last uttered...
View ArticleShape of Night
Noboru Nakamura’s film needs to be counted among the classics of Japanese cinema… If one were to ask a group of people to define love and desire, many people would struggle to separate the one from the...
View ArticleIce Cream Fever
A whimsical scoop-of-life about four women finding connection and purpose in Tokyo… ‘This is not a film,’ announces Ice Cream Fever’s opening sequence in a quirky typeface. It’s the same as graphic...
View ArticleHwarang
As Park Seo-joon prepares to make his Hollywood debut in The Marvels, we look at an earlier action hero role… Hwarang is a K-pop version of how an elite corps of warriors were established to assist the...
View ArticleMist
An excellent introduction to the world of 1960s Korean cinema… It’s a strange thing how trends change; at the present moment we are experiencing a huge influx of Korean films, music, and television....
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