Mist
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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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...
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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 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...
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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 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...
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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...
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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?...
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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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...
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