“Cinema of Globalization”
Every year, the Oscar category for Best Foreign Language Film pits nations against each other, but this year's five nominees -...
A dark comedy: Red Numbers
RED NUMBERS is a Mandarin language dark comedy that follows an underdog's fight against destiny, as he races against a hodgepodge of...
Aku Tak Bodoh
Does a Singapore film need a remake so soon? I'm not sure, and judging by the end product of Aku Tak...
Singapore’s Best Films
It's an exciting time for Singaporean cinema. From Cannes to Jeonju and everywhere in between, Singaporean films have become a fixture....
“I go to Toys “R” Us and pretend to be the good father”: Eric Khoo
Singaporean film-maker Eric Khoo, whose award winning films such as Mee Pok Man and 12 Storeys talk to us in an...
Chinese, International Producers Beat Path to Co-Productions
Producers and movie industry advocates visiting the Beijing International Film Festival's first full day on Sunday from around the world joined...
Production Talk – “Tabula Rasa” by Malcolm Ong
The film was originally made to compete in the 2010 Creative Video Awards organised by SMA, to fit the competition theme...
Guillotines suspended in mid-air
Hong Kong and Chinese production group We Pictures has halted its period martial arts action film The Guillotines (formerly known as...
Made in Bollywood, but sub-titled for the world
Bollywood's clout is spreading beyond Indians in the US, the UK the UAE and Australia. For, movies such as My Name...
The Urge for Survival: Japanese movies about the horrors of at home
Kaneto Shindo's melodramas are about war, but they're not about combat or fighting. In focusing on the domestic aftermath of violence,...
Cannes takes an Indian film as an afterthought
In what seems like a consolation prize for Indian cinema, a feature produced by Shekhar Kapur exclusively for the 64th edition...
Shanghai Film Festival Launches Mobile Film Competition
Organizers of the first mobile phone film competition at The 14th Shanghai International Film Festival will accept submissions until April 30...