“Insidious” Director James Wan: Tired of torture porn, “I want to make my romantic comedy”
Seven years after launching the horror franchise "Saw," director James Wan wants to revitalize the genre once more with his haunted...
Slash and earn: the blood-soaked rise of South Korean cinema
Next month, South Korean director Kim Jee-woon's new film, I Saw the Devil, is released on these shores. It's a bloody...
Quickie film production hits Cloverdale
A heritage house on a creepy wooded hilltop in Cloverdale was the scene of a two-day horror film shoot last weekend....
China Tells WTO To Be Patient on Movie Market Opening
Two weeks have passed since China promised to tell the World Trade Organization what it's doing about allowing an agreed upon...
Malaysia’s 1st gay film makes profit in 5 days
Malaysia's first gay-themed romance film has become a swift box-office success, attracting curious cinema audiences who rarely get to see movies...
Japan’s fantasy films act as a buffer against the reality of the natural world
In September 2008, Hayao Miyazaki, the author of Spirited Away, attended the Venice festival to present his most recent full-length film,...
Content can stop Indian film industry’s flops
The $2 billion Indian film industry is facing tough times with most movies falling flat at the box office. Experts say...
Why the Mosaic? – The Origins of Censorship in Japanese Pornography
It may surprise you to know that Japan, home to hentai, tentacle porn and bukakke, has had strict laws censoring its...
Chinese box office predicted to exceed North American within decade
At the opening day of the annual CinemaCon annual conference for theater owners in Las Vegas, Warner Bros. international executives noted...
Astro Shaw ups ante with production, pickups
Malaysian film and TV conglomerate Astro Shaw has picked up rights in several territories to upcoming action film Bunohan (formerly Bunga...
Vintage Bollywood studio faces uncertain future
Mehboob Khan has carried equipment at the Filmistan Studio for the last 40 years, rubbing shoulders with some of the greatest...
A Director Who Can Recall His Past Lives
In the 10 months since Apichatpong Weerasethakul's film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" was awarded the Palme d'Or...