A Train Ride with Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The experience of being able to hear Cannes Best Picture Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul share about Thai films and filmmaking one-to-one, was...
Five Minutes Of Edmund Yeo’s EXHALATION
The Malaysian born, Japan based film maker has a pair of short films on the festival circuit right now, both of...
Edmund Yeo: I am quite a loner
Born 1984 in Singapore, trained as a filmmaker in Australia, and now based in Japan. Edmund is a Malaysian filmmaker who...
China’s ‘What Women Want’ Remake to Get U.S. Release
The Mandarin-language remake of What Women Want, starring Andy Lau and Gong Li, will open at select North American theaters day-and-date...
Chinese animation films fill in box office peak time
With winter vacation meaning there's a nation of children who need entertaining, three Chinese animation films are filling in this traditionally...
A new channel of revenue for films
ASTRO First, a new channel which offers the latest Malaysian movies two weeks after their cinema run, is set to change...
Creativity weak link in China’s film industry
Actor-director Jiang Wen's latest movie, Let the Bullets Fly, has made over $100 million at the box office, beating out Inception...
Araki describes filmmaking ‘struggle’
US filmmaker Gregg Araki, most of whose movies have made their debuts at the Sundance independent film festivals, told AFP that...
Production Talk – ‘Twisted’ by Chai Yee Wei
Twisted revolves around a soft-drugs dealer who banged up a young girl, a pair of con men who wants to turn...
TVB launches HK movie channel
TVB Pay Vision, a Hong Kong pay-TV group, is to launch a new film channel this weekend. It kicks off with...
Varma challenges himself with no-budget film
If 2010 was the year of low-budget films, then 2011 is kicking off with a no-budget film. Director Ram Gopal Varma...
Berlin gives special slots to Sacrifice, Speech
Chen Kaige's film Sacrifice was selected for the Berlin festival in a special screening slot. Australian-UK co-production The Kings Speech, and...