Review: Sinema Showoff! Beyond Paradise (Part 1)
The recent Sinema Showoff! event was titled Beyond Paradise, and the four films screened that night were all shot overseas. But...
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The new darling of kollywood
A FEW YEARS ago, Kollywood was abuzz with directors like Selvaraghavan who would darken their plotlines to intense levels. Now a...
Art house comedy hits all the right notes
The plot of The Piano in a Factory is easily summarized: A father makes a piano of steel to win over...
Web ratings prohibited for new Chinese movie
BEIJNG--At least two major entertainment websites in China have stopped allowing users to review the country's newest propaganda blockbuster on the...
The science of martial arts
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Epic films a record of revival
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Tim Burton: Nine monster movies that inspired him
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Multicultural film fest beckons foreign residents
Though some 1.2 million foreigners reside in Korea, amenities for non-natives are still deemed insufficient. In hopes of filling in the...
A Rogue Film Festival Earns Respect (Sort Of)
The New York Asian Film Festival has an image to uphold, based on a well-honed story of low-rent beginnings and disreputable...
A void the ‘Void’ if you’re squeamish
Just a few minutes into Gaspar Noe's pretentious but absorbing Enter the Void, its hero is shot dead during a drug...
10th Annual New York Asian Film Festival Preview
For ten years, Subway Cinema has been presenting the best of Asian cinema for two weeks of mayhem to some of...
Filmmaker-MTRCB board member Milo Sogueco remains hopeful for PNoy
MANILA, Philippines "“ While some are alarmed with the fluctuating approval rating of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, there are those...