Film Review: Beguiling Spy-Thriller ‘Saturday Fiction’ Misses The Mark Despite Spellbinding Performances
An actress gathers intelligence for the Allies in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Director: Lou Ye Cast: Gong Li, Mark Chao, Joe Odagiri Year:...
REVIEWS
Film Review: Tan Pin Pin’s ‘Invisible City’ Uncovers Stories That Would Have Been Lost to the Sands of Time
Chronicling the ways people attempt to leave a mark before they and their histories disappear, 'Invisible City' director Tan Pin Pin...
Film Review: ‘I WeirDO’ Strikes the Perfect Balance Between Mainstream Rom-Com and Arthouse
Chen Po-Ching lives in isolation because of his obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). However, his mundane life turns around when he encounters...
Film Review: Crime Thriller ‘Andhadhun’ Entertains with Its Gripping Genre-Bending Plot
A series of mysterious events change the life of a blind pianist, who must now report a crime that he should...
Perspectives Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Strawberry Mansion’
In a world where the government records and taxes dreams, an unassuming dream auditor gets swept up in a cosmic journey...
Japanese Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to...
BIFF 2021 Review: ‘Yuni’
Yuni is an Indonesian teenage girl who realizes that when her dreams get bigger, the world around her gets smaller. She...
Film Review: ‘The Year of the Everlasting Storm’
Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a...
BIFF 2021 Review: ’24’
An examination of life and death through the experiences of a dead film sound recordist whose spirit is drawn to 24...
Film Review: ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor,...
Film Review: ‘#ALIVE’ (2020) — Game All Night, Live Longer
Written by Murphy B. Summary When his online friends debate about the veracity of some shocking footage on the news, a...
Film Review: ‘The Green Knight’ Journeys Down the Tangled Road to Greatness
A fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Director: David Lowery Cast: Dev Patel, Alicia...