Studio Ghibli Releases Opening Scene From Controversial New Film
Studio Ghibli has released the opening scene from its controversial new film. Last year the studio released a series of stills...
Analysis: Forget the ‘Real’ India — Is There a ‘Real’ America in ‘The White Tiger’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?
(Spoilers ahead for Slumdog Millionaire and The White Tiger) The release of Ramin Bharani’s The White Tiger has brought about a...
GIVEAWAY: Win a Pair of Complimentary Movie Passes to Horror Mystery ‘The Room’
Win a pair of complimentary movie passes to horror mystery The Room! Film Trailer and Synopsis Kate (Olga Kurylenko) and Matt...
No More ‘Fake Diversity’ on Screen. It’s About Quality, as Well as Quantity
I worked at the BBC for 24 years, eight years as a senior executive in Scotland. One of the most “W1A” moments (a...
Netflix Takes World Rights To Venice Film Festival Winner ‘The Disciple’, Exec-Produced By Alfonso Cuaron
Netflix has taken world rights to Venice Film Festival Best Screenplay winner and Spirit Award nominee The Disciple, which is executive-produced by Oscar...
Setting the Scene: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Spy Film Genre
‘Setting The Scene’ is a column where we examine how a country’s culture, economy, history and politics all come together to...
Chinese Hit Film ‘A Little Red Flower’ Graded Using DaVinci Resolve Studio 17
Blackmagic Design announced that the Chinese hit film A Little Red Flower was graded by Beijing based post house Homeboy using...
COVID-19 Deals Blow to S. Korea’s Indie, Arthouse Film Scene
As the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic has affected every cultural sector in South Korea, the independent and arthouse film circle is...
Cannes Confirms July Dates for 2021 Festival
The Cannes Film Festival has confirmed a new set of dates for this year’s event, which has again been postponed due to the...
When Escapism Becomes a Crutch in Storytelling
In late 2020, Netflix delivered us two irredeemably bad, inexplicably successful shows: Emily in Paris and Bridgerton. With their bizarre costume choices, meandering plots,...
Anthony Chen Re-Teams With ‘Wet Season’ Actors On Pandemic-Set Drama
Filmmaker Anthony Chen is re-uniting with his Ilo Ilo and Wet Season stars Yeo Yann Yann and Koh Jia Ler on the third film in his ‘growing...
Film Review: ‘Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train’ Dazzles with Captivating Fight Sequences and Pristine Animation
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared...