NYAFF Review: Comrade Kim Goes Flying
The strangest thing about Comrade Kim Goes Flying is the nationality of its directors. When I first heard that there was a collaboration between the ...
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NYAFF Review: When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep
When people use the word “cute” to describe a movie, it’s usually dismissive. “It was cute,” as if there was an unstated “Eh” ...
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NYAFF Review: How to Use Guys with Secret Tips
At last year’s NYAFF, it seemed like every other film I saw blew me away. Looking back at the roundup, almost half of ...
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Japan Cuts Review: A Story of Yonosuke
A Story of Yonosuke clocks in at 160 minutes, which is a good chunk of time to spend with the title character and ...
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Japan Cuts Review: Thermae Romae
The plot of Thermae Romae sounds like it was born from a drunken night of playing Mad Libs: a bath house architect from ...
Review: It’s Me It’s Me
Doppelgangers are the stuff of horror and of comedy. It would be uncanny to see yourself as a stranger — the self’s own ...
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NYAFF Review: Tales from the Dark Part 1
Tales from the Dark Part 1 had its world premiere last Friday at the New York Asian Film Festival. It’s an anthology horror ...
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NYAFF Review: Catnip
I think it was George Saunders who said that the worst comment a writer can receive about his or her work is that ...
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NYAFF Review: Taiwan Black Movies
Sometimes it’s difficult for documentaries to convey all they hope to convey, especially when the documentary is about a film genre or a ...
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Review: Behind the Camera: Why Mr. E Went to Hollywood
As a reviewer, there’s only so many, there is a constant cloud hanging over my head questioning whether or not I am just ...
NYAFF Review: Eungyo (A Muse)
I have a tendency to forget, and I doubt that I’m the only one, that pedophilia does not refer to teenagers. In fact, ...
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NYAFF Review: Confession of Murder
It’s interesting to see the way other cultures portray their media. I’m not talking about the television pundits that get across important plot ...