Way back during this year’s New York Asian Film Festival, I had a chance to sit down face to face with one of the coolest Chinese action stars and one of the top martial arts stars in the wo... Read more
Directed by Peter Chan, Dragon, also known as Wu Xia, is a martial arts detective story that feels like a mash up of Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars and any movie where a criminal lives a reforme... Read more
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, A Boy and His Samurai) is one of the most interesting Japanese directors working today so I obviously had to make it a point to sit down and watch his latest... Read more
It seems that every few months I hear about a western film emerging out of Asia and ever since I saw The Good, The Bad, The Weird I make damn sure I pay attention to them in case another ama... Read more
Zero Man vs the Half Virgin is a wacky feature from Japanese director Sakichi Sato (scripted Ichi the Killer) about a guy who realizes he has probably the oddest superpower ever. Kenichiro... Read more
Talk about a great movie going experience. As I sat in the audience eagerly awaiting the New York premiere of Takashi Miike’s latest film, Ace Attorney, a live-action adaptation of the mass... Read more
“It’s just a movie, not real life.” This is one of the opening lines to Joey Boy’s feature film debut, Dead Bite, and it’s the perfect type of line that should preced... Read more
The NYAFF is on a roll this year with their selection of romantic comedies. Of the three I’ve seen I’m surprised to say that I’ve enjoyed them all, which is very rare for the genre. The la... Read more
“On Earth, a lot of bees have disappeared. The strange thing is we can’t find the bodies of the dead bees, not even one.” Recently, Taiwanese director Chen Hung-I’s film Honey Pupu made its... Read more
I’ll be honest, I don’t have a favorite romantic comedy but, being a man, that shouldn’t come as any surprise. It’s not until we age and give in to our female companions that we sit down an... Read more
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