Cafe. Waiting. Love finishes off a trio of excellent films that I watched over the past 24 hours. This quirky, offbeat Taiwanese comedy by director Chiang Chin-lin and written by Giddens Ho... Read more
Let’s cut right to the chase. This is a very particular style of film and unless it hits your ‘spot’ you won’t like it. I unfortunately fall into the latter half of t... Read more
It took less than five minutes of watching Lee Byeong-Hun‘s South Korean coming-of-age comedy to know I was hooked. It didn’t take too long after that to realise that (subject to... Read more
This isn’t my favourite teen-crime noir thriller about social media justice with regards to the question of who’s the real villain in social media punishment…but it’l... Read more
It’s been a bit of a slow start to this years NYAFF, but as we enter the business end of the festival things are picking up in the form of the unusual, unorthodox horror, Violater. The... Read more
Banglasia might be the most difficult film to sum up in the entire festival, and it’s definitely going to be the most niche film. This one’s going to be short. The story itself i... Read more
Imagine, if you will, if West Side Story was set in what appears to be a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, a grunge looking city reminiscent of The FP mixed with the fighting spirit and collective gan... Read more
While heading home from class, three classmates, none of whom are friends, discover the body of a girl in an alleyway shortly after she jumped off a balcony. After giving a statement and be... Read more
With the NYAFF officially commencing from my perspective, the first film I decided to watch was a Taiwanese crowd-pleaser called Second Chance, directed by Wen-Yen Kung. Second Chance is wh... Read more
As we enter into July, now starts my favourite time of the year on the film calendar here at Movie Buzzers, for it’s the start of the 14th New York Asian Film Festival (June 26th – Jul... Read more
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