The 2016 NYAFF is here and the first film that I had an opportunity to view was writer/director Kim Jin-hwang’s The Boys Who Cried Wolf. This South Korean almost noir/thriller is a mixed ba... Read more
Yesterday, the NYAFF hosted the world premiere of Twisted Justice, the opening night film for the festival’s 15th anniversary. Hailing from Japan, this crime epic inspired by the biggest sc... Read more
IT’S BACK! That’s right, my favorite festival, the New York Asian Film Festival is returning this year at the end of June for its 15th anniversary. This week, the festival annou... Read more
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
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