Film Reviews
Hiroki's film is a mixture of thoughtful and iconoclastic formal techniques and tired anime clichés. A watered down Secretary at the high school level.
Read MoreA different take on the true crime serial killer film with a handful of interesting ideas both thematically and narratively despite the film's overall flaws conveying those ideas.
Read MoreKore-eda tries his hand at the detective genre. Already his latest, a spiritual successor to Still Walking, attains must-see status.
Read MoreAn in-depth look at Toshiro Mifune's craft and personal life, this documentary is also a brisk crash course on a specific time and section of Japanese film history.
Read MoreMost likely Yamashita's most reserved picture yet. He uses his stellar cast to portray a group of lost souls, the film itself matching their in-the-moment approach to living.
Read MoreThe World of Us takes a close, unsentimental look at the intricacies of the social world of children as it charts the formation and dissolution of a friendship.
Read MoreThis mystery thriller from Taiwan is a sordid tale of love, murder, and questionable journalistic practices.
Read MoreSono's latest is his F for Fake, an assault on the intellect that dares you to look away and forces you to mentally keep up.
Read MoreThis Taiwanese crime thriller is another exercise in rookie cop vs. corrupt politicians.
Read MoreFrom Nikkatsu's reboot of the roman porno genre comes this fun, self-aware battle of the sexes that indulges in the formula as much as it transcends it.
Read MoreYeon Sang-ho's live action debut is most assuredly a modern zombie classic with strong social and emotional concerns.
Read MoreIko Uwais finally gets to deliver another nuanced, powerful performance in this brutal Mo Brothers' martial arts film.
Read MoreKoji Fukada's latest is one of the year's best films. It's hypnotic nature and heartbreaking story will get under your skin and stay there.
Read MoreAs part of their focus on Taiwanese cinema, the San Diego Asian Film Festival showcases an early oddity from a master filmmaker.
Read MoreThe first South Korean co-production from Warner Bros., The Age of Shadows is easily Kim Jee-Woon's best Korean film since A Bittersweet Life.
Read MoreA genre-blending morality tale, Nerve is destined to be under-seen, underrated, and possibly misunderstood despite being successful on so many levels.
Read MoreThe Tunnel marks Kim Seong-hun's standing as a modern master of the Korean populist entertainment film, highly crafted and socially minded.
Read MorePark Chan-wook's latest is a return to his home tongue (mostly) but remains a continuation of obsessions present throughout his whole career. It's a slick and classy story of a confidence game with the usual romance and added perversity.
Read MoreJoin Oswald Creery on his journey through the golden age of pornography.
Read MoreMipo O has grown exponentially as a filmmaker with her latest film, a triptych of hurt and redemption. An incredible portrait of the potential of hope and choosing to break from unwritten rules of socially acceptable disengagement.
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