Sundance 2021 SUNDANCE INTERVIEW: ‘The Unseen River’ Director Phạm Ngọc Lân My eyes immediately caught it: a name, with diacritics and tones used in the Vietnamese ...
Sundance 2021 SUNDANCE INTERVIEW: ‘Raspberry’ director Julian Doan When Sundance asked Julian Doan to give them his name’s phonetic pronunciation, he said he ...
Film Reviews REVIEW: Luzzu (Sundance 2021) Even when Luzzu is ashore, it’s always among the waves. The urgent, almost too much ...
Film Reviews REVIEW: The Queen of Black Magic (2021) If for any reason you don’t come to the conclusion that director Kimo Stamboel’s latest ...
Film Reviews REVIEW: Lucky Grandma (2020) Since she is widowed, you can say that the New York-based Grandma Wong (Tsai Chin) ...
Nightstream 2020 REVIEW: The Night (Nightstream 2020) When COVID-19 is gone, or when nations’ leaders say “COVID-19 is gone” and the people’s ...
Nightstream 2020 REVIEW: Run (Nightstream 2020) Diane (Sarah Paulson), at last, gets to see her newborn daughter. On the verge of ...
Fantasia Film Festival 2020 REVIEW: The Undertaker’s Home (Fantasia 2020) Resting the dead can be a restless business. In a surprising divergence from the calm ...
Film Reviews REVIEW: Ròm (2020) Just the one number 41 holds 41-plus meanings to different people. It is niobium to ...
Action & Adventure REVIEW: The Paper Tigers (Fantasia 2020) Lo, writer-director’s Tran Quoc Bao’s debut feature might be a superhero story. On a thunderous, ...
Drama REVIEW: Centigrade (2020) At first glance, this seems like a cautionary tale for viewers in Myanmar, Liberia and ...
Film Reviews REVIEW: Peninsula (2020) Four years have passed since a reanimated deer put into motion a suspenseful zombie-filled ride ...