Reviews - Filmed in Ether

SFF 2016 Review: Under the Sun

Hieu ChauJune 14, 2016

Vitaly Mansky's eye-opening documentary Under the Sun goes deep into the North Korean propaganda machine and asks: "Does the North Korean dream exist?"....

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SFF 2016 Review: The Road

Pooiee LohJune 10, 2016

Chinese documentary The Road covers three years of a controversial highway's construction, revealing systemic corruption.and violence in its creation....

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HRAFF 2016 Review: Hooligan Sparrow

Matthew RookeMay 3, 2016

Nanfu Wang's debut documentary, Hooligan Sparrow, sees women's rights activist Ye Haiyan fight to bring justice for six sexually abused Chinese schoolgirls....

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Review: Chongqing Hot Pot

Hieu ChauApril 15, 2016

What begins as a heist film becomes something so much more in the small but hugely fun and surprising Chinese crime-comedy Chongqing Hot Pot. ...

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Review: The Bodyguard

Hieu ChauApril 13, 2016

It was one of our anticipated films of 2016 but does Sammo Hung's martial arts drama The Bodyguard live up to expectations? ...

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Review: The Mermaid

Hieu ChauMarch 15, 2016

Who would've thought a Stephen Chow-directed comedy could be so environmentally conscientious?! Hieu and Hayley talk about the hilarious film, The Mermaid....

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Review: SPL 2: A Time for Consequences

Brooke HeinzMarch 9, 2016

Ten years after the original Donnie Yen film, SPL 2: A Time for Consequences is a spiritual sequel that delivers martial arts action in spades. ...

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Review: Double Xposure

Hieu ChauFebruary 22, 2016

It's not without its faults, but Li Yu's Double Xposure features the best dramatic performance by Chinese star Fan Bingbing to date. ...

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Review: The Boy and the Beast

Hieu ChauFebruary 15, 2016

Mamoru Hosoda returns with his latest animated adventure, The Boy and the Beast, a film that's equal parts martial arts film, coming-of-age and fantasy....

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Review: Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo

Hieu ChauFebruary 7, 2016

The latest entry in the popular and controversial Evangelion series - Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo - is the best yet. ...

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Review: Secret

Caroline TanJanuary 6, 2016

Taiwanese megastar Jay Chou makes his directorial debut in 2007 romantic drama Secret, a personal romantic high school drama inspired by his teenage years....

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JFF 2015 Review: Poison Berry in My Brain

Pooiee LohJanuary 4, 2016

What if Inside Out was turned into a Japanese rom-com? The result: Poison Berry in My Brain, which follows a novelist who witnesses love at first sight....

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