Hieu Chau, Author at Filmed in Ether

Interview: Indonesian filmmaker Kamila Andini on ‘Following Diana’

Hieu ChauNovember 29, 2016

Hieu Chau speaks with Indonesian writer-director Kamila Andini about Indonesian filmmaking, feminism and her outstanding short film, Following Diana....

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Review: Your Name

Hieu ChauNovember 23, 2016

Makoto Shinkai finally merges science fiction and emotional storytelling to amazing effect with Japan's animated box office sensation, Your Name....

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Review: Yourself and Yours

Hieu ChauNovember 20, 2016

Hong Sang-soo's Yourself and Yours continues the director's trademark look at relationships but forgoes some of the director's usual tricks to great effect....

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JFF 2016 Review: The Long Excuse

Hieu ChauNovember 13, 2016

A fading celebrity author copes through the loss of his wife by taking care of two kids in Miwa Nishikawa's intriguing character study, The Long Excuse....

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Review: Shin Godzilla

Hieu ChauOctober 18, 2016

Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno restores the King of Monsters to its former glory with the politically intense Shin Godzilla! ...

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Review: The Last Princess

Hieu ChauOctober 10, 2016

Set during Japan's occupation of Korea, Hur Jin-ho brings the story of the last Korean royal to life in blockbuster Korean biopic, The Last Princess....

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Review: Tunnel

Hieu ChauSeptember 6, 2016

South Korea's socially conscious disaster film, Tunnel, draws a career-best performance from acting heavyweight Ha Jung-woo. ...

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MIFF 2016 Review: Our Huff and Puff Journey

Hieu ChauAugust 17, 2016

Our Huff and Puff Journey continues Daigo Matsui's brand of teenage pop filmmaking with a heartfelt story of fleeting youth and adventure at its core....

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MIFF 2016 Review: Happy Hour

Hieu ChauAugust 16, 2016

At five hours long, Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Happy Hour's focus on women, communication and emotional intimacy makes it one of the year's most intriguing films....

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MIFF 2016 Review: After the Storm

Hieu ChauAugust 13, 2016

Hirokazu Koreeda returns with After the Storm, a small yet intimate film about divorce that's handled with a deeply humanistic grace....

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MIFF 2016 Review: Harmonium

Hieu ChauAugust 9, 2016

Koji Fukada's Cannes award-winning Harmonium is a family drama centered on repentance and sin but where does it fit in Japan's history of that genre?...

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Review: Three

Hieu ChauJune 27, 2016

Hong Kong crime master Johnnie To returns to the genre that defined him in Three, a hospital-set thriller starring Louis Koo, Vicki Zhao and Wallace Chung. ...

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