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....
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....
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....
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....
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?...
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. ...
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?"....
Hieu Chau is a writer and film programmer whose passion for film was firmly cemented after seeing South Korean revenge thriller Oldboy for the first time. His love of Asian cinema is rivaled by his love for Star Wars and pro-wrestling. His writing work has been featured in Kill Screen, Modern Korean Cinema, Meld Magazine, The Australia Times and other publications.
