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NYAFF 2010

Third Window Acquires SAWAKO DECIDES For Theatrical and Home Video

by J Hurtado, January 25, 2011 8:18 AM


Our friends at Third Window Films are happy to announce their latest acquisition: Sawako Decides.  The film played to very appreciative audiences this year at Camera Japan in Rotterdam, Fantasia in Montreal, and the New York Asian Film Festival.  It...

Ben's Year in Film: Reflections and a Top Ten

by Ben Umstead, January 1, 2011 12:00 PM


I started off 2010 in the hustle and bustle of New York, and things now come to a close just outside of Washington D.C. in the quiet woods of Maryland. That quiet has given me time and space to reflect... More >>

TIFF 2010: CONFESSIONS Review

by Ben Umstead, September 13, 2010 9:12 PM


[With Confessions screening at the Toronto International Film Festival we now revisit Ben's previous review of the film.]By the time you read this review for Tatsuya Nakashima's CONFESSIONS, it will have been re-phrased, re-focused, hell, re-written at least half a... More >>

NYAFF 2010: Team Twitch Wraps Up

by Ben Umstead, July 9, 2010 5:05 PM


With last night's screening of BLADES OF BLOOD and GALLANTS (which tied with CASTAWAY ON THE MOON for the Audience Award), the 9th annual New York Asian Film Festival has come to a close. We at Twitch have to thank...

NYAFF 2010: Documentaries Are Lying To You - The Tetsuaki Matsue Interview

by Charles Webb, July 9, 2010 12:00 PM


[The New York Asian Film Festival has wrapped, but here's one last interview for the stack.] Director Tetsuaki Matsue has 5 films to his credit and is already making a name for himself with thought-provoking and insightful documentaries. His recent...

NYAFF 2010: Power Kids (AKA Force of Five) Review

by Charles Webb, July 7, 2010 10:42 PM


Power Kids is a movie awesome in its ridiculousness, spectacular in its madness. It is by all appearances a kids' film that just happens to involve a group of plucky preteens battling a hospital full of rebels to get possession...

NYAFF 2010: MERANTAU Review

by Ben Umstead, July 7, 2010 8:30 PM


[Our thanks to Mark Popham for the following review.]Hey, did someone order an "Ong Bak"? I mean, I think that's what they delivered- looks like a young man leaves his country home, goes to the big city, steps in to...

NYAFF 2010: Action Actress - The Asami Interview

by Charles Webb, July 6, 2010 11:43 AM


The adult video star and action queen simply known as Asami has made a name for herself during a relatively short career in gonzo spectacles like Machine Girl (2008), Robogeisha (2009)  and more recently Mutant Girl Squad (2010). Recently at...

NYAFF 2010: TIAN AN MEN Review

by Ben Umstead, July 6, 2010 9:45 AM


[Our Thanks to Christopher Bourne for the following review.]Aliens, ninjas, mutant girls, soft porn, ass-kicking martial arts, unclassifiable weirdness ... the New York Asian Film Festival truly has something for everyone, and these elements are perennials of this festival...

NYAFF 2010: Simon Sez - An interview with Simon Yam

by Ben Umstead, July 5, 2010 4:00 PM


[Once again thanks goes to the incomparable Diva Velez, for the following interview - one which was edited down from an hour long conversation... oh, to have been there, fan boys...] The Lady Miz Diva:  Mr. Yam, you started your...
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