NYAFF 2012: It's An 'ACE' in the Hole as NYAFF Announces Audience Awards
I am a bit wary to just post a press releases almost all on its lonesome, but when it's from the folks at the New York Asian Film Festival, well... that's an exception I'll gladly make! So without further ado,... More »
  

NYAFF/Japan Cuts 2012 Screening: MONSTERS CLUB, A Brief But Beautiful Poetic Gem

One of the film's playing under the co-banner of the 2012 New York Asian Film Fest and Japan Society's Japan Cuts is Toshiaki Toyoda's Monsters Club, having its US premiere this Sunday, July 15 at Japan Society. Our correspondent Alexander... More »
  

NYAFF 2012: NY Premiere of Takashi Miike's ACE ATTORNEY
I remember being vaguely aware of Ace Attorney, the unlikely basis for Takashi Miike's latest mainstreamer, but never realized the game series had such a huge following. How huge, you ask? We're talking over 4 million units sold. That's a... More »
  

NYAFF 2012 Screening: SCABBARD SAMURAI, A Swordless, Sincere Comedy
Many of us here at Twitch adore funnyman-turned-filmmaker Hitoshi Matsumoto and his ever growing stable of directorial offerings. First we had the wildly inventive mockumentary Big Man Japan. Then there was the most profound film based around a fart joke... More »
  

NYAFF 2012 Retrospective: A Legend in the Flesh - The Life and Career of Choi Min-sik
Biography In discussing the life and works of South Korea's legendary actor Choi Min-sik, who is making a special appearance at this year's New York Asian Film Festival, I feel the first thing that should be mentioned is how very... More »
  

NYAFF 2012 Screening: The Full SEEDIQ BALE is an Epic Time at the Movies
This July 4th New Yorkers are offered a truly momentous way to spend the day, as the 2012 New York Asian Film Festival will be screening the uncut, two-part Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale from Taiwanese upstart Wei Te-Sheng.... More »
  

NYAFF 2012 Opening Night Screening: VULGARIA
The 2012 New York Asian Film Festival opened with a bang on Friday night with Pang Ho-Cheung's "astonishingly filthy" film industry send-up, VULGARIA. And when we say "bang," we're not talking explosions, here. There wasn't enough money for pyrotechnics in... More »
  

NYAFF 2012 Screening: THE SWORD IDENTITY Weaves a New Tale
The 2012 New York Asian Film Festival is now in full swing, and in addition to full reviews we'll also be posting capsule reviews for some of the titles that we've covered before. Case in point: the New York premiere... More »
  

Hey NYC! Wanna Win Tix To See CORMAN'S WORLD?
I'd imagine that if you're a regular reader of Twitch, then the answer is yes.In our NYFF 2011 wrap-up , Peter Gutierrez said of Corman's World: The Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, Alex Stapleton's doc on moviemaking maniac Roger Corman:... More »
  

Michael Fassbender Appears To Be In Quite The Pickle In The Trailer For Steve McQueen's SHAME
Shame -- a short, compact word, one that we seem to forget the full force of quite often. Well, perhaps Steve McQueen's follow-up to his equally simple-titled-but-loaded Hunger can remind us just how hard hitting a word it can be.... More »
  

NYC Happenings: Sono's LOVE EXPOSURE Releases At Cinema Village Sept. 2nd!
Long been a favorite around these parts, Sion Sono's gonzo epic on love and madness, is finally getting a proper theatrical run in New York City thanks to Olive Films, which means...  press release!New York, NY - August 8, 2011... More »
  

NYAFF Audience Award Winners Announced!
Our regular readers would probably know that I live in a sunny city far, far away from New York, but it doesn't stop me being jealous of those of you who live in New York and get to go... More »
By Hugo Ozman   
  

NYAFF Is Just Around The Corner And That Means...
Robots, ninjas, dancing, slicing, ninja kids... deer. Just another typical New York Asian Film Festival... or is it? 'Cause this year it is their tenth anniversary, and boy by the looks of their official trailer do things look sweet. Take... More »
  

Hooray! The Full Lineup For NYAFF 2011 Is Here!
Yes, yes and yes! One of my favorite events of the year is fast approaching, and that'd be the New York Asian Film Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary no less. I'll let the press release and lineup speak for themselves,... More »
  

Hey LA! Wanna Win Tickets To See Sion Sono's LOVE EXPOSURE?
Holy Mother of God, it is more Love Exposure goodness. As we've already stated today, Sion Sono's under-seen masterpiece on true love, up-skirt photography, cults and Catholicism is finally getting a U.S. theatrical release from Olive Films and Cinefamily starting... More »
  

Finally! LOVE EXPOSURE Comes To U.S Shores (UPDATED)
[UPDATE: Incidentally Cinefamily is the U.S. Booker, so if you are, or know of a theater owner/manager who wants to book the film, please contact them.] Sion Sono's mad, manic, gloriously crafted opus, Love Exposure is without a doubt one... More »
  

Trailer For Benjamin Heisenberg's THE ROBBER

Popping up on our radar back in the fall when Peter Gutierrez gave it an enthusiastic review from NYFF, and a month later Michael Guillen sat down with director Benjamin Heisenberg, The Robber is now getting a release stateside thanks... More »
  

Trailer and Poster for MEEK'S CUTOFF
Sure feels like we've been waiting quite a spell on a trailer for Wendy and Lucy director Kelly Reichardt's western Meek's Cutoff. And now we've got it with a poster to boot. Gaining festival buzz from Venice to Toronto, New... More »
  

Third Window Acquires SAWAKO DECIDES For Theatrical and Home Video
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... More »
By J Hurtado   
  

Ryoo Seung-Wan Introduces THE UNJUST
[Updated with full trailer.]After the wild action comedy ride of Dachimawa Lee, Korea's 'action kid' Ryoo Seung-Wan is back to the harder edged material where he made his name with The Unjust. A cop based action flick starring his... More »
By Todd Brown   
  
 
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