by Michael Guillen, December 11, 2009 4:02 PM
The flush of desire inspired by the blush of youth has rarely been as lyrically expressed as in Tom Ford's A Single Man, elegantly adapted from the novel by Christopher Isherwood. But it isn't just the innocence of youth...
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by Todd Brown, October 28, 2009 12:12 PM
Malaysian film maker Edmund Yeo has become a great favorite in these parts recently. Very active in the current Malaysian indie scene, having worked as both a producer and editor on some of the more widely traveled and acclaimed...
by Todd Brown, October 8, 2009 7:37 AM
Brace yourself for disappointment. As painful as it is to say, Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bulletman is far indeed from being the triumphant return to the iconic world that created a rabid cult around Tsukamoto. Worse than that, not...
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by X, September 26, 2009 2:57 PM
In case anyone had forgotten, 2009 movies seem to keep reminding us that, yes, it's indeed the year of the ox. In Korea, they did so with one of the most shocking success stories in Chungmuro's history, the three million...
by Todd Brown, September 14, 2009 6:13 PM
Great concept. Great promo materials. But, good lord, The Horde might just be the worst film I've seen all year. Bad writing, worse acting, a massive over-reliance on film speed up and dropped frames in the edit to make...
by Peter van der Lugt, September 12, 2009 1:56 PM
Closing this year's edition of la Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, better known as the Venice Film Festival, the official award ceremony just took place at the festival's Sala Grande. So who took home the awards? This year's GOLDEN LION for...
by Todd Brown, September 11, 2009 8:35 PM
Though the announcement of the official prizes at Venice won't come tomorrow, the sidebar awards were all announced today with two films featured heavily on Twitch taking home major prizes. Tarik Saleh's Metropia took the Future Film Festival's Digital...
by Todd Brown, September 9, 2009 1:57 PM
We ran the first teaser for Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bullet Man a couple days ago and today we've got a second, longer trailer for you. This one is the international version and shows off much more of the...
by Todd Brown, September 7, 2009 11:53 AM
While I found the film itself to be a whopping disappointment - you can read my review here - there are, no doubt, many rabid fans of Shinya Tsukamoto and his Tetsuo films who are going to want to...
by The Visitor, August 14, 2009 4:13 AM
We've been following the progress of up-and-coming Malaysian filmmaker Edmund Yeo, and seen him grow from strength to strength. We highlighted his very first Japanese short film, Kingyo, sometime back, a film shot in Tokyo with a largely Japanese...
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