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Sundance Film Festival: Echoes of Wong Kar-Wai in moving Zi by Kogonada

@Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival In order to fully appreciate this new movie directed by Kogonada, you must understand that Zi is so far the most personal and likely free project he has realized. After Columbus, After Yang and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, the director has in fact decided to lose even more from…

The Cross-Continental Love Story Has Always Been Cinema’s Most Powerful Subject. So Why Has It Run Out of Things to Say?

©Courtesy of Noël Coward. (The rights to the film “Brief Encounter” are currently held by the estate of Noël Coward) There is a specific kind of ache that the best cross-cultural romance films understand better than any other genre. It is not simply the ache of two people wanting each other, it’s the ache of…

‘The History of Sound’ Review: a Stunning Drama That Shows the Connection Between Art, Emotions and Time

@Courtesy of MUBI Which is the best movie ever made about gay romance? In my case, it’s always been a split decision between Happy Together (1997) by Wong Kar-Wai and Brokeback Mountain (2005) by Ang Lee.  Well, after yesterday’s press screening, such uncertainty has been expanded to The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus. Based…

Sundance Film Festival: ‘LUZ’ is a Visually Hypnotic Tale About Our Disconnected World

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Twelve years after her first-feature film bends, the director Flora Lau brought at the Sundance Film Festival – World Cinema Dramatic Competition – LUZ, another psychological drama set in Chongqing and Paris. The main story follows two completely different people: Wei (Xiadong Guo) is trying to reconnect with the daughter…

NYAFF: The Killers is a Fun Anthology about Blood and Crime

@Courtesy of NYAFF What else could be achieved using this figure after all the movies that portrayed the hitman in every possible declination? The answer is the Korean movie The Killers, composed of four episodes, each trying to redefine the concept through a personal approach. Different directors, different styles, and different tones compose a cinematic…

New York Asian Film Festival/ Customs Frontline : Press Conference with Actor/Action Director Nicholas Tse

©Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Customs Frontline : A container ship appears in Hong Kong waters and customs officers board to inspect it. The team, which includes hotshot Chow Ching-lai (Nicholas Tse) soon discovers the crew dead and a huge cache of weapons, including an extremely valuable compass suitable for piloting a submarine. The customs officers…

Ke Huy Quan, ‘Everything Everywhere’ Co-Star, Signs Up with United Talent Agency

@Ke Huy quan in American Bron Chinese Ke Huy Quan, the Saigon-born actor who won an Oscar for his supporting role in A24’s juggernaut film Everything Everywhere All at Once has signed up with the United Talent Agency (UTA) to represent him in future casting negotiations. He will continue to be represented by Cohen &…

Karen Cooper, Longtime Director of Film Forum to Step Down after 50 Years

Karen Cooper, left, will step down as director of Film Forum in June. Succeeding her will be Sonya Chung, right.Credit…Left: Henny Garfunkel. Right: Robin Holland. After exactly half a century (1972-2022) as Director of Film Forum, the nonprofit cinema in Lower Manhattan, Karen Cooper will step down from the position and will be succeeded by…

Ennio : Exclusive Interview with Director Giuseppe Tornatore

©Ennio Morricone in Ennio. Courtesy of Music Box Films. Synopsis : A feature documentary directed by Giuseppe Tornatore about the life and work of legendary composer, Ennio Morricone, including interviews with renowned filmmakers and musicians, recordings from Morricone’s acclaimed world concert tours, clips of classic films scored by Morricone and exclusive footage of scenes and…