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NYAFF Review: A Hundred Flowers is an Emotionally Intimate Reminder of the Importance of Maintaining Familial Relationships

When people maintain animosity over their parent’s willingness to put their own needs ahead of fulfilling their parental obligations, their unwillingness to forgive and forget can lead to lasting regrets for both. The seemingly unforgettable bitterness that drives the strained mother-son relationship in the new Japanese drama, A Hundred Flowers, are put to the test…

NYAFF Review: Pop Singer Yûto Nakajima Breaks Into Mainstream Acting in Suspenseful J-Horror Thriller #Manhole

©2023 Gaga Corporation/J Storm Inc. People who effortlessly fall into a seemingly perfect life usually have the most challenging time saving themselves when they descend into a sinister situation that can potentially ruin their existences. That’s certainly the case for the sole character of the single-location survival suspense thriller, #Manhole. The movie offers an intimate…

NYAFF : Exclusive interview with Director Junji Sakamoto on “Okiku and the World”

Synopsis : Edo-era Japan is remembered for many things — brutal nation building, isolationist foreign policies, the last samurai. Leave it to veteran auteur Junji Sakamoto to remind us that it also marked the culmination of a truly sustainable ecosystem. In his audacious, aesthetically brilliant new jidaigeki, Okiku and the World, the director achieves a…

Kenneth Branagh Set to Direct Live-Action Gargoyles Movie

@Photo by Photo courtesy of 20th Century S/Photo courtesy of 20th Century – © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. Renowned Northern Ireland filmmaker Sir Kenneth Branagh has signed on to direct a new live-action Gargoyles movie, the Belfast Telegraph is reporting. The upcoming feature film will be based on the animated 1990s television series…

NYAFF: Dream, The Power Of Social Change Transpires Through A Sports K-Drama

The 2023 New York Asian Film Festival line-up includes a sports comedy-drama that bestows a feel-good aspirational vibe: Dream.  The South Korean film directed by Lee Byeong-heon, starring Park Seo-jun and Lee Ji-eun/IU, is based on the true story of the 2010 Homeless World Cup in which Korea took part for the first time, although…

Lena Dunham Reportedly To Create ‘Too Much’ for Netflix

@Girls, Full Disclosure  According to Comingsoon.net, Lena Dunham is planning to write and direct Too Much for Netflix, a romantic comedy about “an American woman in London.” Few other details are known about the project. Dunham had come to wide public attention back in 2012 with the premiere of the HBO smash hit Girls. The…

NYAFF: Bear Man, A Renovated Myth That Inspires And Amuses

Bear Man is part of the 2023 New York Asian Film Festival, running from July 14th until July 30th at Lincoln Centre and at the Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, the birthplace of the motion picture industry in America. The prestigious kermesse has now reached its 22nd edition with an impressive selection of films…

Killers of the Flower Moon : Official Trailer / Starring Leonard DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone

Paramount and Apple have released the full-length trailer for a legendary director Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” starring Leonard DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone in one of the year’s highly anticipated films. “Killers of the Flower Moon” marks Scorsese’s first narrative feature since the 2019 film “The Irishman.” Apple Original Films…

THE ETERNAL MEMORY : Official Trailer / The Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner from Oscar Nominated Director Maite Alberdi

MTV Documentary Films has released a new trailer for “The Eternal Memory,” a heart-aching look at love and Alzheimer’s diseased which garnered the grand jury prize for world documentary at the Sundance this year. “The Eternal Memory” tells a profound and moving love story that balances vibrant individual and collective remembrance with the longevity of…

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny : Video Review / Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 32

Check out more of our video reviews and interviews on our YouTube channel. Video Review Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 31 Film Critic : Matthew Schuchman In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk…