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NYAFF: The Sales Girl, A Philosophical Inquiry On Lust Adorned With Sex Toys

The Sales Girl is part of the 2022 New York Asian Film Festival line-up. This film from Mongolia, written and directed by Janchivdorj Sengedorj, is an original coming-of-age story that comes with dildos. Cashier girl Namuuna, after slipping on a banana and breaking her leg, must find someone to temporarily take her place at work….

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

July 28, 2022

Reviews

The Pact Portrays Karen Blixen As An Intriguingly Mephistophelian Presence

Bille August, the Danish Academy Award winning director, returns with a hauntingly beautiful depiction of Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke. The Pact — part of the Palm Springs International Film Festival and AFI European Union Films Showcase — is a remarkable adaptation of Bjørnvig’s bestselling memoir. The story is set in the year 1948, when…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

February 7, 2022

Pick Up

The Hazy Days of Art College 1994

©Courtesy of Dekanalog Like many young people, the Chinese art students in this film largely ignore politics. Very few of them could have conscious memories of the Cultural Revolution, unlike superstar Chinese artists Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Wang Guangyi. However, these artists-in-training consciously aspire to their level of success. They also hope to make…

Joe Bendel

April 25, 2024

Interviews

‘Boy Kills World’: Exclusive Video Interview with Director Moritz Mohr

©Courtesy of Lionsgate Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel German-born filmmaker Moritz Mohr has been directing short films and television for almost two decades, but with Boy Kills World, he takes on his first feature film, a violent and gory revenge thriller starring Bill Skarsgård (It, Barbarian) as the…

Edward Douglas

April 24, 2024

Trailers

Ron Howard’s JIM HENSON IDEA MAN // Trailer / Disney+ May 31

©Jim Henson Idea Man, Courtesy of Disney+ The legendary James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Now, the “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” icon is at the center of Academy Award winner Ron Howard‘s latest documentary, “Jim Henson…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

April 24, 2024

News

Shogun May Not Return for a Second Season on FX

© 2024, FX. All Rights Reserved. Despite popular and critical acclaim, Shogun may not be returning for a second season on FX, says showrunner and co-creator Justin Marks. Marks told The Hollywood Reporter this week that the production team may have run out of creative juice to expand on what James Clavell had written in his…

Edward Moran

April 24, 2024

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NYAFF: The Sales Girl, A Philosophical Inquiry On Lust Adorned With Sex Toys

The Pact Portrays Karen Blixen As An Intriguingly Mephistophelian Presence