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Festivals

FLC and New York Asian Film Festival Announce Second Wave of 2025 Line-Up

Courtesy of NYAFF FLC and NYAFF unveil second wave of festival titles, Uncaged Award nominees, Vietnam Cinema Night Guest highlights for the 24th New York Asian Film Festival: Heo Sung-tae (Squid Game), Tadanobu Asano (Shōgun), and Vivian Sung (Our Times) Festival returns July 11–27 with “Cinema as Disruption” theme, screenings to take place at Film at…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

June 18, 2025

Interviews

Hunt : Exclusive Interview with “Squid Game” Actor Lee Jung-jae on his Directorial Debut Film

Synopsis : After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

December 2, 2022

Pick Up

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” Review

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures Las Vegas needs a real-life Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, but not the smaller franchise store from the first film. Fans deserve a full recreation of the bigger flagship restaurant, complete with the river ride, as revealed in the new sequel—like only Vegas could build. Mike Schmidt’s encounters in the smaller Freddy Fazbear’s…

Joe Bendel

December 4, 2025

News

Audience-Controlled Interactive Slasher Movie ‘Slay Day’ to Premiere in Theaters in Fall 2026

Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie will release the interactive slasher film, Slay Day, in theaters in fall 2026, Variety is reporting. The drama will ask viewers in each theater to collectively vote on each critical decision using their smartphones. As a result, each audiences’ choices will alter the story as the movie plays on the big screen….

Karen Benardello

December 4, 2025

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The Duet of ‘CLOTHED BY THE SUN’ from ‘THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE’ Film Features Amanda Seyfried and Daniel Blumenberg

©Searchlight Pictures The song for the historical drama musical film “The Testament of Ann Lee” has been unveiled by Searchlight at its premiere. The film is set to debut in 70mm and will be available in select cinemas on Christmas Day. The film was directed by Norway’s Mona Fastvold, who also co-wrote it with her…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

December 4, 2025

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‘Slanted’ Uses Body Horror To Mock White Ethnocentrism

If The Substance explored ageism through the transformation of the body, a film featured in the line-up of the 43rd edition of the Torino Film Festival uses the same means to discuss white ethnocentrism. Slanted follows Joan Huang (Shirley Chen), a Chinese-American teen, who moved with her family from China to the star-spangled country when…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

December 3, 2025

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FLC and New York Asian Film Festival Announce Second Wave of 2025 Line-Up

Hunt : Exclusive Interview with “Squid Game” Actor Lee Jung-jae on his Directorial Debut Film