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‘Snow Leopard’ by Late Tibetan Director Pema Tseden, Takes Top Honors at TIFF

Snow Leopard and Tatami took top honors this week at the 36th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). The festival’s Grand Prix was awarded to Snow Leopard, the final offering by Tibetan director Pema Tseden, who died in May. The film explores the conflict among villagers when the predator animal begins killing sheep in their…

Edward Moran

November 1, 2023

Reviews

Sasaki In My Mind, A Cinematic Flow Of The Mind Amidst Unmet Expectations

The intricacies of consciousness, as it wanders through time and space restlessly jumping back and forth from present to the past, is lyrically represented by the Japanese film Sasaki In My Mind. Director Takuya Uchiyama craftily leads us back to a time when all our aspirations were possible, when the blank slate of the future…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

March 15, 2023

Interviews

The Greatest Hits : Exclusive Video Interview with Actor Justin H. Min

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Min comes from Cerritos, California as a second generation Korean American. He is fluent in Korean and is a second cousin of Ashley Park. In 2007, he completed his studies at Cerritos High School. In 2011, he graduated from Cornell University’s College of Arts…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

April 18, 2024

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Steven Spielberg Developing New UFO Movie

©Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg is reuniting with successful genre screenwriter David Koepp to develop a new UFO movie, Variety is reporting. The duo previously worked together on such high-profile films as Jurassic Park and its first sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, as well as the last two…

Karen Benardello

April 18, 2024

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Martin Scorsese Talks About Jesus and Frank Sinatra

@Courtesy of Life Itself As if making a film about Jesus Christ weren’t enough, Martin Scorsese is reviving plans to make his long-delayed biopic about Frank Sinatra, with Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly being considered to play the iconic crooner. The 81-year-old auteur is currently working on a film about Jesus that is based on a book by…

Edward Moran

April 18, 2024

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Leaving Park City? Sundance Seeks Proposal for Future Location

After almost 40 years in Park City, Utah, it’s possible that the Sundance Film Festival will be moved to another location. After the contract ends, the festival created by Robert Redford will be open to bids for a possible relocation to another city, According to Deadline.com. On the other hand, the 2025 and 2026 festivals…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

April 18, 2024

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‘Snow Leopard’ by Late Tibetan Director Pema Tseden, Takes Top Honors at TIFF

Sasaki In My Mind, A Cinematic Flow Of The Mind Amidst Unmet Expectations