By Alana Jefferey Directed by Takeshi Kitano We’ve all seen it before – the tale of the unlikely friendship between young and old, who journey together, growing to love and learn from one another. But […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Sudhanshu Saria The opening minutes of Loev, the promising debut feature from India’s Sudhanshu Saria, establishes the film’s world and the audience’s positioning within it like a jigsaw puzzle being systematically assembled […]
By David Pountain Directed by Ming Jin Woo International Film Festival Rotterdam review From its pensive opening minutes to its quiet revelation of a conclusion, the present day Malaysia of Ming Jin Woo’s The Second Life of Thieves […]
By Amy Dunning Directed by July Jung Beautifully filmed in rural South Korea, A Girl at My Door follows policewoman Young-Nam as she is relocated to a small fishing village and becomes intertwined with a young girl […]
By David Pountain Directed by Alexander Kott Gijón International Film Festival review Alexander Kott’s wordless Test may technically be a period film – inspired by the Soviet Union’s nuclear bomb test in the Kazakh region of […]
By Matthew Riordan Directed by Adriyanto Dewo At first glance Tabula Rasa might appear to be a formulaic rags-to-riches story. In the opening scenes we meet Hans (Jimmy Kobogau), a promising footballer from Papua, Indonesia. Hans […]