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 […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko It takes a lot of sincerity to treat a subject as commonplace and low-stakes as coffee-making as a source of straight-faced, emotionally loaded drama. It takes some […]
By David Pountain Directed by Riri Riza Sokola rimba (aka The Jungle School), the latest feature from Indonesian director Riri Riza, is a film that sits comfortably in the long-running genre of the townie-meets-native film, a […]
By David Pountain Directed by Lucky Kuswandi As the title would suggest, In the Absence of the Sun, the humorous and poignant new drama from Indonesian writer-director Lucky Kuswandi, takes place mostly at night (one single […]
Need something to watch for Halloween? Shackled is a thickly layered web of intrigue that may entail one or two surprises along the way…