(A Nutshell) Review

[This review is pulled forward from the archive to coincide with the film’s screening at this year’s TIFF.] Growing Pains The FOCUS: First C...

LtoR: Fumiyo Kohinata, Cellin Gluck, Rinko Kikuchi Sideways is the Japanese remake of the Hollywood film of the same name , and going by th...

Let There Be Cinema Road movies as a genre is something I've always enjoyed, because it's a journey of self-realization for the char...

Vantage Point Written and directed by James DeMonaco, this is one quirky crime caper that tells of 3 individuals in a non-linear fashion, wh...

LtoR: Valerio Mieli, (translator), Michele Riodino, Uliana Kovalev Ten Winters, one of the films in competition in the main programme of thi...

LtoR: Uliana Kovalev, Michele Riodino, Valerio Mieli Ten Winters, one of the films in competition in the main programme of this year's T...

I suppose many are extremely familiar with the Journey to the West story, the one with many a mythological character included chronicling th...

[This review is pulled forward from the archive to coincide with the film’s screening at this year’s TIFF.] Peeking Around Corners Push is o...

What Gives? The premise of this independent film by Takuya Fukushima is interesting to say the least, because it is based on something quite...

LtoR: Ho Yuhang, Orked Ahmad, Pete Teo As part of the tribute programme to Yasmin Ahmad, TIFF's 2 public screenings of Talentime came wi...

Love I actually had some notes down on how I would like to approach this, but everything got thrown out the window, especially since watchin...

Nice Doggie The gods made winter so that we do not forget each other's warmth And with that comes a slow moving tale about a poor boy, ...

Around the Corner of the Eye Based on the science fiction manga series of the same name, this film had recently made its world premiere at t...

[This review is pulled forward from the archive to coincide with the film’s screening at this year’s TIFF.] Girl Fights Back This film sucks...

[This review is pulled forward from the archive to coincide with the film’s screening at this year’s TIFF.] Murder Ground It saddens me to w...

I Can Do It! Admit it, at some point in our lives we would have wondered what it'll be like if we were to suddenly possess some extraord...

Brotherly Love This is a tale of two brothers who can't be any different, separated when Yuta Yamagishi (Sadao Abe playing the grown up ...

A Star is Born There's something about dance flicks that never seem to go out of fashion, and can easily find themselves in the cinemas ...

Careful After watching this film, I'm convinced that Ho Yuhang is creating some exciting Malaysian cinema that should be paid attention ...

[This review is pulled forward from the archive to coincide with the film’s screening at this year’s TIFF.] Reaching Out Yasmin Ahmad's ...