A Window on Asian Cinema
TumbbadVinayak′s tenacity to acquire wealth is another name for greed. While legends and curses create a mysterious atmosphere around Tumbbad, human endeavors to conquer the mystery grow ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Enigma of ArrivalLong, the main character, spends his youth wandering with his three best friends from high school. With the emergence of a woman, Dongdong, whom they all fall in love with, their f...
Wide Angle
FunanChou lives a peaceful life with her husband and 4-year-old son in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia. Then comes the madness of the Khmer Rouge of 1975, and she must take an escape with her fami...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Signal RockOn a beautiful rocky island that looks like a giant abalone, young people sparsely sit and talk on their cell phones. One of them, Intoy, ends a call with his sister living abroad ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Fly By NightIn Malaysia, where horror and comedy are the dominant film genres, this is a relatively non-mainstream crime thriller: Zahir Omar’s energetic debut feature depicts the dark crimina...
BUSAN Classic
The Fate of Lee KhanThis 1973 film was directed by King Hu, who pioneered Hong Kong-based New Martial Arts movies. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Lee Khan, a powerful figure in the Royal Court, visit...
A Window on Asian Cinema
My Dear FriendIn southern China, a nervous city woman in a sexy outfit appears in a remote rural village. She comes to her ex-boyfriend’s grandparents’ house to find him. Despite her loud, rude ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
ShadowBased on Zhu Sujin’s rendition of China’s fabled Three Kingdoms saga, the fight scenes in Zhang Yimou’s latest wuxia historical epic are not as grandiose as those in Hero...
Flash Forward
MuseumDirector Alonso Ruizpalacios returns with Museum following his breakout debut, Gueros (2014). Inspired from a real event?the heist that occurred at Mexico City’s Nati...
A Window on Asian Cinema
VisionFrench journalist Jeanne arrives in the mountains of Japan, in search of a rare medicinal herb, Vision, fabled to appear once every 997 years. Jeanne seeks out the taciturn Tomo an...