Film Review: Anthology film ‘1400’ Searches For Solace Amidst Singapore’s Red Light District
Four intertwined stories explore the notion of love in a hotel, how important love is, to what extremes we go to...
Film Review: Charming Biopic ‘Creation Stories’ Spotlights The Man Behind Music’s Greatest Acts
Alan McGee’s role in shaping British musical culture over the past thirty years is hard to overstate. As the founder of...
Staff Picks: SeaShorts Competition 2021
SeaShorts Film Festival 2021 opens its virtual doors today! Taking place entirely online, 15 USD will entitle festival-goers to over 60...
Film Review: ‘Raging Fire’ 《怒火》Is This Year’s Asian Action Blockbuster to Beat
While conducting a raid to arrest a drug lord, the police encounter a team of masked thugs. In a stunning act...
Interview: Perry Lam, Genre Filmmaker and Director of Award-Winning Sci-Fi Short ‘After_Life’
We first learned about Singaporean filmmaker Perry Lam when he floored us with his sci-fi short After_Life, made through the STOREYS...
An Introduction to Hideo Kojima
When Hideo Kojima announces a new project, the video game world braces for something unlike any other. When Hideo Kojima announces...
Review: ‘(un)becoming’ Presents an Impassioned and Arresting Examination of Mother-Daughter Bonds
As a writer for a site primarily focused on film and television, it can feel intimidating to write on theatre performances,...
Film Review: Inspirational Drama ‘The Ride’ Soars With Its Uplifting Message Of Second Chances
The inspiring story of a BMX champion who overcame an abusive childhood through the love and life lessons of his interracial...
An Introduction to Iranian Cinema
No thanks to Western propaganda and pop culture influence, Iran is often thought of as a hostile country steeped in violence,...
Film Review: Searing Drama ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Reckons With War Crimes Committed Under International Watch
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town,...
Film Review: Historical Drama ‘1921’ Is More a Grand Parade Than a Blockbuster
1921 charts the tumultuous lead up to the Chinese Community Party’s 1st National Congress and its subsequent founding. Director: Huang Jianxin,...
Film Review: Dystopian Teen Drama ‘Faeryville’ Leaves Bare the Thin Line Between Ideology and Extremism
Youthful idealism becomes an excuse for terror - when a new boy joins a clique of loser misfits in Faeryville College....