Looking To and From ‘February 1st’
Written by Susan Htoo February 1st (2021) is a nuanced portrait of Myanmar that spans beyond the titular date — a...
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Analysis: Deconstructing When and Where the Truth Lies — Truth and Agency in Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’
When it comes to conversations about the nature of truth and its moral corollaries, few Iranian auteurs have parallelled Asghar Farhadi’s...
From Page to Screen — How the East and West Adapt Comics For Film and TV
It seems like we can’t get enough of comic book adaptations and the genre has taken our cinema and television screens...
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,...
‘Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs’ – The Movie Doomed to Fail Even Before Release
In July 2019, South Korean animation studio Locus Corporation released their twist on the beloved Snow White fairytale, titled Red Shoes...
Kim Bora’s Film World (So Far): The Trials and Tribulations of Girlhood
“Mom… do you think I’m pretty? What’s pretty about me?” Kim Bora is a South Korean director and screenwriter. Born in...
The Failure of Studio Ghibli’s First 3-D Animated Film Reminds Us of What Makes Our Favourite Ghibli Movies So Magical
Studio Ghibli, the animation studio that propelled Japanese anime into the mainstream and saw unprecedented success internationally, released its first 3-D...
‘Lions Love (… and Lies)’ (1969): A Study into the Gorgeous Cinematography of Agnes Varda
The 30th of May this year marked the late, great French filmmaker Agnès Varda’s 93rd birthday. Dubbed the godmother of La...
An Introduction To Indonesian Action Cinema
When we think of Asian action stars (or action stars, period), our minds might first wander to the groundbreaking work of...
Yonfan’s ‘Bugis Street’: A Touchstone in Singapore’s Search for a National Identity in an Era of Queer Uprising
Almost three decades on, Yonfan’s Bugis Street (1995) continues to leave a mark on Singaporean audiences, and remains an important touchstone...
‘Overseas’: Yoon Sung-A’s Raw and Honest Portrait Honours Society’s Unseen Heroes
Overseas (2019) is Korean-born, French-Belgian based director Yoon Sung-A’s portrait of a demographic of women often unseen and unrecognised. Mixing together...
The Ties That Bind — ‘Little Big Women’ and the Bounty of Familial Love
Spoilers for 'Little Big Women' In one heartwarming, quietly painful story that hits way too close to home for many of...