What’s in a Pontianak?
With the recent opening of Glen Goei and Gavin Yap’s Revenge of the Pontianak (2019), there’s a lot of buzz around...
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Music In Cinema: Uncovering Some Of Asia’s Best Film Soundtracks
Imagine Pirates Of The Caribbean without Hans Zimmers’ heart-pounding, electrifying assembly of crashing drums and dramatic strings. Imagine Jurassic Park without...
A Beginner’s Guide to Hirokazu Kore-eda
A while back, we took a look at some of Bong Joon-Ho’s previous works leading up to his 2019 Cannes Palme...
HELLO MR CAMERA: LET’S CHAT – Aputure Light Storm C300d II with Aputure’s Jimmy Lim
Join us as we speak with Aputure's Asia Pacific Marketing Director Jimmy Lim about their latest flagship light; the Aputure Light...
How Independent Filmmakers In Southeast Asia Are On The Rise
Independent filmmakers in Southeast Asia face numerous obstacles, but a burgeoning network of support — such as film fund Purin Pictures...
HELLO MR CAMERA: Accsoon CineEye Review
Having a wireless director’s field monitor was a luxury and for most of us it still is. We are sure that...
How Hong Kong-set ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’ Became The Philippines’ Top-grossing Film Of All Time
Hello, Love, Goodbye is the hit film about the romance between a millennial domestic worker and a playboy bartender – and it’s now the Philippines’...
‘I consider myself a Singaporean filmmaker’: The Spanish Man Behind Our Best Movies
Fran Borgia produced Boo Junfeng's Apprentice and Yeo Siew Hua's A Land Imagined, and line produced Crazy Rich Asians and Westworld....
Telluride Diary: Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’ and the Academy’s Next Barrier
Only one Asian director — Ang Lee — has ever earned a best picture nomination. It’s a remarkable omission for the...
A Short History of Chinese-American Women On Screen
The Woman Warrior was one of the first places I saw myself represented as a Chinese American woman, one of the...
Justin Chon on His New Film ‘Ms. Purple’ And Asian-American Cinema
Justin Chon’s stark debut film Gook , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, announced the Korean-American director and former Twilight series star...
PRODUCTION DIARIES: Kiki
Production Diaries provides a peek into the inner workings of film and television, uncovering filmmakers’ personal experiences. Candid and conversational, these...