Film3 NZ Film Festival diary: 28 July, 2011
There's only a few days left in the Auckland leg of the 2011 NZ Film Festival and the Film3 team has...
OPINION
When Good Neighbors Hop the Fence
In dramatic Contrast to the usual vapid monotony that permeates most Canadian films, Good Neighbors is a toxic thriller with unbearable...
Asian Actors: A look at Donnie Yen (Hong Kong)
Asian Actors: A look at Donnie Yen (Hong Kong) When one thinks of Hong Kong actors in action-packed and adrenaline-pumped films,...
Writing The City: Nurturing Singapore’s written voice
What is a writer? "Think of salmon swimming up stream against the current, heading towards home. This is you, the individual...
Movie Review: Sex Volunteer (Korean)
In recent years, it is not uncommon to see someone in a wheelchair selling tissue papers on the streets. Or someone...
‘Under the Hawthorn Tree’
One of my girlfriends in high school had super-strict parents. Not only was she required to be home by the ungodly...
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Early Reviews: Clumsy Mistranslation
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, adapted from Lisa See's 2005 novel, tells parallel stories of lifelong female friendship in 19th...
Weekend dose of history
Like most people, I was at the top floor of Trinoma last Sunday, standing in line for half an hour before...
US TRAILER FOR VIETNAMESE MARTIAL ARTS FLICK CLASH
Vietnamese actor, martial artist and stunt man - he was heavily featured in the first two Spider-Man films - Johnny Nguyen...
Movie Talk: A look at Hong Kong movie remakes
I was walking along Orchard Road a few weeks ago when I chanced upon the movie poster of "A Chinese Ghost...
Producers tap into Singapore funds
Singapore's lavish film funds have become the stuff of Asian biz legend. The city-state's Media Development Authority has earmarked a great...
Asian Directors: A look at Takashi Miike (Japan)
Acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Miike will be thrust into the spotlight again when his 2010 film "13 Assassins" reached Singapore shores on 23...