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by J. Fletcher|25 August 202225 August 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

One of the more surprising films to grace this years Korean Film Festival is the unexpectedly insightful and nuanced comedy Perhaps Love, the second feature film from actor-come-director JO Eun-ji (The Villainess, Confessions of Murder). While its title alludes to...

Special Delivery : Review

by J. Fletcher|25 August 202225 August 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

It’s been a long take between gigs for director PARK Dae-min, with his last action adventure, an adaptation of the 17th Century folk-legend, Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River, releasing in 2016. However, the architect-come-director returns with the wholly...

Terrorizers: Review

by J. Fletcher|26 July 202226 July 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

As a follow up to his award winning 2018 film Cities of Last Things, director Ho Wi Ding once again embraces a distinctive fractured storyline with the darkly sublime psychological thriller Terrorizers. But while his previous effort exploited the idea of linear...

The Policeman’s Lineage: Review

by J. Fletcher|26 July 202226 July 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

Joining the ranks of Korea’s popular dirty cop sub-genre comes the understated thriller The Policeman’s Lineage, an intriguing drama of moral ambiguity and corruption that marks the welcome return of director Kyu-maan Lee, whose last film, 2011’s opus Children… remains...

Goddamned Asura: Review

by J. Fletcher|26 July 202226 July 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

Headlining the opening of 2022’s Taiwan Film Festival comes Goddamned Asura, an intriguing, violent and multifaceted psychological drama that delves into the desperation of Taipei’s disenchanted youth, fuelled by an unrelenting struggle to reconcile their social status with the mounting pressures...

18 ½ : Review

by J. Fletcher|08 June 202208 June 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

Remember the good old days when conspiracy theories were the prerogative of survivalist cults and basement dwellers that offered the general populace a slightly comedic sense of superiority? You know, before they became sanctioned political platforms and social movements causing...

Among Us: Review

by J. Fletcher|01 June 202201 August 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

In what has become a difficult subject matter to navigate, thanks to the politicization and disinformation campaigns behind its cause, the understanding and appreciation the autistic community seems to have taken an gratuitous backseat in our societal mindset. Thankfully though,...

It’s A Summer Movie!: Review

by J. Fletcher|21 February 202221 February 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

In what feels like a throwback to Japan’s golden comedy era of the early 2000’s, where films like Swing Club, Waterboys, DMC and Hula Girls enjoyed both box office and critical acclaim, It’s a Summer Film! deftly manages to update...

GOLD: Review

by J. Fletcher|13 January 202222 February 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

Australian cinema has a rich legacy of outback survival stories, especially when it comes to stranding foreigners in the unsympathetic wilderness of our unforgiving outback. And while newly minted GOLD continues this distinctly Australian sub-genre, alongside the likes of Wake in...

Embrace Again: Review

by J. Fletcher|31 December 202123 February 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

After the success of her 2019 thriller The Whistleblower, writer/ director Xiaolu Xue returns with the poignant and emotionally charged opus Embrace Again, a chronicle of the Chinese metropolis Wuhan as it faces a sudden and harsh lock-down in January of 2020...

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