Little Big Soldier (Shen Ding, 2010)

14 years ago

Little Big Soldier tells the story of an army deserter who captures the general of a warring faction, planning to…

The Housemaid (Ki-young Kim, 1960; Sang-soo Im, 2010)

14 years ago

The Housemaid (Ki-young Kim, 1960) is one of the oldest films known to have survived South Korea’s evolution from Third-World…

Symbol (Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2009)

14 years ago

Symbol never lives up to its potential, choosing rather to limit itself to slapstick gags, immature, dull and predictable.

Bodyguards and Assassins (Teddy Chan, 2009)

14 years ago

In Bodyguards and Assassins, Chinese patriots pledge their lives to safeguard a revolutionary named Dr. Sun as assassins are sent…

Woochi (Dong-hoon Choi, 2009)

14 years ago

Woochi starts out as a magic-driven wuxia-like set in the Joseon era in Korea, but segues into an unsophisticated popular…

Written By (Wai Ka-fai, 2009)

14 years ago

In Written By, after losing his whole family in an accident, a blind writer keeps his loved ones alive by…

Overheard (Felix Chong and Alan Mak, 2009)

14 years ago

Overheard is a Hong Kong film from Alan Mak in the vein of Infernal Affairs, with magnificent performances from its…

Love in a Puff (Ho-cheung Pang, 2010)

14 years ago

Love in a Puff (Pang Ho-cheung, 2010), from one of Hong Kong most promising directors, stands out as a great…

The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)

14 years ago

Legend goes that The Devils was considered so extreme in its time that it was banned in North America and…

Accident (Pou-soi Cheang, 2009)

14 years ago

Accident devolves into a too simplistic whodunit, where the director tries to dazzle us with his technical mastery and film…