February 26, 2013
Mitsuko Delivers is a great beginning to the festival for me, starting with what could be the best acting performance of the year. Riisa Naka plays the eponymous Mitsuko, an energetic and pregnant young woman who travels back to her old stomping grounds and quickly befriends a cast of quirky local characters, forcing them to seek happiness, whether they’re open […]
September 30, 2013
The Human Race is an atypical survival horror film containing some sci-fi elements and archetypal characters in inventive genre-bending situations.
November 28, 2010
Love in a Puff (Pang Ho-cheung, 2010), from one of Hong Kong most promising directors, stands out as a great example of how to do romantic comedies right.
March 26, 2010
Although Before The Devil Knows You're Dead succeeds for most of its running time, it fails to deliver a satisfactory end.
November 28, 2010
Overheard is a Hong Kong film from Alan Mak in the vein of Infernal Affairs, with magnificent performances from its lead actors.