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Interview: Documentary Filmmaker Pan Zhiqi
James Mudge recently sat down for an interview with Chinese documentary filmmaker Pan Zhiqi, director of “Private Detective” and “Lost Wall”, while he was appearing at the 2013 Chinese Visual Festival. James Mudge: How...
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Man on the Edge (aka The Gangster Shaman, 2012) Movie Review
Gangster comedies have been only too common in Korean cinema for more than a decade now, so it’s not too surprising that the genre has of late been running out of steam both in...
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Juvenile Offender (2012) Movie Review
Produced and supported by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, “Juvenile Offender” is a humanistic and socially aware look at the country’s youth justice system, and more importantly at the struggle of a...
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First Trailer for Wang Bing’s Bloody Doll is All Kinds of Bizarre
As my love affair with the horror genre winds down, I find myself starting to gravitate towards the genre’s more outlandish offerings. If something kooky, crazy, or flat-out odd isn’t happening every 15 minutes,...
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Director Kim Yong-Kyoon’s Killer Toon Gets a New Trailer
A detective and a graphic novelist team up to catch a relentless murderer in director Kim Yong-Kyoon’s “Killer Toon.” Judging from the trailer, what sounds like a typical by-the-numbers South Korean thriller could be...
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South Korean Thriller Doctor Drops a Trailer and Two Posters
Going to the doctor can be scary, particularly if the physician in question is a stark-raving lunatic. Director Kim Sung-Hong’s upcoming South Korean thriller, the aptly-titled “Doctor,” chronicles one medical professional’s spiral into sheer...
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The Supernatural Events on Campus Trailer Features Supernatural Events on Campus
Apparently the filmmakers behind upcoming Chinese horror flick “The Supernatural Events on Campus” weren’t looking to break new ground when they named their endeavor. What’s the movie about? Supernatural events on campus. What does...
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Toire no Hanako-san: Shin Gekijoban Brings the Terror to the Toilet
Japanese filmmakers are certainly consistent. If you love horror movies set inside schools, then you’re going to be on cloud nine. Director Masafumi Yamada’s “Toire no Hanako-san: Shin Gekijoban” tells the story of a...
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Live Action Kiki’s Delivery Service Begins Production In Japan
The live action version of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1989 animated classic “Kiki’s Delivery Service” is currently in production in Japan. As a fan of the original flick, I’m not entirely convinced this endeavor is a...
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Drug War (2012) Movie Review
Cult favourite and auteur Johnnie To joins the ranks of Hong Kong directors trying their luck on the Mainland with the thriller “Drug War”, following up on his co-produced “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”...
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Say Yes (aka 101 Proposals, 2013) Movie Review
“Say Yes” is a Mainland Chinese romantic comedy based on the hugely popular 1991 Japanese television series “101st Proposal”, which was previously adapted for the small screen in Korean a few years back. Sticking...
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National Security (2012) Movie Review
Director Chung Ji Young delivers another no holds barred look at Korean justice and politics in “National Security”, following up his multiple award winning “Unbowed”, which starred Ahn Sung Ki as a real life...
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SIFF ’13 Review: Fatal (2012)
Lee Sung-gong (Nam Yeon-woo) is a wiener. That’s the long and the short of it. As the protagonist of South Korean director Lee Don-ku’s new revenge drama “Fatal” (“Ga-si-kkot”), he is the kind of...
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Interview: Documentary Filmmaker Cheuk Cheung
James Mudge recently sat down for an interview with Chinese filmmaker Cheuk Cheung, whose documentary “My Way” recently won the 3rd Prize Jury Award at the Chinese Visual Festival, and is scheduled to play...
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SIFF ’13 Review: Pieta (2012)
After a sojourn into other realms, and a self-imposed year-long hiatus from the industry—sort of, he did release the documentary “Arirang” in the interim—controversial director Kim Ki-duk is back to doing what he does...
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Donnie Yen is De-Iced in First Trailer for Fantasy/Actioner Iceman
Donnie Yen will soon be seen in Yuen Woo-ping’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” sequel next year, but until then, he’s playing an ancient warrior who is accidentally de-iced in the new movie “Iceman” (not...
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Chinese Visual Festival ’13: The Transition Period (2009)
Part of his series exploring institutions in China, Zhou Hao’s remarkable 2009 documentary “The Transition Period” offers an amazingly frank look at the workings of the Chinese government as it follows a civil servant...
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Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance Remake Picks Up Steam Again
Originally announced as a remake with “Broken City’s” Brian Tucker scripting way back in 2010 by Warner Bros., the remake of “Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance”, the first of South Korean director Chan-wook Park’s “Vengeance”...
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Chinese Visual Festival ’13: Cop Shop II (2011)
The sequel to his acclaimed observational documentary “Cop Shop” (2009), “Cop Shop II” (2011) sees influential Mainland Chinese director Zhou Hao returning after a year to again capture the daily operations of the police...
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Rurouni Kenshin (2012) Movie Review
Watsuki Nobuhiro’s “Rurouni Kenshin” has long been one of the most loved manga in Japan, telling the story of the wandering pacifist samurai of the title and his many adventures. Known as “Samurai X”...
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