Open City Documentary Festival review Director: Wang Bing Wang Bing, one of China’s most prolific documentarians, continues to relentlessly lay bare the reality of contemporary China; something that state-endorsed blockbusters try arduously to avoid. Filmed in […]
This week, we bring you a vibrant selection of Southeast Asian films, newly available from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and more, plus an erotic indie flick from Hong Kong and an insightful wartime drama from Mongolia. […]
Director: Eiji Uchida Watch Lowlife Love on FilmDoo Like Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, Eiji Uchida’s Lowlife Love thrives on the psychosexual and metacinematic underpinnings of what some academic types might refer to as ‘the […]
By Freddy Gelati-Meinert Director: Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang’s films are not just films, they are cultural events. Famed for repeatedly directing the blockbusters which China sits down to in their collective 1.3 billion to ring in the […]
Interview translated by Lyn-Kateri Visedsuk Watch Fathers on FilmDoo Tackling a subject oft-neglected by cinema in general but Southeast Asian cinema in particular, Palatpol Mingpornpichit’s Fathers is the sweetly simple tale of gay couple Phoon (Asda Panichkul) and Yuke (Nat Sakdatorn), their […]
Director: Palatpol Mingpornpichit Watch Fathers on FilmDoo Palatpol Mingpornpichit’s Fathers is a gentle drama of emotionally loaded issues, seemingly crafted under the notion that the best way to get your argument across is to say it with inviting clarity and warmth. […]
