By Alana Jefferey Directed by Takeshi Kitano We’ve all seen it before – the tale of the unlikely friendship between young and old, who journey together, growing to love and learn from one another. But […]
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Director: Sudhanshu Saria The opening minutes of Loev, the promising feature debut from India’s Sudhanshu Saria, establishes the film’s world and the audience’s positioning within it like a jigsaw puzzle being systematically assembled from its central […]
Directed by Ming Jin Woo International Film Festival Rotterdam review From its pensive opening minutes to its quiet revelation of a conclusion, the present day Malaysia of Ming Jin Woo’s The Second Life of Thieves exists […]
By Amy Dunning Directed by July Jung Watch A Girl at My Door on FilmDoo Beautifully filmed in rural South Korea, A Girl at My Door follows policewoman Young-Nam as she is relocated to a small fishing […]
By Matthew Riordan Directed by Adriyanto Dewo At first glance Tabula Rasa might appear to be a formulaic rags-to-riches story. In the opening scenes we meet Hans (Jimmy Kobogau), a promising footballer from Papua, Indonesia. Hans […]
By David Pountain Directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko It takes a lot of sincerity to treat a subject as commonplace and low-stakes as coffee-making as a source of straight-faced, emotionally loaded drama. It takes some […]