By the time any filmmaker has won themselves the Palme d’Or, it’s usually difficult to question their status as one of the big names of world cinema. Trouble is, that flattering reputation may also come […]
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By Leni De Castro Almost every country in Southeast Asia has taken much of its action movie inspiration from Hollywood. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Kwai Chang Caine, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have all created […]
By Leni De Castro After the Second Golden Age of Cinema in the Philippines waned down in the 1990s, the 2000s saw a new breed of auteurs climbing up from the underground. Brillante Mendoza belonged […]
Out of all the weird and bloody eccentrics to work in the ‘extreme’ end of Asian cinema in recent decades, arguably none has more consistently staked a claim to the title of ‘auteur’ than 54-year-old […]
By Sharon Calingasan Watch Asian Films on FilmDoo We take a peek at some of the top Asian films that were released from January to April this year. These films were not only frequently outstanding […]
Sometimes a man can be so many things at once that it’s difficult to pin down just what he really is. It took eight years and a Golden Lion award for Takeshi Kitano’s native Japan […]