Subtitled trailer for Go Shibata's 'Doman Seman'

I don't want to know what is coming out of that guy's head. Watch the trailer and you'll see. Japanese indie director Go Shibata is certainly turning heads as of late with his previous film Late Bloomer. One of his... More »

By Andrew Mack

Just A Friendly Reminder: NYAFF 2010 is Just About Here!

If you live in the New York City metropolitan area, read this site, and are not planning on attending the New York Asian Film Festival, then I suggested you carefully examine your film geek cred. Seriously. Take. A. Good. Hard.... More »

By Ben Umstead

The Official ALIEN VERSUS NINJA Trailer Arrives!

Soon to have it's World Premiere as part of the New York Asian Film Festival - 6pm, July 3rd, at the Japan Society for those who want to be there - beforer traveling on to Fantasia directors Seiji Chiba and... More »

By Todd Brown

The 2010 New York Asian Film Festival Schedule is Here!

Praise the gods (or any nondenominational entity/energy/what-have-you) the full schedule for this year's NYAFF has just been posted. Tickets go on sale June 10th. http://subwaycinemanews.com/archives/1091... More »

By Ben Umstead

The New York Asian Film Festival Trailers Bring Death And Destruction Uptown!

They say it better than I will, so I`ll leave it up to them:We have become what we hate! New York Asian Film Festival embraces the Great Satan and moves uptown to Lincoln Center, where we hope that giant monsters,... More »

By Todd Brown

New York Asian Film Festival 2010: Midnight Movies!

Subway Cinemas has updated their New York Asian Film Festival 2010 blog with details on their Friday and Saturday midnight screenings at the IFC. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check... More »

By Charles Webb

New York Asian Film Festival 2010 Lineup: Hong Kong and Mainland China

Subway Cinemas has updated their New York Asian Film Festival 2010 blog with details on the full roster from Hong Kong and mainland China. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check... More »

By Charles Webb

New York Asian Film Festival 2010 Lineup: Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand

Subway Cinemas has updated their New York Asian Film Festival 2010 blog with details on the full roster from Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check... More »

By Charles Webb

THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010 JAPANESE LINEUP! [Updated With Korean, Indonesian, and Thai Films]

The NYAFF has updated their blog with details on the full roster of films from each territory. Head on over to their blog to see the full descriptions of the films and check out some of the trailers. Keep an... More »

By Charles Webb

THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL Keeps Delivering The Goods!

A couple weeks back Todd ran this year's initial NYAFF announcement, with some special guests, screenings and awards. Today the good folks at Subway Cinema are dishing out their Opening, Centerpiece and Closing night flicks, which are sure to bring... More »

By Ben Umstead

Stop whatcha doin'! Watch the proper 'Gallants' trailer!

Stop everything that you're doing and watch the proper trailer for upcoming old school kung fu flick Gallants. An exhilarating homage to Hong Kong's action star of yesteryear and Hong Kong Cnema's action comedies, Gallanats sees two have-been masters Leung Siu-lung and... More »

By Andrew Mack

The New York Asian Film Festival To Honor Huang Bo, Simon Yam And Sammo Hung! And They're Moving To Fancy New Digs To Do It!

I am not nearly foolish enough to compete with a Grady Hendrix penned news release so I'm just going to copy and paste:Like Vandals storming the gates of Rome, the New York Asian Film Festival rampages through the Film Society's... More »

By Todd Brown

Vampires, frankensteins, blood and gore! New trailer for 'Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl'!

We've been a little caught up with the World Premiere of Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl down at NYAFF this weekend. So much so that we've been oblivious to the fact that there was a new international trailer for... More »

By Andrew Mack

Quick Thoughts On Noboru Iguchi's ROBOGEISHA

Oh, my. Those of you attending Tokyo Gore Night at the New York Asian Film Festival later on tonight are in for a treat. Though it hasn't been shown to the public yet, Machine Girl director Noboru Iguchi has been... More »

By Todd Brown

Thanks To The Wonders Of The Interweb, You Too Can Pretend To Be Attending The NYAFF!

So, you can't make it to New York for the New York Asian Film Festival but you want to pretend like you have? Or you told your mom that you were attending a film when really you were off... More »

By Todd Brown

L: Change the Subtitles!

Wellwellwell. As one of the people who bought the lovely Korean boxset of the two "Death Note" movies, I was eagerly awaiting the Korean release for the Death Note spin-off "L: Change the World". And it arrived in a nice... More »

By Ard Vijn

NYAFF Award Winners Announced

The award winners for the 2008 edition of the New York Asian Film Festival have been announced and, with a drum roll please, here they are: This year the New York Asian Film Festival gave two sets of awards... More »

By Todd Brown

NYAFF Ticket Giveaway! ACTION BOYS!

Who wants tickets to see Action Boys for free at the New York Asian Film Festival? You do! Yes, and you over there, sir. And also you. Yes, I know. Well, thanks to the benificence of the powers that... More »

By Todd Brown

NYAFF Ticket Giveaway Winners! CHANBARA BEAUTY!

Okay kids, the New York Asian Film Festival is in full swing and we've got ticket winners to announce! Congratulations are due to Albert Yu, Max Miller and Hugo Rosales who have each won passes to catch a festival... More »

By Todd Brown

NYAFF Ticket Giveaway! CHANBARA BEAUTY (ONECHANBARA)!

Who wants tickets to see Chanbara Beauty for free at the New York Asian Film Festival? You do! Yes, and you over there, sir. And also you. Yes, I know. Well, thanks to the benificence of the powers that... More »

By Todd Brown

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FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 3: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL AND I'M TRIPPING BALLS

CHAPTER 6: THERE'S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A PURPLE BEACH SMOTHERED IN MELTING TROMMETTES DURING A CRIMSON TINGED SUNSET ON THE FRENCH RIVERIA, HOLY SHIT I'M TRIPPING MY FUCKING FACE OFF.It's night. When the fuck did it become night? I'm naked. Where the fuck did my clothes go? I'm on... More »

Destroy All Monsters: I Think We've Been This Way Before, Mr. Spock

They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »