Brace yourself for disappointment.  As painful as it is to say, Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bulletman is far indeed from being the triumphant return to the iconic world that created a rabid cult around Tsukamoto.  Worse than that, not... More >>

In case anyone had forgotten, 2009 movies seem to keep reminding us that, yes, it's indeed the year of the ox. In Korea, they did so with one of the most shocking success stories in Chungmuro's history, the three million...

Closing this year's edition of la Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, better known as the Venice Film Festival, the official award ceremony just took place at the festival's Sala Grande. So who took home the awards? This year's GOLDEN LION for...

Though the announcement of the official prizes at Venice won't come tomorrow, the sidebar awards were all announced today with two films featured heavily on Twitch taking home major prizes.  Tarik Saleh's Metropia took the Future Film Festival's Digital...

We ran the first teaser for Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo The Bullet Man a couple days ago and today we've got a second, longer trailer for you.  This one is the international version and shows off much more of the...

While I found the film itself to be a whopping disappointment - you can read my review here - there are, no doubt, many rabid fans of Shinya Tsukamoto and his Tetsuo films who are going to want to...

We've been following the progress of up-and-coming Malaysian filmmaker Edmund Yeo, and seen him grow from strength to strength. We highlighted his very first Japanese short film, Kingyo, sometime back, a film shot in Tokyo with a largely Japanese...

Despite the stop-motion animation and talking animals, it is not very hard to identify all of the Wes Anderson trademarks (not to mention nearly every voice actor here as worked with him in the past) on display. Adapted from the...

From the luxurious Westin Excelsior in sunny Rome comes news on la Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica, better known as the Venice Film Festival. Today the official lineup of this year’s edition, already number 66, has been announced by festival director... More >>

Chengdu, Wo Ai Ni (Chengdu, I Love You) is to close this year’s edition of la Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica, better known as the Venice Film Festival. Filmed in tandem by Fruit Chan and China's most famous “alternative” rock star... More >>