More from Elizabeth Kerr
‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ (‘Zhang jin hu’): Film Review
A trio of renowned directors — Hong Kong helmers Dante Lam and Tsui Hark and mainland Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige — team up for a blockbuster Korean War drama featuring Wu Jing, Jackson Yee and Hu Jun.
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‘One and Four’ (‘Yige he sige’): Film Review | Tokyo 2021
Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden produces Jigme Trinley’s feature debut, starring Jinpa as a forest ranger caught in a game of double-cross and mistaken identities.
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‘Arisaka’: Film Review | Tokyo 2021
Popular Filipino actor-singer Maja Salvador stars in 'Dead Kids' director Mikhail Red’s revenge thriller, filtering historical trauma through action conventions.
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‘Third Time Lucky’ (‘Sandome no Shojiki’): Film Review | Tokyo 2021
Writer-director Tadashi Nohara and actor Rira Kawamura re-team for 'Third Time Lucky', another intimate examination of mid-life Kobe malaise, premiering at Tokyo.
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‘The Dawning of the Day’ (‘Alborada’): Film Review | Tokyo 2021
Sri Lankan director Asoka Handagama dares to explore legendary poet Pablo Neruda’s life in colonial Ceylon, including the rape that has cast a shadow over his legacy.
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‘Crane Lantern’: Film Review | Tokyo 2021
Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarov returns with his distinct brand of visual poetry and existential musings in his third feature.
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‘Vanguard’ (‘Jixianfeng’): Film Review
Stanley Tong directs Jackie Chan in their seventh collaboration, 'Vanguard.'
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‘The Eight Hundred’ (‘Babai’): Film Review
Guan Hu’s controversial, oft-delayed and visually stunning war epic 'The Eight Hundred' finally makes its way to theaters, much to the delight of exhibitors.
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‘Peninsula’ (‘Ban-do’): Film Review
Director Yeon Sang-ho returns to familiar territory with 'Peninsula,' an oddly timely sequel to his creative 2016 zombie thriller 'Train to Busan.'
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Hollywood Flashback: Roberto Benigni Returns for a Pinocchio Do-Over
The Italian writer and director's first venture featured the (then) 50-year-old Benigni as the wooden puppet that becomes a real child.
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Hollywood Flashback: Johnny Depp Embraced Absurdity in ‘Arizona Dream’ in 1993
Hollywood Flashback: Johnny Depp embraced absurdity in 'Arizona Dream' in 1993.
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Hollywood Flashback: Willem Dafoe Helped Cronenberg Land a Silver Bear in 1999
In 1999, Willem Dafoe starred in David Cronenberg’s eventual Silver Bear winner, 'eXistenZ,' his first and only collaboration with cinema’s premier body horror maestro.
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