4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (614+ words) Based in Paris. My life-long passions are cinema and TV series, and I enjoy nothing more than sharing my thoughts about the latest film and TV show to grab my imagination. I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s watching Hong Kong…...

18+ hour, 9+ min ago   (904+ words) Panagiotis (Panos) Kotzathanasis is a film critic and reviewer, specialized in Asian Cinema. He is the owner and administrator of Asian Movie Pulse, one of the biggest portals dealing with Asian cinema. He is a frequent writer in Hancinema, Taste…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (656+ words) Ever since I watched Takeshi Kitano's "Hana-Bi" for the first time (and many times after that) I have been a cinephile. While much can be said about the technical aspects of film, coming from a small town in Germany, I…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (607+ words) Don’t Close Your Eyes (2023) by Kou Darachan Asian Movie Pulse Don’t Close Your Eyes (2023) by Kou Darachan Likable and effective, if only slightly flawed, Cambodian genre effort. The J-horror movement of the early 2000s took the global market by storm, inspiring…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (781+ words) Ever since I watched Takeshi Kitano's "Hana-Bi" for the first time (and many times after that) I have been a cinephile. While much can be said about the technical aspects of film, coming from a small town in Germany, I…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (706+ words) G'Day! Ni Hao? Hello! Many steamy hot tropical moons ago, I was bitten by the Shaw Brothers movie bug inside a cool cinema in Borneo while Wang Yu was slicing away on the screen. The same bug, living in my…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (984+ words) Ever since I watched Takeshi Kitano's "Hana-Bi" for the first time (and many times after that) I have been a cinephile. While much can be said about the technical aspects of film, coming from a small town in Germany, I…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (226+ words) Festival passes go on sale on 3 September – alongside the first titles in the programme. Retrospectives of veteran genre film directors, a panorama of contemporary Vietnam, cinema steeped in spirituality, masters and new cinematic voices, Five Flavours classics, Polish highlights and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (614+ words) The Hong Kong Film Gala Presentation in Kuala Lumpur brings six Hong Kong titles, filmmaker conversations, university talks and an immersive exhibition to Malaysian audiences. Angela Yuen, actress in the opening title “Afterpiece”, said: “It was a real honour to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (465+ words) Asian Movie Pulse Feng Shui 2 (2014) by Chito S. Rono Film Review A lowered, if still worthwhile, follow-up to the classic original. A decade after the original Asian horror classic, director Chito S. Rono and star Kris Aquino return to battle the supernaturally…...