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NYAFF 2024 Roundup, Part Three: FAQ OF THE RE-ENTERING GOD
NYAFF 2024 Roundup, Part Two: GUEST TENANTS & PROSTITUTE HEAT
NYAFF 2024 Roundup, Part One: THE TIME FOR ALICE IS ALL OVER, GOLD BOY
New on Blu: THE BLUE JEAN MONSTER
NYAFF 2023: MISS SHAMPOO
NYAFF 2023: Interview With Anshul Chauhan, Director of DECEMBER
NYAFF 2023: BACK HOME
NYAFF 2023: MAD FATE
NYAFF 2023: GREENHOUSE
NYAFF 2023: A TOUR GUIDE
NYAFF 2023: EVERYPHONE, EVERYWHERE
NYAFF 2023: KITTY THE KILLER
NYAFF 2023: GEYLANG
NYAFF 2023: VITAL SIGNS
NYAFF 2023: ANIMATED SHORTS
NYAFF 2023: MARRY MY DEAD BODY
NYAFF 2023: OKIKU AND THE WORLD
NYAFF 2023: BEAR MAN
NYAFF 2023: GLORIOUS ASHES
NYAFF 2023: BAD EDUCATION
NYAFF2023: LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM COLLECTION
NYAFF 2022: BIG NIGHT!
NYAFF 2022: IMAGINUR
NYAFF 2022: THE THIEVES
NYAFF 2022: CONFESSION
NYAFF 2022: NOTHING SERIOUS
NYAFF 2022: VIRGIN BLUE
NYAFF 2022: HANSAN: RISING DRAGON
NYAFF 2022: LIFE FOR SALE
NYAFF 2022: TERRORIZERS
NYAFF 2022: SHIN ULTRAMAN
NYAFF 2022: PREMAN: SILENT FURY
NYAFF 2022: OFFBEAT COPS
NYAFF 2022: MY BEST FRIEND’S BREAKFAST
NYAFF 2022: LESSON IN MURDER
NYAFF 2022: INTIMATE STRANGER
NYAFF 2022: THE SWORDSMAN
NYAFF 2022: LEGENDARY IN ACTION!
NYAFF 2022: ONE AND FOUR
NYAFF 2022: MANCHURIAN TIGER
NYAFF 2022: MAMA BOY
NYAFF 2021: THE CON-HEARTIST
NYAFF 2021: AS WE LIKE IT
NYAFF 2021: CITY OF LOST THINGS
NYAFF 2021: MY MISSING VALENTINE
NYAFF 2021: BARBARIAN INVASION
NYAFF 2021: TONKATSU DJ AGETARO
NYAFF 2021: THE FABLE: A CONTRACT KILLER WHO DOESN’T KILL
NYAFF 2021: HOLD ME BACK
NYAFF 2021: THE PRAYER (aka SF8: THE PRAYER)
NYAFF 2021: ALL U NEED IS LOVE
NYAFF 2021: MONEY HAS FOUR LEGS
NYAFF 2021: JUNK HEAD
NYAFF 2021: THE OLD TOWN GIRLS
NYAFF 2021: NINJA GIRL
NYAFF 2021: A LEG
NYAFF 2021: FROM TODAY, IT’S MY TURN!
NYAFF 2021: SWEETIE, YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT
NYAFF 2021: TIONG BAHRU SOCIAL CLUB
NYAFF 2021: HAND-ROLLED CIGARETTE
NYAFF 2021: New York Asian Film Festival Opener ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU
Spinema Issue 58 — LYDIA LUNCH: THE WAR IS NEVER OVER
THE KID DETECTIVE: A Successful Comedy, Mystery, & Character Study
NYAFF 2020: SECRET ZOO
NYAFF 2020: THE GIRL AND THE GUN
NYAFF 2020: GERAN
NYAFF 2020: A WITNESS FROM OUT OF THE BLUE
NYAFF 2020: MEMORIES TO CHOKE ON, DRINKS TO WASH THEM DOWN
NYAFF 2020: DANCING MARY
NYAFF 2020: ROM
NYAFF 2020: THEY SAY NOTHING STAYS THE SAME
NYAFF 2020: ROH (SOUL)
NYAFF 2020: LUCKY CHAN-SIL
NYAFF 2020: DEAR LONELINESS
NYAFF 2020: UNLEASHED
NYAFF 2019: Festival Wrap-Up and Secret Screening
NYAFF 2019: Men Dream and Women Kick Ass in JINPA and FURIE
NYAFF 2019: Action and Melodrama Combine in THE WHITE STORM 2: DRUG LORDS
NYAFF 2019: UNCLE AND HOUSE and HARD-CORE Share a Low Key Aimlessness
NYAFF 2019: THE FABLE Provides Cathartic Cartoon Violence
NYAFF 2019: 212 WARRIOR Serves Up Throwback Daffiness
NYAFF 2019: In G AFFAIRS, Everyone Suffers
NYAFF 2019: Gleefully Absurd MISSBEHAVIOR Scores with Lowbrow Humor
NYAFF 2019: WHITE SNAKE is a Fascinating Update of an Ancient Tale
NYAFF 2019: Jade Leung Shines in THE FATAL RAID
NYAFF 2019: SAVAGE Will Satisfy Your Lust for Mayhem
NYAFF 2019: PUSH AND SHOVE Deftly Chronicles a Suburban War
NYAFF 2019: MAGGIE is an Inexplicable Series of Curious Things
NYAFF 2019: Hitman MR. LONG Grows a Heart
NYAFF 2019: It’s Time to MOVE THE GRAVE
HARDBODIES: Easy on the Eyes, Light in the Head
D.O.A Is Just Okay
The Wachowskis Show Their True Heart in BOUND
NYAFF 2018 Closing Night: BUYBUST is a Worthy Choice for the Ultimate Festival Slot
NYAFF 2018: KHUN PAN Secret Screening is a Risk That Pays Off
NYAFF 2018: INUYASHIKI is a Pleasant Superhero Surprise
NYAFF 2018: Friendship Journeys to a Dark Place in SAD BEAUTY
NYAFF 2018: DUKUN is a Singular Experience
NYAFF 2018: Good Intentions aren’t Quite Enough for SID AND AYA: NOT A LOVE STORY
NYAFF 2018: BUFFALO BOYS Walks a Fine Line of Highs and Lows
NYAFF 2018: Teen Comedy DUDE’S MANUAL Turns on the Charm
NYAFF 2018: Anything Goes in Jarring SMOKIN’ ON THE MOON
NYAFF 2018: Surviving in Seoul’s MICROHABITAT
NYAFF 2018: Eerily Timely 1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES Will Resonate in the U.S.
NYAFF 2018: Get Your Asian Noir Fix with THE LOOMING STORM
NYAFF 2018: Enjoy the Audacity of LIVERLEAF
NYAFF 2018: Expect the Unexpected in THE EMPTY HANDS
Serve Up a Cold Dish of REVENGE
RiverRun 2018: SEVERINA and MOSS Offer Two Interpretations of the Femme Fatale
RiverRun 2018: WHEN SHE RUNS
RiverRun 2018: RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE & THE GUARDIANS
RiverRun 2018: REDOUBTABLE
RiverRun 2018: OPUNTIA
John Wayne’s BRANNIGAN Doesn’t Quite Live Up to its Concept
NYAFF 2017: Strong Female Leads Power SOUL MATE
NYAFF 2017: LOVE AND OTHER CULTS isn’t Actually a Love Story
NYAFF 2017: Get in the Pink with WET WOMAN IN THE WIND
NYAFF 2017: Warm Charm Saves SAVING SALLY
NYAFF 2017: THE SUFFERING OF NINKO is Bizarre and Unexpected
NYAFF 2017: DAWN OF THE FELINES Lacks Actual Cats, is Intriguing Nonetheless
NYAFF 2017: EXTRAORDINARY MISSION Channels Old School Hong-Kong Spirit
NYAFF 2017: Try and Keep Up with MOLE SONG 2: HONG KONG CAPRICCIO
NYAFF 2017: Fists are Flying in DESTRUCTION BABIES
NYAFF 2017: You Won’t Expect THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED
NYAFF 2017: A DOUBLE LIFE is a Film of Empty Spaces
NYAFF 2017: ORDINARY PERSON
NYAFF 2017: HAPPINESS
NYAFF 2017: DUCKWEED — A Chinese Comedy That Can Play Well Anywhere
TONY ROME: In Which Frank Sinatra is Compared to Adam Sandler
A BIGGER SPLASH Brings a Voluptuous Aesthetic to a Simple Story
BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE ULTIMATE EDITION [BLU-RAY REVIEW]
NYAFF 2016: A BRIDE FOR RIP VAN WINKLE/ HENTAI KAMEN 2: THE ABNORMAL CRISIS
HELLHOLE (1985): Ridiculous Mayhem, New on Blu!
NYAFF 2016 Secret 15th Anniversary Screening: A HERO NEVER DIES
NYAFF 2016: In TOO YOUNG TO DIE, the Devil’s in the Details
TRICKED: The Mad Dutchman Up To Some New Tricks [DVD Review]
PICK OF THE WEEK: One Final Trip in a YELLOW SUBMARINE
NYAFF 2016: LAZY CRAZY HAZY, FREELANCE (HEART ATTACK) Explore Love, Work, Sex, and More Sex (Also…
NYAFF 2016: MY BELOVED BODYGUARD Both Charms and Kicks Ass
NYAFF 2016: GRACE, ALONE Bring Cruelty, Tricks, Treats
NYAFF 2016: WHAT’S IN THE DARKNESS and KIYAMACHI DARUMA
THE FINAL MASTER: Kinda Confusing, but There are Knife Fights So it’s Cool…
Rock Out with Your Cop Out: COP ROCK Comes to DVD
VICTOR’S SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW 2016 Part 1: MAY to JUNE
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NYAFF 2015: Interview With Subway Cinema & NYAFF’s Sam Jamier & Rufus de Rham
NYAFF 2015: WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN/CHASUKE’S JOURNEY
Fantasia Fest 2015: CRUMBS Presents a Bizarro Version of Post-Apocalyptica
Fantasia Fest 2015: ON THE HORIZON Explores Everyone’s Relationship with “That” Person
Pick Of The Week: Roman Polanski’s MACBETH (1971) — A History Of Violence
NYAFF 2015: TOKYO TRIBE
NYAFF 2015: The KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL is Exactly What You Think
NYAFF 2015: ROBBERY: A Debut Hong Kong Black Comedy For The Sick At Heart
NYAFF 2015: FULL STRIKE: There’s Finally a Badminton Sports Comedy
NYAFF 2015: COPS VS. THUGS/BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY
NYAFF 2015: FUNUKE, SHOW SOME LOVE YOU LOSERS!
NYAFF 2015: RUINED HEART is a Beautiful Cinematic Hellscape
NYAFF 2015: EMPIRE OF LUST, CITY ON FIRE + Ringo Lam Lifetime Achievement Award
WELCOME TO ME Stands Out in a Mixed Bag of Wiig Indies
An Autopsy of BEYOND THE REACH
TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN: War is… Fun?
GUN WOMAN and The Gentle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck
MAD MEN Season 7, EPISODE 14 “PERSON TO PERSON”
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR is Refreshing and Relatable
MAD MEN Season 7, Episode 13: “THE MILK AND HONEY ROUTE”
Depp Rising: CRY-BABY
Depp Rising: PRIVATE RESORT
MAD MEN RECAP Season 7, Episode 12: “Lost Horizon”
VICTOR’S SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW, Part 2: July-August
Victor’s Summer Movie Preview 2015: May-June
MAD MEN Season 7, Episode 11: “Time and Life”
Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, and Michael Jai White Get Their Kicks in SKIN TRADE
THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS 2: RZA’s Kung Fu Legend Continues, Darker and Drabber
MAD MEN RECAP Season 7, Episode 10: THE FORECAST
AREWELL TO LANGUAGE 3-D: Jean-Luc Godard’s Latest Hits Blu-ray
JUSTIFIED: The End of the Road
MAD MEN Recap Season Seven, Episode 9: “New Business”
MAD MEN Recap Season Seven, Episode Eight: SEVERANCE
Pick Of The Week: GET HIM TO THE GREEK
GIRLS Season 4, Episode 8 “TAD AND LOREEN AND AVI AND SHANAZ”
New on Blu Podcast: WILD ORCHID Bores Despite Ample Nudity
The Action/Adventure Section: LOOSE CANNONS
Blu Review: THE HOMESMAN Paints a Bleak and Beautiful Portrait of the Hellish American West
GIRLS Season 4 Episode 5: SIT-IN Recap & Review
Charlie Sheen and Michael Madsen are BEYOND THE LAW
Pryor On PRYOR: OMIT THE LOGIC
Victor Makes It Better: GHOSTBUSTERS 3 Casting
The Action/Adventure Section: KILLING AMERICAN STYLE
BLOOD STAINED TRADEWINDS (1990) — Call This Detergent, Cuz It’s Woo-lite
REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS Can’t Live Up To Its Own Title
Megaton Review of TAK3N (aka TAKEN 3: RELEASE THE TAKEN!)
Victor’s Screencap Clearing House: STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER
The Action/Adventure Section: TERMINAL ISLAND (1973)
BEAUTIFUL GIRL: Tragedy Porn?
THE NEWSROOM Season 3, Episode 6 (Finale): “What Kind Of Day Has It Been”
THE NEWSROOM Season 3, Episode 5: “Oh Shenandoah”
GUTSHOT STRAIGHT: Where’s the Action?
THE COLOR OF TIME: Color Me Malick
THE NEWSROOM Season 3, Episode 4: “Contempt”
STARRY EYES: Fame Is A Green-Eyed Monster
The Action/Adventure Section: BIG BAD MAMA
I’M OBSESSED WITH YOU (BUT YOU’VE GOT TO LEAVE ME ALONE): A Vivid Portrait Of America’s Youth…
THE NEWSROOM Season 3, Episode 3: “Main Justice”
THE NEWSROOM Season 3, Episode 2: “RUN”
THE NEWSROOM Season 3, Episode 1
Pick of the Week: STARMAN
The Digital Decider: A Child of Film Takes A Stand in the Film vs. Digital Debate
The Action/Adventure Section: THE TAKING OF BEVERLY HILLS (1991)
New on Blu: LIFE OF CRIME
THE HEART MACHINE: A Human Story In The Internet Age
VIOLETTE: The French Make Better Biopics Than Us
THROWDOWN DVD Review: Danny Trejo and Vinnie Jones Can’t Save This One
The Action/Adventure Section: THE CANDY TANGERINE MAN (1975)
Camp Out with WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD
HONEYMOON: Commendable But Stretched Too Thin
The Action/Adventure Section: CATCH THE HEAT
Who to Watch: DALEKS INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D.
WHY AREN’T YOU WATCHING: 24
Pick of the Week: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK- THE ADAPTATION
HAPPY CHRISTMAS: Joe Swanberg Satisfyingly Explores Screwups
DISCOPATH: Everything is Awesome
VICTOR’S SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW: Part 2, July — August ( AKA The Only Summer Guide You’ll Ever Need)*
VICTOR’S SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW: Part 1, May — June
MOBIUS: An Unexpectedly Sexy Spy Thriller
SHE SAID/ HE SAID
PUSSY RIOT: A PUNK PRAYER Hits DVD
ROBOCOP: THE ANIMATED SERIES — You Know, For Kids
STRANGER BY THE LAKE: Like SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY, Only Gay, French, And Good
GIRLS Tag Team: Season 3, Episode 3
13 Things I Learned From 2013 Cinema
WELCOME TO THE PUNCH: Cops, Good Guys, Bad Guys, Shootouts, Blood Money, Etc.
Flashback: THE TOXIC CRUSADERS
TROUBLE MAN and the Three Levels of Blaxploitation
VIOLET & DAISY on Blu-ray: Tonally Balanced Teen Assassins
The Moment: DRUNKEN MASTER 2.
Mumblecorner: COMPUTER CHESS Hits DVD
Justice League: THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX
TABU: Romanticism And Racism Hit DVD
ESCAPE PLAN: A Delightfully Mainstream Team-Up
SHOWGIRLS 2: PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN
Mumblecorner: SILVER BULLETS
PASSION: I Like it a Little More Than I Should
IN A WORLD: Lake Bell Knocks It Out Of The Park
DAREDEVIL: Ten Years After The Disaster…
MUMBLECORNER: An Introduction To Mumblecore
MAGIC MAGIC Review
Summer 2013: A Barren Stretch Of Road…
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Parker, And/Or: The Statham Problem
Superman: The Great American Myth
Furious 6: A Walk Down “Fast” Lane
Summer Movie Breakdown 2013
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