International: Asia
New York 2026 Review: THE DAY SHE RETURNS, Hong Sang-soo's Multi-Take Continues
Hong Sang-soo can find inspirations for his films anywhere.
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO: Why is Godzilla so Shouty in New Poster? So Angry.
A new poster for Gozilla Minus Zero has arrived. The big guy stands posed for distruction, our minds filling in the sound associated with such a stance, a massive "Skreeonk". Tickets are on sale now. IMAX early access screenings...
Echoes: HANGING BY A WIRE, Pakistan's First Academy Award Documentary Entry, Was Shot Entirely on a Phone
On the morning of August 22, 2023, people in the Allai Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, looked up. No one could believe their eyes when they saw a cable car hanging hundreds of feet above, suspended by the last cable that was...
Now Playing: VERITY, DIGGER, BEWARE BOIUNA, GHOST IN THE CELL
Plus: 'Appofeniacs' and 'Misty Green.'
Echoes: Pakistan Wants A Film Industry. Does It Have the Crew to Build One?
The recently launched Punjab Film City is like a light at the end of a dark tunnel for the Pakistani film industry, since enough has been discussed about the lack of resources and weak infrastructure in this area. This is,...
New York 2026 Review: POSSIBLE LOVE Examines Class Divide
It's surely one of the finest films of the year, and yet another masterpiece by Lee Chang-dong.
New York 2026 Kicks Off Tonight With PAPER TIGER
The 64th edition of the New York Film Festival kicks off tonight with a screening of James Gray's crime drama Paper Tiger. We might call the film an elevated genre picture, considering the filmmaker, the stars, and, of course, its...
ANGEL'S EGG 4K Review: Mamoru Oshii's Gorgeous and Distinctive Vision Comes Home
Mamoru Oshii ('Ghost in the Shell') tells a mysterious story in a mesmerizing fashion, now on 4K from GKids.
NEVER AFTER DARK Review: Genuinely Frightening, Not a Typical Ghost Story
Moeka Hoshi, Kento Kaku, Kurumi Inagaki, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzo Masana, and Tae Kimura star in writer/director Dave Boyle's haunting thriller.
Venice 2026 Review: LOVERS IN THE BLUE NIGHT, Tender Social Drama Caught in Its Own Emotional Web
Anuparna Roy's second feature intertwines queer longing, displacement, caste and emotional misrecognition in the nocturnal margins of Mumbai.
Echoes: The Changing Art of Pakistani Film Posters
Pakistani cinema had streets, walls, billboards, and cinema entrances long before a YouTube trailer or social media existed. One year after independence, Pakistan entered cinema with its first film, Teri Yaad, which ran for five weeks on cinema screens, as...
Venice 2026 Review: ARRESTED MEMORY, Screwball Cop Caper Brings Melancholy to the Police-Action Formula
Japanese cult filmmaker Sabu refreshes the police-action formula with screwball comedy and melancholic undertones.
Opening This Week: NEVER AFTER DARK, PRIMETIME, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER
Plus: 'Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!,' 'Heart of the Beast,' 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries.'
Toronto 2026: Wrap -- All Our Coverage (So Far)
Our curtain raiser, our reviews, our poster columns, and an interview.
Toronto 2026 Review: HALF, Malayalam Vampires Throw Down the Beats, and Slay On the Beatings
Somewhere in the vast open spaces of the Rajasthan Desert in Northwestern India, there is a highly organized group of bandits operating a well-oiled machine of hijacking, car-stripping, electronics and jewellery fencing. The local cops are in their pocket,...
Toronto 2026 Interview: DIARY OF A MAD OLD MAN Director Wayne Wang on Adapting Junichiro Tanizaki, Bringing Chinese and Japanese Stars Together
Director, producer and screenwriter Wayne Wang reflects on desire, ageing and psychological temptation in what may be his final film.
Toronto 2026 Review: DIARY OF A MAD OLD MAN Turns Erotic Obsession Into an Anti-Erotic Meditation
Wayne Wang returns to literary adaptation with a disquieting chamber drama in which senescence becomes its own form of erotic suspense.
Toronto 2026 Review: LOOK BACK Sees Hirokazu Kore-eda Struggle to Bring Tatsuki Fujimoto's Acclaimed Manga to Life
Celebrated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the pages of Japanese manga for inspiration once again, unveiling this thoughtful adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed 2021 coming-of-age one-shot, Look Back. Reuniting actresses Natsuki Deguchi and Aju Makita, both of whom featured prominently...
Anime Weekly: Crunchyroll's Fall 2026 Season Revealed
'#I'm Looking for a Zombie,' 'Dreamland,' and much more.
Toronto 2026 Review: BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO, Takashi Miike's Fairy Tale of Redemption
Is the Bad Lieutenant ‘franchise’ an excuse for wild auteur filmmakers to craft slyly black comedies full of sex and violence, and ideation-detritus that never made it into their other pictures? Is the Bad Lieutenant franchise even a franchise, or...
