Tag: vietnam
Mediterrane 2024 Review: VIET AND NAM, Mesmerizing Slow Drama Explores Personal and National Histories
Vietnamese filmmaker Truong Minh Quy has crafted one of 2024's most intriguing films, using contemplative visuals exploring personal and national histories against the backdrop of a romance of two young queer Vietnamese miners.
Tribeca 2024 Review: NEW WAVE, More Than Vietnamese-American Music
Elizabeth Ai's documentary peers deeply into the music, yes, but also the cultural and generational divides that produced it in the 1980s.
Friday One Sheet: MOTHER SAIGON (Má Sài Gòn)
Quebec/Vietnamese filmmaker Khoa Lê's documents a portrait of the LGBTQ+ in modern Vietnam in Má Sài Gòn (Mother Saigon). The hazy orange and pink key art offers its own kind of public intimacy, and sends out a strong core visual on...
Cannes 2023 Review: INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL, Extraordinary Debut Feature
First-time Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An unspooled his stunning feature in the Director's Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Review: MAIKA: THE GIRL FROM ANOTHER GALAXY Warms the Heart and Gladdens the Spirit
Vietnam's first-ever children's sci-fi feature, directed by Ham Tran, is an adventurous comedy, opening exclusively in North American movie theaters.
578 MAGNUM Trailer: Fathers, Assassins and Gangsters Aplenty in Vietnamese Action Flick
A father who is ready to hunt the whole criminal underworld down for his daughter. Hey! This is just a reminder that when it comes to international action cinema, the country of Vietnam has chops, literally and figuratively. Case...
Blu-ray Review: BOAT PEOPLE Shows What War Leaves In Its Wake
Ann Hui's devastating 1982 portrait of postwar Vietnam and its refugees is despairingly relevant, even timely, in 2022.
Sundance 2022 Review: MAIKA, Vietnamese Kiddy Sci-Fi Charmer From Ham Tran
What if E.T. and CJ7 had a movie baby? Versatile director Ham Tran attempts to answer that question in his latest film, Maika, making its debut in the Kids section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Tran has dipped his...
Coming Soon on Criterion: BOAT PEOPLE and MILLER'S CROSSING
Also due in February 2022: Leo McCarey's 'Love Affair' and Douglas Sirk's 'Written on the Wind.'
Friday One Sheet: DA 5 BLOODS
Netflix and Design Agency Gravillis Inc. have done yeoman's work with the series of Key Art and One Sheets for the upcoming Spike Lee Joint, Da 5 Bloods. Recently, they hired one of the best in the business, Akiko Stehrenberger,...
Review: DANGER CLOSE, Australians Wage War in Vietnam
Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey and Richard Roxborough star; Kriv Stenders directed.
Now Streaming: FURIE, Don't Make a Vietnamese Mother Mad
Veronica Ngo Thanh Van stars; Le-Van Kiet directs.
Far East Film Festival 20 to Open with STEEL RAIN, CROSSROADS: ONE TWO JAGA
The Far East Film Festival launches its 20th edition on 20 April with Netflix’s South Korean spy thriller Steel Rain, playing for the very first time on the big screen. The world premiere of Namron’s Malaysian drama Crossroads: One Two...
Mike Tyson Saves Vietnamese Bachelorette Party!
Yup, it's what the headline says and I'm just going to leave this here, okay?...
Review: THE HOUSEMAID, When the Dead Don't Leave You Alone
The dead are among us. Whether you believe the dead are decomposing, wandering, or haunting, they are sown into the fabric of life. Their influence varies greatly, depending upon the beliefs of the beholder. In Derek Nguyen's The Housemaid (originally...
THE HOUSEMAID Exclusive Clip: Do Ghosts Exist?
In Derek Nguyen's atmospheric -- and increasingly unsettling -- drama The Housemaid, a young woman is drawn into a world in which ghosts may exist. Our exclusive clip sets that up. Nhung Kate has begun working at a rubber plantation...
THE HOUSEMAID Remake Nabs Oscar-Winning Writer
Heading for release in the U.S. on February 16, Derek Nguyen's The Housemaid has received positive advance acclaim. And now its planned English-language remake has nabbed an Academy Award-winning writer. First, about the original: A forbidden passion awakens vengeful spirits...
HOUSE, LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN, BAREFOOT CONTESSA and More Join Eureka in Feb/March
Eureka! Entertainment has been dropping hints about the rest of its Q1 2018 slate for a while now, but today the British label confirmed the street dates for a host of exciting new releases for their beloved Masters of Cinema...
Head Transplant Leads To Asses Kicked In Victor Vu's LOI BAO
Everyone loves a good origin story, right? That seems to be the general premise behind the structure of the ongoing wave of superhero films and in the quest to come up with a compelling origin Vietnamese director Victor Vu has...
Review: SAIGON BODYGUARDS Doesn't Phuc With The Bromance
Professional bodyguards Viên and Trịnh's latest assignment -- protecting Henry, a rich brat who becomes heir to the LeMilk company after his father's death -- will make them sweat: the funeral is not even finished before Henry is kidnapped by...
