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Phoenix City will be hosting the 32nd edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, running from 7 until 16 October. The programmers have prepared a rich line-up, shining a light on productions from the Central and Eastern regions of Europe, while...

Centering on the adventures of Japan's original odd couple, Omori Tatsushi's 2011 comedy-drama Tada's Do-It-All House proved to be a hit in its home country, winning the heart of Japanese audiences thanks to an imaginative story of Tada (Eita), the...

To make effective use of multi-perspective narrative is never an easy task, but first-time helmer Xin Yukun has found a perfectly workable way of implementing the risky technique within a story of a peaceful, rural Chinese village forcefully awakened from...

Le-Van Kiet's Gentle starts with an unexpectedly drastic scene, as if trying to wash away the tranquility so pleasantly accentuated by the film's opening credits and its intriguing title, inspired by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1876 short story 'A Gentle Creature'.From the...

In Wang Chao's Fantasia, one family's struggle to overcome a personal crisis, inevitably worsened by the father's progressive terminal illness, serves its purpose as a catalyst for the director to weave a tale of seemingly great social significance. Even though...

Given the complex and deeply philosophical nature of the religious notion hidden behind the title of the film, Three Marks of Existence willfully dwells on the topic of reincarnation, kharma, and the difference between 'I' and 'mine', among other curious...

Though generally categorized as a war drama, the newest picture from Georgian director Zaza Urushadze only uses war as a background to its moralizing and mightily effective story. There is a war, but it takes place within one household and...

Kitano Takeshi, a born comedian and devoted creator of many downright gritty cop thrillers in which he also starred, stunned the whole world in 1996 when he made Kids Return, a picture that showed a completely fresh and unpredictable side...

Finnish film Concrete Night opens as a dream, and though it tells a riveting story set in a real-life location it stays in the dream-like realm throughout its running time, mostly due to gorgeous, properly muted, sharp and contrasted black...

Being a huge fan of Japanese cinema I can honestly say that I was really intrigued when I carefully looked through this year's festival and saw a film entitled The Japanese Dog. After a few minutes I finally realized that...

Japanese love their food probably as much as any other nation does, but the way they prepare it brings to mind a very solemn and breathtaking ritual, during which everything must be arranged in a specifically detailed order so as...

A long-distance trip into the unknown can sometimes turn out to be a true eye-opener, either a good one or a bad one, depending on the approach of the traveller and the risk he decides to take in order to...

If you haven't booked your tickets yet now is the perfect time! The Warsaw Film Festival starts today and it has many splendid goodies to offer throughout the 10 eventful autumn days (October 11-20). Opening with Uberto Pasolini's Still Life,...