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Alejandro Amenabar's Egyptian epic Agora drew somewhat mixed reviews when it premiered in Cannes but whatever people may think of the commercial prospects of the film there's no denying the sheer scope and attention to detail with this thing....

For years, One-Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the chieftain Barde. Aided by a boy, Are, he kills his captor and together they escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On...

As a companion piece to my Q&A transcript of the La Ciénaga screening at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts earlier this summer, I offer the subsequent evening’s conversation regarding La Mujer Sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman) between filmmaker... More >>

[The Toronto International Film Festival's south-east Asia programmer Raymond Phathanavirangoon has been giving us a guided tour of his selections for the big festival and today he checks in with some thoughts on Sawasdee Bangkok.] Hi everyone! After my...

As any regular rerader of this site will know, we are big fans of Japan's Joe Odagiri around these parts and loyal followers of his career. And Odagiri has been on a bit of a world wide tour of...

....and it's quite the surprising choice. Although by now it has sort of lost its luster, the practice of nominating a "troika" of actresses to define a generation's most popular stars survived up to the 90s, but it was...

A good while back I was raving in these pages about Bao Tran's short film Bookie, a gorgeously shot and very noir tinged tale set in a classic soul club in some undisclosed time. Revolving around a minor bookie... More >>