More than anything, The Little Sisters of Eluria highlights the cost of Roland’s journey even before his main quest begins.

KOFFIA 2025 brings 10 Korean premieres, Q&As with directors, and free screenings in 6 regional cities. Hear Me: Our Summer ...

Toshiaki Toyoda delivers another dazzling collision of sound and vision, teaming up with legendary taiko drumming troupe Kodō for this beautiful hybrid film. After becoming slightly smitten by ...

Before vinyl bars became the latest trend worldwide, Japan’s kissaten were quietly leading the charge, offering serene musical escapes for a century. If you’ve noticed more vinyl bars and listening ...

If the premise of BULLET TRAIN EXPLOSION (新幹線大爆破) sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve been down this track before. The concept of a vehicle set to explode if it drops below a certain speed was the ...

88 miles per hour, forty years later: Back to the Future remains a pop culture time machine, still as thrilling and clever as ever.

Released 25 years ago, X-Men was the serious, streamlined leap that set the stage for a new era of superhero cinema. A new millennium was upon us. Having survived the ravages of Y2K and The Phantom ...

A tense, tech-tinged hostage thriller with real-world roots that plays it safe. There probably ought to be a moratorium on film titles using the ‘i’ prefix. But if any story earns a special ...

The other side of the film is much darker, exploring power dynamics within the fan/star relationship. Paulo doesn’t immediately call the police or return Jane to her parents, perhaps basking in her ...

From the opening frames of Taiki Sakpisit’s debut feature, it’s like he wants to keep you at arm’s length. The director of the short films The Mental Traveller and The Age of Anxiety combines his ...

It’s often difficult to talk about virtual reality divorced from its native context. Then again, when you’re dealing with the realms of virtual, who is to say what is what is the proper format? Taiwan ...