Yawn of the Dead: A Review of 'Zombiepura' (2018)
With the proliferation of zombie-related media nowadays, it is hard to imagine that once upon a time zombies were a novelty. When George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead burst onto the scene in 1968,...
View ArticlePlaying God to Zombies: An Interview with Jacen Tan
Jacen Tan is no stranger to walking his own path, when others are trudging on the holy grail of cinema. More than 10 years ago when filmmakers were making short films for film festival glory, he made...
View ArticleReview: 'The Night Comes for Us' (2018)
Netflix’s new action-thriller The Night Comes for Us, comes from the mind of seasoned merchant of death, director Timo Tjahjanto of Headshot and Killers fame. Possessing the same DNA as the recent...
View ArticleShoutOUT! Sonny Liew, Eric Khoo and Otto Fong on the comic artists line-up...
If you have been following our 10th Anniversary Kickstarter Fundraising campaign, we have some news for you. Some names in the comic artist line-up have been confirmed. They will be among the artists...
View Article"Found" Stories with Brillante Mendoza
Brillante Mendoza just doesn’t stop working. He has a voracious output, churning out numerous films, shorts and documentaries every year and recently, a 12-episode series for Netflix. With a keen eye...
View ArticleShoutOUT! Local Film-makers Unearth Real-life Stories from Singapore’s Past...
'Plague' by Boo Junfeng Following the successful release of its first five short films, the inaugural “15 Shorts” premiered its second batch of local films inspired by true Singaporean stories, at...
View Article'Found' Stories: An Interview with Brillante Mendoza
Brillante Mendoza just doesn’t stop working. He has a voracious output, churning out numerous films, shorts and documentaries every year and recently, a 12-episode series for Netflix. With a keen eye...
View ArticleReview: Cannonball (2018)
The proliferation of music-based films and documentaries in today’s film scene makes it hard to imagine something aside from cult song and plot-driven crowd pleasers, some of the most recent being A...
View ArticleSHOUTOUT!: Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival Awards
27 Steps of May by Ravi L. BharwaniThe 13th edition of Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, has celebrated and committed to promoting Asian films, culminating at the JAFF Awards as they honored the best...
View ArticleFace to Face at Perspectives Film Festival 2018
This year’s edition of Perspectives Film Festival was themed Institutions, focusing on films that challenge systems of order and often, oppression, within which individuals find themselves situated. As...
View ArticleSGIFF2018: Winners and Strutters at the Silver Screen Awards
(Left to right) Jury Chief Stanley Kwan, director Yeo Siew Hua, actress Luna Kwok, producer Fran Borgia, SGIFF Executive Director Yuni HadiA Land Imagined took home the main award on home soil...
View ArticleReview: Eerie (2018)
Pat Consolacion (Bea Alonzo) in EerieIndie darling Mikhail Red is nothing if not ambitious. His first feature with an established production studio is also his first genre film, and he has chosen...
View ArticleReview: The Future Cries Beneath Our Soils (2018)
Phuong and Hoang, two memorable characters from the film 'The Future Lies Beneath Our Soils' attended the Singapore International Film Festival Silver Screen Awards where the film director Pham Thu...
View ArticleBeing observant and having a good gaydar: An interview with team 'Dear Ex'
Actors Roy Chiu and Hsieh Ying-xuan as the leads in Dear ExAccording to director Mag Hsu(徐誉庭), Dear Ex (谁先爱上他的),the comedy was screened with an O+ rating in Taiwan, which means everyone can watch the...
View ArticleReview: The Day I Lost My Shadow (2018)
Is cinema capable of talking about war without being graphic? The answer is yes. Documentary filmmaker Soudade Kaadan’s first fiction feature, The Day I Lost My Shadow, is a moving portrait of a woman...
View ArticleReview: Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2018)
A water buffalo floats over a seemingly endless forest scored by a peaceful acoustic tune, lulling the unaware viewer into a feeling of serenity. Suddenly, we hear the splashing of mud across a young...
View ArticleShoutOUT! SGIFF Announces Brand New 'Moonlight Cinema' Programme In...
Credits: Gardens by the BayOutdoor lovers and cinephiles unite! Forget about watching movies under the star-light, here is your chance to watch movies under the super-trees instead. In a first for the...
View ArticleReview: Manta Ray (2018)
Revolving around the unlikely friendship between a Thai fishermanand the Rohingya refugee whom he rescues, Manta Ray is an exposition of the perils of displacement and the mindless callousness that has...
View ArticleSTOP10: 'The Imminent Immanent' by Carlo Francisco Manatad
Carlo Francisco Manatad has a cute touch to the end of his most recent short film The Imminent Immanent - Jodilerks Dela Cruz is credited in the rolling credits. Jodilerks happens to be the titular...
View ArticleSTOP10: 'Balangiga: Howling Wilderness' by Khavn De La Cruz
A water buffalo floats over a seemingly endless forest scored by a peaceful acoustic tune, lulling the unaware viewer into a feeling of serenity. Suddenly, we hear the splashing of mud across a young...
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