Screened at the 65th Critics’ Week and featured in the Special Screenings section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Pierre Le Gall’s Flesh and Fuel is set within the often unseen world of European truck drivers. The film depicts the exhausting pace of life on the road and the emotional emptiness that can grow within…
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“Perfect Crown” Review: A Coffee Table Drama
He’s everywhere. Perhaps not on quite as many shop windows and skincare advertisements in Seoul as Park Bo Gum, but pretty-faced actor Byeon Woo Seok is hardly avoidable in the metropolis. But can he live up to the powerhouse beside him in Perfect Crown? Multi-hyphenate and nation’s princess IU displays Seong Hui-ju as a strong-willed…
28th Far East Film Festival: “Ghost in the Cell” Review
In a prison in Indonesia, a mysterious ghost begins brutally killing inmates, arranging their mutilated bodies into elaborate art installations. Who is responsible, and who will be next? As fear spreads through the cell block, prisoners must now band together to stop the murders while trying to keep their heads on their shoulders. Such is…
76th Berlin International Film Festival: “Papaya” Review
A compact and light-hearted Brazilian animation, Papaya, screening at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, feels exceptionally sincere and heartening as director Priscilla Kelle’s feature debut. Without dialogue, the constant adventure of the papaya seed reflects a teeming Amazonian forest landscape blazing with colours through its vitality and the complex interactions of plants coexisting within…
Christy Lee Rogers: Art, Myth, and Light Beneath Water – Exclusive Interview
Christy Lee Rogers moves through the world like a storyteller suspended between centuries. Speaking with her in London, on the eve of her luminous new immersive exhibition, Myths and Legends, felt like entering one of her underwater worlds. Rogers has long been drawn to the place where human emotion meets the sublime, and in this…
69th BFI London Film Festival: “Human Resource” Review
Abortion remains one of the most polarising debates in the world: a subject weighed down by politics, religion, and morality, but rarely centred on the lived experiences of the women forced to make impossible choices. Too often, the men who play a part in unplanned pregnancies can walk away, while women are left carrying the…
Explore East Asian Cinema at LEAFF 2025: Full Film Lineup
The London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) returns this autumn to celebrate its 10th anniversary. From 23 October to 2 November 2025, the festival will once again transform the capital into a hub of cinematic celebration, bringing over 40 films from across the region to some of London’s most iconic venues. Over the past decade,…
Experience the Magic of Another Fanmeet: JIB DREAM FANMEET in Rome Details
Over the past decade, Thailand’s Boys’ Love (BL) dramas have become far more than niche entertainment. They are vibrant, emotionally rich stories that allow characters and viewers to explore vulnerability, identity, and romance without apology. One of the genre’s most unique strengths is pairing consistency: actors who work together across multiple series build trust and…
Behind the Scenes of “I’m The Most Beautiful Count” with Nut and Ping – Exclusive Interview
Currently airing Thai series I’m The Most Beautiful Count, starring Nut Supanut Lourhaphanich and Ping Orbnithi Leelavetchabutr, is a journey of self-discovery wrapped in perfectly timed humour. Adapted from the webtoon Chan Ni Lae Than Khun Thi Suai Thi Sut Nai Siam by Yuen Kin Pakka Thi Than Phra, the series follows Prince – essayed…
“I’m The Most Beautiful Count”: A Thai BL Drama of Queer Love and Palace Secrets – Review of the First Two Episodes
From its first flashy frame, Thai series I’m The Most Beautiful Count – adapted from the webtoon Chan Ni Lae Than Khun Thi Suai Thi Sut Nai Siam by Yuen Kin Pakka Thi Than Phra – brims with a sense of intrigue. Dropping us into the glamorous world of our protagonist, superstar Prince (Nut Supanut…
30th Busan International Film Festival: Special Program in Focus – Defining Moments of Asian Cinema
Marking its 30th milestone, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) presents the third edition of Asian Cinema 100 under the theme Defining Moments of Asian Cinema. Curated in collaboration with the Pusan National University Film Institute and the Korean Film Archive, the program revisits the artistry and history of Asian filmmaking through landmark works, each…
27th Far East Film Festival: In Conversation with Cynthia Yee, Luka Yang and Shari Matsuura of “Chinatown Cha-Cha”
Nonagenarian Coby Yee is the shining light of the vibrant and soft-hearted documentary Chinatown Cha-Cha, as director Luka Yuanyuan Yang turns her attention to the life of the legendary dancer. But the spotlight is shared with Yee’s longtime dancing partners – the Grant Avenue Follies – and the film becomes more than just a portrait…
27th Udine Far East Film Festival: “Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants” Review
Two legends of Chinese cinema gracing the stage are enough to get anyone buzzing for the show to come, and Tsui’s adaptation film, Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants, was no less anticipated than his other fantastical masterpieces. Before the film’s international festival premiere at the 27th Udine Far East Film Festival, legendary wuxia…
Cinema as Sanctuary: Far East Film Festival Wraps Triumphant 27th Edition in Udine
“In the midst of such a chaotic world, we’re incredibly fortunate that cinema still exists. We still have movie theatres to escape to – whether we want to cry, laugh, or simply feel something. For those two hours, we can still believe the world is beautiful.” These moving words from legendary Taiwanese superstar Sylvia Chang,…
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