MY SASSY GIRL returns in a restored 4K screening at NYAFF 2026. Cha Tae-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun anchor Kwak Jae-yong's genre-hopping romcom; but does it still hold up today? #NYAFF2026 #MySassyGirl @nyaff.bsky.social www.easternkicks.com/reviews/my-s...

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Twenty-five years later, does Korea's sassiest rom-com still hold up?... In 2001, South Korea was still living with the aftermath of the IMF crisis, and it was precisely during those years that the so...

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"I’m happy that after 35 years people are still watching Center Stage" Hong Kong filmmaking legend STANLEY KWAN looks back on his genre-bending classic | Out in US theaters from 7 August @filmmovement.bsky.social / Screening at London's #TheGardenCinema

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UNIDENTIFIED MURDER is a wonderfully absurd indie delight that is sure to surprise you with its ingenuity ★★★★ | Screened as part of @fantasiafestival.com / #edkofilmsltd www.easternkicks.com/reviews/unid...

A great, funky soundtrack rediscovered: David Lindup's score for Hammer & Shaw Brothers co-production SHATTER | Available exclusively on vinyl from @hammerfilms.bsky.social #VinylFlicks

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The first volume of @imprintfilms.bsky.social celebration of King Hu is out now, uniting his early Shaw Brothers work with Taiwanese productions. Here's our guide to the films included... www.easternkicks.com/tag/the-cine...

Legendary yakuza stars face the music about their last dance, last chance for killing in a rather… unusual genre hybrid: THE SPECIALS | Screening as part of @fantasiafestival.com www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...

Anthony Wong gets more than he bargained for when a black magic sorcerer gives him sexy dreams in 1999 Category III classic EROTIC NIGHTMARE | This week's #cineXtremes entry! www.easternkicks.com/reviews/erot...

"I don't like yakuza, but I like yakuza movies!" EIJI UCHIDA talks about the special ways and the special casting with which The Specials was conceived | Screened at #asianpopupcinema and coming to @fantasiafestival.com! www.easternkicks.com/features/eij...

Myanmar’s first found footage horror has its world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival: THE LAST FOOTAGE | @fantasiafestival.com www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...

The latest entry to the COLD WAR franchise sees titans and underdogs fighting for power and survival in pre-handover Hong Kong. COLD WAR 1994 screened as part of #NYAFF2026. @nyaff.bsky.social #edkofilmsltd www.easternkicks.com/reviews/cold...

Creepy, slow burning terror from the horror master Takashi Shimizu: THE MOUTHS | Screened as part of @fantasiafestival.com www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...

"You could remove the nostalgic iconography of Chinatown and still capture something truthful" Connor Sen Warnick peaks on his feature debut CHARACTER DISAPPEARING. Screening at #roxycinemanyc with director’s Q&A! www.easternkicks.com/features/con...

A 2014 take on the Sukima-onna urban legend in which a ghost lurking in small gaps pulls her victims to their doom: SPIRIT BEHIND THE DOOR | This week's #cineXtremes entry! www.easternkicks.com/reviews/spir...

10s ACROSS THE BORDERS follows three Ballroom trailblazers across the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand building community, kinship and resistance on the runway. Screening at #NYAFF2026 Queer Unbound. @nyaff.bsky.social #10sAcrossTheBorders

The power of belief, brotherhood and bullets thunders onto the 4K UHD release of John Woo’s #BulletintheHead from @imprintfilms.bsky.social ★★★★★ www.easternkicks.com/reviews/bull...

Noroi director Koji Shiraishi descends once more into the abyss of cosmic horror: KINKI ★★★★★ | Screening as part of New York Asian Film Festival #NYAFF2026 @nyaff.bsky.social www.easternkicks.com/reviews/kinki/

Who is responsible for our choices? NAWAPOL THAMRONGRATTANARIT poses the question through a pregnant HR worker’s dilemma in HUMAN RESOURCE. Part of New York Asian Film Festival #NYAFF2026 @@nyaff.bsky.social www.easternkicks.com/reviews/huma...

A young woman heads to Taiwan after mysterious posts appear on a dead friend’s social media account in this J-horror throwback: THE CURSE | This week's #cineXtremes entry is on digital platforms now from #BlueFinchFilms www.easternkicks.com/reviews/the-...

Tsui Hark rewrites the myth with A BETTER TOMORROW III: LOVE AND DEATH IN SAIGON (1989) ★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray from @imprintfilms.bsky.social www.easternkicks.com/reviews/a-be...

LILY HO and BETTY PEI TI deliver incredible performances in CHOR YUEN’S erotic wuxia masterpiece INTIMATE CONFESSIONS OF A CHINESE COURTESAN ★★★★★ | Available on Blu-ray from @imprintfilms.bsky.social www.easternkicks.com/reviews/inti...

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Lily Ho and Betty Pei Ti star in Chor Yuen’s erotic wuxia masterpiece... Director Chor Yuen’s filmmaking is poetic and elevated but never boring. His films are like resplendent paintings in motion, wi...

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I'm very sorry to hear Nansun Shi, the veteran Hong Kong producer who co-founded Film Workshop with her then husband Tsui Hark, has died at the age 0f 74. I had the pleasure of interviewing her at the Udine Far East Film Festival in 2015. www.easternkicks.com/features/nan...

Nansun Shi interview: “I’m not the type to want to face machines all day long!” | easternkicks.com

The legendary producer talks at length about her life and career in Hong Kong cinema… Meeting Nansun Shi, you wonder if spending most of her formative years in Britain didn’t rub off on her. She seems...

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JOHNNIE TO ponders on love, grief, and the power of cinema in ROMANCING IN THIN AIR. Now available in limited edition blu-ray via Radiance Films. @filmsradiance.bsky.social #JohnnieTo www.easternkicks.com/reviews/roma...

Very sorry to hear that Tony Rayns has died. 😢 variety.com/2026/film/ob...

Tony Rayns, British Critic and Champion of East Asian Cinema, Dies at 77

Tony Rayns, the British writer, festival programmer and screenwriter who introduced Western audiences to East Asian cinema, has died at 77.

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Leon Lê once again paints a picture postcard of 80s Vietnam, but without the bite of Song Lang: KY NAM INN | Screening as part of New York Asian Film Festival #NYAFF2026 @nyaff.bsky.social www.easternkicks.com/reviews/ky-n...

Yeon Sang-ho’s triumphant return to the zombie genre is a claustrophobic high-concept, action packed nightmare that redefines the genre: COLONY ★★★★★ | The opening film of #NYAFF2026 @nyaff.bsky.social @wellgousa.bsky.social www.easternkicks.com/reviews/colo...

Shatter (Original Soundtrack Selections) - A great, funky soundtrack rediscovered… Coming to limited edition vinyl from @hammerfilms.bsky.social vinylflicks.uk/vinylflicks/...

Two Japanese urban legends clash after being summoned by bullied schoolgirls in 2012 mashup HIKIKO-SAN VS. KOKKURI-SAN | This week's #cineXtremes entry! www.easternkicks.com/reviews/hiki...

A BETTER TOMORROW II (1987) ★★★★ Chow Yun-fat returns (sort of) in a flawed and at times forced sequel, but still a gun-fu film at its finest | Available on Blu-ray from @imprintfilms.bsky.social and screening at #BFI Southbank soon! www.easternkicks.com/reviews/a-be...

Social workers, abandoned children, and a system stretched beyond breaking point: THAT BURNING HOUSE confronts Taiwan’s child welfare crisis head-on. #失樂園 #ThatBurningHouse www.easternkicks.com/reviews/that...

DEAR YOU | Lan Hongchun's drama about Chinese diaspora memory uncovers a secret story of sisterhood and long-distance correspondence. In UK & Ireland cinemas from 26 June and US Premiere at #NYAFF. #TrinityCineAsia @nyaff.bsky.social #DearYou www.easternkicks.com/reviews/dear...