Friday, August 08, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—FANTASIA RETRO: THE DEVIL’S BRIDE (1974) / THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (1976) / THE NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980)—REVIEWS

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As committed as the Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”), now in their 29th edition, has been in securing the premiering edge o...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—STUNTMAN: REVIEW

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Skillfully pitched between sentiment and action, Stuntman (2024) —the debut feature from Herbert Leung Koon-Shun and Albert Leung Koon-Yiu—...
Wednesday, August 06, 2025

HEMA HEMA: SING ME A SONG WHILE I WAIT (2016)—REVIEW

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What can be said of a person who—in the act of trying to conceal himself with a mask—reveals who he really is? I first tackled that conundr...

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—TOUCH ME (2025): REVIEW

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Sporting its Canadian premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”) after a robust festival run that included premiering...

FANTASIA 29 (2025): KOREAN CINEMA—OMNISCIENT READER: THE PROPHECY (2025); HOLY NIGHT: DEMON HUNTERS (2025)—REVIEWS

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In contrast to the Korean psychological thrillers slated in the 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival (“Fantasia”) via Fi...
Tuesday, August 05, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—BURNING (2024) / STINKER (2025): REVIEWS

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Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Kyrgy...
Saturday, August 02, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS (2025): REVIEW

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As Theodoor Steen has dispatched to Screen Anarchy from the 2025 Rotterdam International Film Festival, during the Q&A session followi...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

FANTASIA 29 (2025)—KOREAN CINEMA: THE WOMAN (2025), FRAGMENT (2025), NOISE (2024)—REVIEWS

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Many thanks to Ara Shin of Finecut Co., Ltd. (“Finecut”) for providing streaming links for The Woman (2025) , Fragment (2025) , and Noise...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA (2025)—REVIEW

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“There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity.” —Ernest Hemingway, 1929.   In 202...