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Japanese director Keiichi Kobayashi’s debut film, which won Japanese Eyes Best Picture Award in Tokyo International Film Festival 2011 and was invited to the Sundance Film Festival 2012… (more…)

It’s Law and Order meets Terminator 2… (more…)

Reality TV E J-yong style, with six of Korea’s biggest actresses – clever, intelligent and very funny… (more…)

Director Satoshi Miki reunites with In The Pool star Joe Odagiri for a comically brilliant meandering across Tokyo… (more…)

With an interesting premise that goes awry, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s blow-up doll may develop a heart, but where’s the films soul? (more…)

A colourful and sometimes dark tale of four men in a rather special Patisserie, that ends up being much more than this reviewer expected, albeit with some concerning flaws… (more…)

Biting social satire meets hilarious black comedy. Laugh or the dog gets it… (more…)

A great selection of short films from acclaimed Asian directors, including Tsai Ming-liang and Ann Hui… (more…)

A very silly horror in the tradition of Tokyo Gore Police and The Machine Girl (via Bad Taste), this is already becoming something of a cult classic… (more…)

Otherwise known as The Twins Effect II, it’s finally released on UK DVD – but were we really that bothered?… (more…)

Wisit Sasanatieng’s long awaited follow up to Tears of the Black Tiger is a charmingly naïve and beautiful fairytale for adults – think Amelie with smoking teddy bears and zombie taxi drivers… (more…)

A(nother) 21st century take on an anime fave from the past, former model Eriko Sato gets a flimsy excuse to run around in her underwear and skintight cat suit… (more…)

In this classic Hong Kong comedy, the best people in the world to stop evil drug lords are a lawyer, an arms dealer and a psycho… (more…)

Great performances and well-rounded characters make for an enjoyable tragi-comic drama from Dear Doctor director Miwa Nishikawa… (more…)