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A spell binding and often perplexing vision – it’s Wong Kai-wai’s much anticipated sequel to In the Mood for Love… (more…)

Wong Kar-wai returns to his 1994 classic to produce a definite version – but is it really any better…? (more…)

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

You couldn’t make it up! The bizarre true story of the man who became Thailand’s most famous kick-boxer to pay for an operation to become a woman… (more…)

Gong Li stars in this moving drama about a mother bringing up her deaf child alone… (more…)

A breathtakingly impressive directorial debut, and one of the best Asian films of 2009… (more…)

A beautiful film by veteran filmmaker Im Kwon-taek with a fine performance by Oldboy’s Choi Min-sik, but suffers from covering far too long a period… (more…)

Leslie Cheung leads an all-star cast in Wong Kar-wai’s sophomore film… (more…)

This month Third Window continue to release Asian films that might otherwise get missed with two ‘offbeat’ Japanese comedies… (more…)

Writer/director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s thoughtful and hilarious take on the samurai genre… (more…)

We always knew director Park Chan-wook would do something different after his acclaimed vengeance trilogy (Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, Old Boy, Lady Vengeance) – but were we expecting this? (more…)

A thought provoking and beautiful movie, the second movie from Lu Chuan (The Missing Gun) is a real winner – and finally getting the release it deserves… (more…)

From the pen of Tetsuya Nakashima (Kamikaze Girls, Memories Of Matsuko) comes a comic look at the Japanese porn industry… (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…)

Lu Chuan’s latest film about the rape of Nanjing may be in black and white, but his characters most definitely are not… (more…)

An intelligent directorial debut from acclaimed actress Nandita Das… (more…)

Peter Chan’s take on the historical wuxia drama is far grittier and more grounded than we’re used to, with a fine performance by Jet Li that will surprise his critics – but do we really need another film like this? (more…)

Director Sion Sono follows up Exte: Hair Extensions with an equally unpredictable (nearly) four-hour epic love story… of sorts… (more…)

A special preview of Ang Lee’s latest film, Lust, Caution, followed by a conversation with the director himself… (more…)

An astounding visual mash-up of pop cultural references, welcome to the work of director Tetsuya Nakashima… (more…)

A dazzling ode to neon lights, beautiful but as hollow as a glass tube… (more…)

Wong Kar-wai’s first English language film, My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones, is on release in the UK from today.

The official site can be found here:
http://www.myblueberrynightsmovie.co.uk/

A poignant, funny and often challenging look at an unlikely romance between a mentally challenged ex-con and a woman suffering from cerebral palsy directed by Lee Chang-dong (Secret Sunshine, Green Fish)… (more…)

The spirit of Bruce Lee lives on in this poignant high school drama… (more…)

Weird and just short of compelling, British-born writer/director John Williams seems to have found quite a home for himself making Lynch-esque thrillers in Japan… (more…)

Director Zhang Yimou’s latest swordplay inspired movie is a visual delight, but this one won’t please the martial arts fans… (more…)

Beautifully crafted, superbly told – surely this is one film that should always be in those ‘Top 100′ movie lists? If only people knew about it… (more…)

Based on true events in 1979, director Im Sang-soo’s political satire on the last hours of South Korean President Park Chung-hee is a biting black comedy… (more…)

A very different Jackie Chan from what we’re used to, but do we want to see him in a serious drama? (more…)

One of the worlds finest directors returns with a superb deconstructionist take on the Vampire myth… (more…)

An introduction to the work of director Tsai Ming-liang, both beautiful and confrontational. We look at I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone, The Wayward Cloud and Goodbye Dragon Inn. Just don’t expect a lot of dialogue… (more…)

Director Jun Ichikawa’s beautifully understated reading of a short story by Haruki Murakami is a touching study of loneliness… (more…)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s Chow Yun-fat gives one of the finest performances of his career in his third and best collaboration with director Ringo Lam. But action fans expecting the high octane experience of Full Contact beware… (more…)

Mad Detective writer/director Wai Ka-fai and lead Lau Ching-wan reunite for a sad, soppy, sloppy mess of a film… (more…)

Director Sun Zhou’s second collaboration with Gong Li after Breaking The Silence, a drama about a aspiring poet, a ceramic artist and a vet is not unlike a love poem itself – beautiful, fleeting and sometimes a little flowery… (more…)