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• News

  Udine FEFF23 unveils packed programme for online and in-cinema audiences

  The upcoming FEFF will take place at Udine and online from 24 June to 2 July…

• Review

  Satan’s Slave

  The original Indonesian horror classic, recently remade by Joko Anwar…

  
• Review

  The Queen of Black Magic (1981)

  The original Indonesian black magic classic, recently remade by Kimo Stamboel…

  
• Interview

  Kimo Stamboel interview: “Joko and me were friends, but this was the...

  The director chats about The Queen of Black Magic and the popularity of Indonesian folk horror…

• Review

  May the Devil Take You Too

  Timo Tjahjanto follows up his 2018 horror hit with more creepy curses and Evil Dead-style shenanigans…

  
• Review

  The Queen of Black Magic

  A group of men return to the orphanage where they grew up and fall foul of a particularly nasty curse…

  
• News

  10 Asian films to watch at the 2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam...

  The winter edition programme reveals 3 Asian debuts in the Tiger Competition, cutting-edge short films and new works of emerging filmmakers…

• Feature

  The Top 10 Asian Films of 2020

  James Mudge chooses his favourite films of the last twelve months from around Asia…

• News

  Luang Prabang Film Festival (LPFF) announces full line-up

  The upcoming film festival will take place from 4 to 10 December…

• News

  Overview of 14th Flavours Asian Film Festival line-up vol. 1

  From 25 November to 6 December Five Flavours returns in a completely revised version to live up to the challenges of the times…

• Review

  Impetigore

  Joko Anwar delivers eerie atmosphere and decent scares…

  
• Review

  The Queen of Black Magic

  Kimo Stamboel directs this treat for daring horror fans, a revisit of an Indonesian classic which works best the bloodier it gets…

  
• Review

  Satan’s Slave

  Comfortably familiar horror with an Indonesian twist…

  
• News

  SeaShorts Film Festival 2020 Returns Virtually

  Short films from across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Japan will be screened online from 12 to 20 September…

• News

  19th New York Asian Film Festival virtual edition line up announced!

  Impressive selection of over 50 latest Asian releases streaming across the US via Smart Cinema app from August 28 to September 12, 2020…

• Review

  Gundala

  Joko Anwar’s latest is a fun, action-filled superhero romp, offering a good alternative to Western analogues…

  
• Review

  Impetigore

  Joko Anwar returns with a sinister slice of Indonesian black magic horror…