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15 Most Anticipated Films from NYAFF 2023

Omer Khan — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 05:39:54 +0000

The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) 2023 is the 22nd edition of the festival, which will be held from July 14–30, 2023, at Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), with a special weekend of screenings (July 21–23) at a new venue, the historic Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The festival will feature…

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Finding Bliss: Fire and Ice [2022]: ‘ NYAFF’ Review – An Insightful Exploration of Value of Art in Our Lives

Akash Deshpande — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:33:35 +0000

What does art mean to you? How important it is to live your life or more importantly, to make it more liveable? These are the kind of ruminations explored through the 2022 documentary film called ‘Finding Bliss: Fire and Ice’ that is directed by Kim Chan and Dee Lam. The brainchild of one of its…

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Grown-Ups (2022): ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Insidious Blow to the Core of Clichés

Sourima Chakraborty — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:17:58 +0000

I wonder if there are truer feelings than those evoked by lenses of fiction— presentations not entirely devoid of craft or deliberation on the raconteur’s part, and yet so often, succeed in leaving behind feelings of unquestionable intimacy. And, what if a film chooses to work with this very feeling as its subject? A series…

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#LookAtMe (2022) ‘NYAFF’ Review: An Empathetic Drama discussing the issue of Human Rights

Akash Deshpande — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 15:30:00 +0000

#LookAtMe is a 2022 Singaporean film directed by Ken Kwek. Written along with Shane Mardjuki, he puts across the subject of human rights with an empathetic approach. We follow the narrative of twin brothers who go through an emotional turmoil largely as a result of being true to themselves and who they are, which doesn’t…

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Offbeat Cops [2022]: ‘NYAFF’ Review: A beautiful unconventional film with intertwined threads

Reubyn Coutinho — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:35:19 +0000

Offbeat Cops (2022) Review: Modern-day Japan features all the modern-day amenities, a young workforce, and compliance norms that see official procedures required to get a thing done. It is in such a setting that Naruse (Hiroshi Abe) exists, or rather tries to exist. Bored at work with frustrations at lackadaisical colleagues and meetings taking precedence…

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Shin Ultraman [2022]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – More like an episodic love letter to Ultraman by fans than a cohesive movie

Amartya Acharya — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:53:00 +0000

Before this review begins, I would like to highlight my credentials regarding Ultraman, which is zilch. I know of Ultraman’s existence, I remember watching a few episodes during reruns, but in no way could I be called a fan. But even without a cursory knowledge of the fandom, Shin Ultraman makes one thing clear-it is…

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