MIFF 2020: Mogul Mowgli (2020)
Director: Bassam Tariq Writers: Riz Ahmed, Bassam Tariq Stars: Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Sudha Bhuchar, Aiysha Hart, Nabhaan Rizwan, Anjana Vasan British rapper Zed (Riz Ahmed) is a hip hop artist around mid-tier in
MIFF 2020: The Go-Go’s (2020)
Director: Alison Ellwood The Go-Go’s: Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, Jane Wiedlin Featuring: Elissa Bello, Paula Jean Brown, Ginger Canzoneri, Chris Connelly, Miles A. Copeland III, Stewart Copeland, Lynval Golding, Lee Thompson,
MIFF 2020: Dark City Beneath the Beat (2020)
Director: TT The Artist Featuring: Uneek, Mighty Mark, Tsu Terry, TT The Artist Baltimore is a city well known for its crime rate and featuring as the setting for the Wire but I have not
MIFF 2020: Animation Shorts Program
Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother (2020) Director: Stephen Irwin A hunter in the forest shoots a magical wood elf and then has his house destroyed by rainbows, then things start to get weird. A
MIFF 2020: Hong Kong Moments (2020)
Director: Bing Zhou Considering how many movies I have watched from this city over the years I have somewhat of a vested interested in the current issues there. I sort of know people who live
MIFF 2020: Shortlist
The new site is kind of a pain to navigate through to be honest. No, I don’t want “bundles” for films I have no interest in. Into the bin! The list: 9to5 Story of a
Introduction to Korean Cinema
With the win of Parasite (2019) at the 2020 Academy Awards I thought I would go through and put together a bit of a guide to people confused as to where to start with Korean
Best Japanese Movies of the 2010s
Again, I have not really seen enough of these outside of a festival environment to do a best and worst list. Outrage Coda (2017) Beat Takeshi is still turning out solid movies and I didn’t
Best Indonesian Movies of the 2010s
I didn’t really see enough to do a “worst” part of the list. A lot of these are ones I saw at MIFF but the Raid movies and the Night Comes for Us are from
Best and Worst Korean Movies of the 2010s
I have gone more towards South Korea this decade even though I don’t often get the opportunity to see movies from that country outside of film festivals or special screenings. There is a stated goal