While this departure from Kore-eda is entertaining, it sadly loses quite a bit of the auteur’s voice.
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NYAFF 2018: The Blood of Wolves
Part exploitation film and part procedural, this Japanese crime drama is a sleazy good time.
NYAFF 2017: Soul on a String
A "western steeped in Buddhist iconography," runs long, yet still captivates with beautiful and unusual visuals.
NYAFF 2017: Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno
South Korea gets Punk AF in this doc.
NYAFF 2017: Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned
Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned walks the line, with straight-faced, coming of age drama and its fantastical story.
NYAFF 2017: Ordinary Person
Our coverage of NYAFF continues with Ordinary Person, a period drama set in Korea in the late 1980s.
NYAFF 2017: Kfc
Double Down on these interconnected Vietnamese stories.
NYAFF 2017: Japanese Girls Never Die
A young woman's missing person poster becomes pop art graffiti, while an all-girl gang terrorizes men.
NYAFF 2017: Close-Knit
A sweet and sensitive Japanese film that tackles aspects of the modern family, transgender issues, and more.
NYAFF 2017: Battle of Memories
We kick off our coverage of NYAFF 2017 with a science fiction thriller focused on the nature of memory.