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Tag: New York Asian Film Festival 2022

NYAFF 2022: Perhaps Love

Written by Alexander Reams "I am a big fan of slapstick comedy, especially when it’s used properly. It’s used far too seldom in film and while I appreciate director Cho Eun-ji's sophomore effort, her use of slapstick comedy is too … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment October 16, 2022October 15, 2022

NYAFF 2022: The Sales Girl

Written by Patrick Hao "“The Sales Girl” directed by Jachivdorj Sengedorj is an interesting entry in the genre of young women who find their sexual awakening. The film is from Mongolia, which is already in a peculiar cultural cross-section of..."… Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment October 4, 2022September 30, 2022

NYAFF 2022: Terrorizers (2021)

Written by Alexander Reams "It’s not until the 21-minute mark that we see the emotion that gives this film its name, terror, we know the attack is coming, it's been advertised and frequently shown in plot descriptions. An attack on … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment September 29, 2022September 17, 2022

NYAFF 2022: Mama Boy

Written by Patrick Hao "The Taiwanese film “Mama Boy” might be the only film at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival that one could say is indebted to “Harold and Maude.” No, the age difference between the central romance … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment September 21, 2022August 30, 2022

NYAFF 2022: The Girl on a Bulldozer

Written by Patrick Hao "The title “The Girl on a Bulldozer” is an evocative image, one that filmmaker, Park Ri-woong, relies heavily on in his debut feature. The image of a petite woman handling such a large, unwieldy machine with … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment September 6, 2022August 14, 2022

NYAFF 2022: Dealing with Dad

Written by Patrick Hao "Writer-director Tom Huang’s personal piece “Dealing with Dad” is a frustrating movie to watch. It focuses on the issues that first-generation Taiwanese American children have with their stern, domineering fathers. It is well-trodden territory that is … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

NYAFF 2022: #LookAtMe

Written by Patrick Hao "Ken Kwek has always been a provocateur in his home country of Singapore so it is only natural that the relationship between artists and government censorship is constantly on his mind. His image of Singapore is … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment August 10, 2022August 4, 2022

NYAFF 2022: Legendary in Action!

Written by Patrick Hao "There is an enormous pleasure to be found in the low-budget aesthetic of the Hong Kong wuxia movies of the 1970s and 1980s. Studios like Shaw Brothers were able to make low-budget action-adventure films at a … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Film Festival Leave a comment July 30, 2022July 30, 2022

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