Following its independence from France in the 1950s, Cambodia had a very prosperous popular music scene. Influenced by Afro-Cuban music and rock and roll, acts such as Sinn Sisamouth, The Bayon Band, and Houy Meas became huge hits on Cambodian radio. However, things would change with the Cambodian Civil War in the 1970s and the…
The island of Taiwan is given a bird’s-eye view in the nature documentary Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above. Featuring helicopter shot landscapes and narration by Wu Nien-jen, the natural beauty of Taiwan is contrast by the environmental impact of humanity. Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above is a cinematic essay, which shows how beautiful Taiwan is,…
From Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan (Three… Extremes) comes the darkly comic thriller The Midnight After. Late one night, a bunch of strangers, including Yau Tsi-chi (Wong You-nam), Yuki (Janice Man), Uncle Fat (Simon Yam), and Shun (Chui Tien-you), boards a minibus heading to the Hong Kong district of Tai Po. By the time they…
The 18th annual edition of the Reel Asian International Film Festival begins this evening and runs until November 16. Taking place in both Toronto and Richmond HIll, this year’s edition of Reel Asian will consist of 44 films from 10 regions including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Canada and…
Even though the 2013 edition of the Reel Asian film festival is scheduled to continue throughout the week, including a series of screenings this weekend in Richmond Hill, my schedule has only allowed me to attend the first week of the festival. This was my first year attending Reel Asian and I can say that…
When Jeremy Lin first started out in the NBA, he struggled to get noticed and was in great danger of having his professional basketball career ended prematurely. However, that all changed in February 2012, when he began a record-breaking scoring streak, which turned him into an overnight sensation. The documentary Linsanity tells the story about…
After failing to catch a serial killer, Lieutenant Choi (Jeong Jae-yeong) is left physically and mentally scarred by his ordeal. As the 15 year statute of limitations on the case expires, a man named Lee Du-seok (Park Si-hoo) emerges, claiming to be the killer. Lee releases a tell-all book with specific details about the case…
In 2007, the band Journey were on the search for a new lead singer, to participate in a new album and tour. While looking at Journey cover-artists on YouTube, lead guitarist Neal Schon found one of the most unlikely candidates – a Filipino man named Arnel Pineda, who had the uncanny ability to fit into…
Set against the backdrop of the 2004 U.S. presidential election, this coming-of-age story focuses on Farah Mahtab (Nikohl Boosheri), a twenty-something Iranian-American woman, who is frustrated by her lack of sexual experience. Farah sets out on a road trip Roopa (Kiran Deol) and K.J. (Kandis Erickson), to campaign for John Kerry, with both Roopa and…
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo is the third of four entries of the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy directed by Hideaki Anno, based on the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. The film takes place 14 years after the third impact, in which Shinji Ikari wakes up to find a world that is completely different than…
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