Toronto Film Review: ‘Joe Cinque’s Consolation’
A supremely disturbing and perplexing Australian crime from 1997 gets splashed onto the big-screen in "Joe Cinque's Consolation." The promising first feature by helmer and co-writer Sotiris Dounoukos…
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Film Review: ‘The Forest’
Real and imaginary worlds commingle in "The Forest," an elegantly composed fantasy-drama about an idealistic schoolteacher whose posting to a remote Thai village upsets the local status quo…
Film Review: ‘Karaoke Crazies’
Four lost souls bring a struggling karaoke club back to life in "Karaoke Crazies," an entertaining combination of eccentric comedy and involving human drama. Boasting tip-top visuals and outstanding…
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Film Review: ‘Haze’
With its unorthodox structure and detours into magic realism, "Haze" carves out a distinct place in the large body of contemporary Filipino films about the struggle to survive in a society wracked by…
Film Review: ‘The Tenants Downstairs’
A deranged apartment block landlord graduates from electronic eavesdropping to playing sick and deadly jokes in "The Tenants Downstairs," a lusciously photographed and wildly uneven cavalcade of…
Film Review: ‘Chasing Asylum’
Directed by Eva Orner, a producer of Oscar-winning doc "Taxi to the Dark Side," "Chasing Asylum" confronts Australia's hardline policy of detaining asylum seekers in offshore processing centers
Film Review: 'Time Renegades'
A high concept romantic thriller about a cop from 2015 and a teacher from 1983 who connect through dreams and race to save the lives of the women they love.
Film Review: 'Wide Open Sky'
The power of music to bring hope, confidence and joy to the lives of children is beautifully relayed in the Aussie docu "Wide Open Sky."
Film Review: ‘Chongqing Hot Pot’
The Chinese crime caper "Chongqing Hot Pot" is a gas for the first 20 minutes but can't keep its tasty elements sizzling the whole way through.
Film Review: ‘Snap’
The difference between creating a social-media personality and living in the real world is brought sharply into focus in the Thai romantic drama "Snap." Centered on an Instagram-preoccupied…
Film Review: ‘The Island Funeral’
Thailand's slide from a country known as the Land of Smiles to a land dogged by religious conflict and political violence is lamented in the elegantly composed arthouse entry "The Island Funeral."
