Uncaged Award Winners Announced Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film Competition shined a spotlight on 1st or 2nd-time directors. It celebrated their passion, their vision and their willingness to take risks. The films this year were: Anima (Cao Jinling, China),…
Category: 2023 New York Asian Film Festival
THE ABANDONED Film Review, Q&A & More in Three Parts
The Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film Competition, according to the folks who operate the New York Asian Film Fest, which is also known as NYAFF, shines a spotlight on feature filmmakers whose singular cinematic visions should be internationally…
2023 New York Asian Film Fest Review
MAD FATE by Director Cheang Pou-soi: Some Fates Can Be So Fickle That You’re Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
MAD FATE is a kinetically charged blast of derring-do filmmaking by an auteur with an inimitable prowess that allows his creative genius to sweep audiences to incredible levels of entertainment pleasure. This reviewer’s Cinematic Richter Scale Rating (#WCRSR) for…
2023 New York Asian Film Festival Review
PHANTOM
PHANTOM is a superbly made, kinetically charged, kick-butt, pugilistic, take-no-prisoners action thriller circa 1933 when Japan occupied Korea, stirring up anti-Japanese guerilla forces opposing the tyranny of the invaders. PHANTOM is cinematically lush in quality and imagination. It resonates with…
2023 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) – Part 2 – What’s Playing
The 2023 22nd edition will include 8 world premieres, 9 international premieres, 32 North American premieres, 3 U.S. premieres, and 16 East Coast/New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting new action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and the United States. – Written and Edited by Gregg W. Morris.