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Category: 2024
The Latest New York Asian Film Festival Alert: Thrill Seekers’ Delight: Five Chilling Films to Beat the Heat
As the summer heatwave grips New York City, NYAFF invites you to cool down with a selection of spine-tingling thrillers at the ongoing Festival. Each film offers a distinctive mix of suspense, horror, and psychological intrigue, weaving themes of injustice,…
ANUJA Film Review & Article – Part 2 of 2: Background Information
ANJULA is scheduled to screen at the prestigious 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival in August. – By Gregg W. Morris
ANUJA Film Review & Article – Part 1 of 2
Director Adam J. Graves – “I wanted to capture that wondrous combination of magic and emotion, of innocence and mischief, which is part of childhood itself — these are kids after all, not statistics. Though every film is collaborative, this one was much more so than most. Were it not for the talent and support of the children of the Salaam Baalak Trust (especially our brilliant star, Sajda Pathan), we never could have brought this important story to the screen.” – Review-Article by Gregg W. Morris
ANNOUNCEMENT: HollyShorts Film Festival Getting Ready to Take Off in April
HollyShorts brings together top creators, industry leaders, and companies and has launched many filmmakers into the next stages of their careers. HollyShorts, regular on MovieMaker Magazine’s “Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee list,”,also engages its community and spotlights short films year-round through monthly screenings, panels, and networking events. – Article by Gregg W. Morris
NYAFF 2024 | Second Wave of Highlights Unveiled
North American Premier
SUPPOSED Film Review
SUPPOSED Is in the NYAFF 2024 Category of “Original films that break away from formalistic and,or narrative conventions. Directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan, Thailand, 2023 | North American Premiere. This is a must-see film that many will want to see more than once.
The 23rd New York Asian American Film Festival, July 12 -28
This year’s NYAFF features more than 90 new and classic titles from China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and beyond, with nine world premieres, 12 international premieres, and 38 North American premieres.
THE OMICRON KILLER Film Review: Duh Good … Duh Uh Oh … Duh @#*&!
THE OMICRON KILLER now digitally available on Fandango at Home. A copycat serial killer commits murder on the anniversary of the death of the original killer and decides to stop killing. Why? Who knows!?!?! He is subsequently mugged…
THEY’RE HERE World Premiere: Seventy-Four Minutes of ‘Believe It or Not’ Thought Provoking Filming About Close Encounters of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Kind
A stellar account about several upstate New Yorkers who say they have had close encounters with UFOs AKA UAPs. They are not portrayed in this polished documentary of Directors Pacho Velez and Daniel Claridge as wacky, or particularly eccentric.
They come across as everyday people though some have experienced a measure here or there of derision for publicly sharing their outer worldly experiences. Believe this reviewer when he says that he was tempted, really temped, to circumvent the Saturday, June 8, 2 p.m. embargo so that he could be the first to shout to the heavens: See this movie! – Gregg W. Morris