Raffi Asdourian

[NYAFF Review] Monster’s Club

Toshiaki Toyoda is known as somewhat of a rebel filmmaker in his home country of Japan, partially because he was blacklisted from the film industry after being ...

[NYAFF Review] Doomsday Book

In the omnibus Korean film Doomsday Book, two different filmmakers tackle 2012's running theme (the apocalypse) with three different short films that are es...

[NYAFF Review] Wu Xia

In Peter Chan's action packed epic Wu Xia (or Swordsmen), the successful Chinese director takes the classic wu xia genre of films made popular by the Shaw B...

[Review] Prometheus

It’s hard for any director to return to the genre that once heralded their filmmaking bravado as revolutionary. Yet it's something we as audiences crave, especi...

The Best of Cannes Film Festival 2012

This year's Cannes Film Festival was a flurry of cinematic diversity. From super serious art-house films to the lighter fare that Hollywood is more akin to,...

[Cannes Review] Post Tenebras Lux

In Carlos Reygadas' Post Tenebras Lux, a Latin phrase which translates roughly to "light after darkness," the Mexican filmmaker continues to channel his tradema...

[Cannes Review] Cosmopolis

In David Cronenberg's adaptation of Cosmopolis, a novel by post modern author Don DeLillo, the Canadian filmmaker tackles a dense criticism of capitalism, greed...