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[NYAFF Review] The Unjust

South Korean director Seung-wan Ryoo's The Unjust is an entertaining, unwieldy crime thriller, throwing flawed cops, power-hungry prosecutors and vicious mo...

[Review] Winnie the Pooh

In a summer overstuffed (and fluffed) with superhero sagas and crude comedies, I was eager to take in this simpler tale of a silly old bear. Tapping into th...

[Review] Tabloid

Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris is known for fearlessly tackling controversy in his films, from Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuch...

[NYAFF Review] Battlefield Heroes

Paradoxes abound in Battlefield Heroes, a South Korean film showing at the New York Asian Film Festival. Even the title itself, an English slap-on as Americ...

[Review] Zookeeper

What is the point of giving Zookeeper a rating? There really is none. The people who want to see it will see it, the kids who its aimed for will eat up the...

[NYAFF Review] A Boy and His Samurai

A Boy and His Samurai (Chonmage Purin/ć”ć‚‡ć‚“ć¾ć’ć·ć‚Šć‚“) follows a tried-and-true comedic formula: take someone from the past, stick them in the future, and laugh al...

[Review] Ironclad

Director Jonathan English leads the charge in Ironclad, an earnest action flick that aims to blend historical gravitas with gruesome battle damage. But once...

[NYAFF Review] Machete Maidens Unleashed!

As the most telling quote of Machete Maidens Unleashed! exclaims, ā€œThe stories are 10 times better than the actual filmsā€. The anecdotes and memories of tho...

[Review] The Sleeping Beauty

Last December I deemed Catherine Breillat’s postmodern Bluebeard one of my favorite films of the year. So I was eager to see what the quirky French director w...