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Monday's review...time for a Japanese film (The Mystery of Rampo) Previous reviews: 2/13: A Tale of Two Sisters 2/20: Comrades, Almost a Love Story 2/27: A Chinese Tall Story ----------------------------------------------- The Mystery of Rampo (1994) Directed by Kazuyoshi Okuyama Starring...

I hope I'm not being presumptuous to start a March thread. Viewed last night: The Lower Depths (1957). A group of down-and-out tenants of a slum-hut bicker amongst themselves and have varying hopes for bettering their circumstances. The movie itself looks like a filmed stage play--because...

Monday's review....A Chinese Tall Story. Last week I promised my next review would be for a movie I did not like at all. I was assigned to watch and review the DVD, so it's a review of both the movie and the DVD set. Previous reviews: 2/13: A Tale of Two Sisters 2/20: Comrades, Almost a Love...

A review of one of my all-time favorite films, Comrades, Almost a Love Story. Previous review: 2/13: A Tale of Two Sisters ------------------------------------------------------ Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996) Directed by Peter Chan Starring Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang In...

I apologize in advance if this seems like self-indulgent blogging, but perhaps others would like to tell their stories as well? How I Got Interested in Asian Film posted by divemaster13 One movie started it all. This film opened up an entirely new genre of film to me and refocused pretty much...

divemaster's review: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) Directed by Ji-woon Kim Starring Jung-ah Yum, Su-jeong Lim, Geun-yeong Mun In Korean with English subtitles Film: 5 stars (out of 5) What makes A Tale of Two Sisters such an effective film is the many different levels it works on. It has WTF...