review: two flicks from Hong Kong

Koma
Angelica Lee
Karena Lam
Home Sweet Home
Shu Qi
Karena Lam
Actresses working in Hong Kong cinema haven’t received the international props of their mainland China counterparts, not for lack of talent or beauty, they generally don’t get the chance to perform in the kind of art house fare that makes film fest devotees drool. Shu Qi has been able [...]

Movie Review: Three Extremes

Three Extremes
Directed by
Takashi Miike
Fruit Chan
Park Chan Wook
Three shorts from the mavericks of East Asian cinema. Takashi’s first up to, his “Box” plays like a suburban, snow capped remake of Audition. A young woman (Hasegawa Kyoko), an author, lives a waking dream, haunted by a childhood of abuse and the possibly accidental death of her father [...]