Contains 13 films. Full data to be released in 2076.

Director Masaharu Take answers questions about his two films that came from Fuminori Nakamura’s novel The Gun.

Hidden Gems of the 2000s

Revolutionary tactics to further monetize the work of monetized revolutions.

Not even half a loaf of the great films of 2020. Arguably not even the heel of the loaf.

Super Noirio Brothers

under-seen gem from the V-cinema era

Michael Myers and Mary Poppins returned, entertainment famine and brain cell death in the wake of the Infinity War despite record breaking war bonds sold, and the caps lock was turned on when writing on the whiteboard. Let’s all be frank about the good movies from 2018.

A24 batted a thousand, but Neon is hot on their heels. Also: Edgar Wright rights his past wrongs with substance and superhero movies finally become good thanks to Amazonian golden bondage play. For All the Daddy's Love in the World.

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Kawase's film is profound and emotional, relating the unspoken quality of art to human connection.

Shorter than most of his other films but just as alluring.

A tired crime premise allows room for throwaway moments to become the substance.

Compiled from thousands of hours of CCTV, reality tries to fend off melodrama in Xu Bing's foray into feature film making.

Tom Mes' overview of Meiko Kaji's career is more than an overblown Arrow Video booklet even if it doesn't spend very much time in her post-Snowblood career.

Not as impressive as Unfriended but held up by a strong metaphor for net-narcissim.

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Lee Sang-il returns to the work of Villain author Shuichi Yoshida for a bleak look at the impossibility of connection and the failings of both trust and suspicion. 

Every film that features the Buddy Holly song played at the same time.

The remake of the 2012 Korean thriller surpasses the original by forgoing action for subtext.

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Sabu's latest film is a tender yet cerebral exploration of memory and loss.

The filmmaker and his subjects discuss their punk-rock documentary.

Kei Ishikawa discusses directing his first feature film.

We sit down with Naoko Ogigami during the NYAFF premiere of her newest film Close-Knit.

A hardcore band not in it for the money, able to ruffle feathers with a bass, drums, and a Powerpoint presentation.

A cold, distant, and confidently anti-climactic mystery thriller from a first time director.

Naoko Ogigami (thankfully) returns with a film that continues her trademark quiet quirk but is a new chapter for the director because of its social significance.

The director of Bad Rap discusses documentary film making and the concerns of modern entertainers.

CDFF returns for its second year, providing aid to the drought conditions for Asian film in the Denver area.

Korean political satire, efficient and with a quick turnaround.

The Net is an immediate, unsentimental take on the divide of the Korean peninsula.