By Ammar Keshodia There are a few things you need to know about Siti before we even begin to talk about it. Lead actress Sekar Sari was not the first choice for the lead role. She worked as a newscaster […]
Reel Asian Spring Showcase Hong Kong Spirit: THE WAY WE DANCE film review
Jessie Lau, Reel Asian Richmond Hill Captain and all-around awesome person, takes over the blog to review THE WAY WE DANCE (screening at AGO Jackman Hall on May 16 at 7pm) I spent three hours watching the 33rd Hong Kong […]
Review: Total Control Zone
If you are reading this blog post in the comfortable confines of your home, work or school consider yourself millions times luckier than the subjects who are at the core of Marc Wiese’s newest documentary Camp 14 – Total Control […]
Banana Review: Starry Starry Night
Just when you thought Phil was gone…he strikes again with another BananaTimes review, this time on our upcoming presentation Starry Starry Night. Writer-director Tom Lin delivers an impressive and ambitious sophomore feature with STARRY STARRY NIGHT, a film adaptation of […]
Banana Reviews: Silenced (Korea 2011)
Last year, Philbert Lui was the guest blog critic for several of our 2011 selections. Philbert also happens to be an emerging filmmaker AND a member of the Reel Asian Marketing Committee AND the founder of BananaTimes. If you don’t […]
Review: BananaTimes on The Journals of Musan
BananaTimes strikes again! Makes you wonder where they get the time to watch and review all these selections…Check out their review of The Journals of Musan. This film is screening on Saturday, November 12, 12:00 PM at The Royal. Watch […]
Review: BananaTimes on Surrogate Valentine
BananaTimes reviews Surrogate Valentine and tells us why it sucks to be in “The Friend Zone”. Surrogate Valentine is screening at Reel Asian on Sunday, November 13, 3:00 PM at The Royal. Philbert Lui is a 2011 Reel Asian Marketing […]
Review: Docs at Reel Asian
By Grace Wang, 2011 Reel Asian Features Programming Committee SUMMER PASTURE Directors Lynn True, Nelson Walker | Tibet/USA 2010 | Tibetan w/English subtitles | Canadian Premiere | TRAILER For four thousand years, the nomads of the Kham region of eastern […]
Review: BananaTimes on Bleak Night
Check out TheBananaTimes’ review of one of this year’s Korean selection, Bleak Night here. The Toronto premiere of Bleak Night will be screening at Reel Asian on Saturday, November 12, 2:45 PM at The Royal and again in Richmond Hill […]
Film Review: 3D Sex and Zen
3D SEX AND ZEN is the newest addition in a line of erotic films that were abundant in the early 90’s. Gone are the days where superstars made their name in Hong Kong Category III films that featured softcore pornographic […]