Beneath the Shadow [2020]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Slow-Burn Queer Drama That Withers Before Bloom
Despite featuring dream-hazed, artless stills of natural landscapes and metaphor-laden queer subtext that seem promising, Beneath the Shadow fails to bloom, frozen amid the brambled-reality of ‘might-haves’ and ‘could-have-beens’.
Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982 [2020] ‘NYAFF’ Review: A Delightful narrative in a sweet, somber film
Based on Cho Nam-Ju’s famous 2016 best-seller, the namesake film ‘Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982′ directed by Kim Do-Young is one…
The Girl and The Gun [2020]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Symbolic Eye-Opener on Exercising The Presumed Power of a Patriarchal Society
‘The Girl and The Gun’ (Babae at Baril) which could also be explained as The Girl and The Patriarchal Power…
John Denver Trending [2020]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – The Death of Humanity
One’s idea of harmless fun can have a devastating impact on the other. Bullies are basically cowards at heart with…
Gone With The Light [2020]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A relationship drama within a sci-fi backdrop
‘Gone With The Light’ (Bei guang zhua zou de ren) is a 2019 Chinese sci-fi thriller that revolves around a group…
Beasts Clawing at Straws [2020]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A stylish crime-caper that tickles genre-conventions
South Korean cinema has become the real talk of the town all of a sudden. A year ago, the cinema…
Sanzaru [2020]: ‘Fantasia’ Review – Effective Psychological Horror caught up in flourishes
The word ‘Sanzaru’ in Japanese eludes to three wise monkeys who “see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no…
Dancing Mary [2020] ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Stale and Reckless Genre Mix
The aesthetically pleasing cinema of Sabu (aka Hiroyuki Tanaka) often offers a quirky blend of genres. When the mixture of…