2018 has been a rather interesting year for Korean cinema, which, despite the continuous turn towards Hollywood aesthetics and the non-stop production of crime-thrillers, managed to produce a number of interesting films, headed by the return of two of the contemporary greats, Kim Ki-duk and Lee Chang-dong. The blockbusters were here once more, but the […]
Author: Panos Kotzathanasis
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The 10 Best Japanese Films of 2018
This has been quite an interesting year for Japanese cinema, for a number of reasons. To begin with, “One Cut of the Dead”, a small-budget. zombie film sent ripples across the whole world with its unexpected success, both in the festival circuit and commercially, having earned more than 3 billion yen, despite having a budget […]
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The 10 Best Japanese Movies of 2017
The year 2017 has been quite a strange year for the Japanese movie industry after the rather successful previous one, which was shaped by the reintroduction of the Roman Porno series, the new Godzilla films, and “Your Name.” The industry is still dominated by manga adaptations and family/social dramas, but this does not mean that […]
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The 10 Best South Korean Movies of 2017
Evidently, two consecutive great years are quite uncommon, even for Korean cinema, particularly because films like “The Handmaiden” and “The Wailing” did not find their equals in 2017. This, however, does not mean that the level of quality fell much lower, since the country’s film industry seems to provide great films continuously, even despite their […]
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The 20 Most Controversial Asian Movies of All Time
Once more, let us delve in the key word in the title a bit. What is controversial, in terms of cinema? The easy answer would entail films that have been banned from their country of origin, or even other countries. The ones that had their directors ostracized would be another, as would the ones that […]
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The 25 Most Influential Asian Movies Of All Time
The impact of Asian cinema in the international scene is a fact that cannot be doubted; either we are referring to filmmakers basing/copying/adapting/remaking films from the region, or adopting various elements of the style and aesthetics of the Asian masters of the medium. Evidently, the first that come to mind are the Japanese of the […]