The progress of LGBT films has been significant during the latest years, with a number of titles moving beyond the category, essentially being great titles overall, with titles like “Dear Ex” and “Egoist” being the first that come to mind. Indonesian “Sara” follows in the footsteps of these titles, at least contextually.
Sara screened at Busan International Film Festival
35-year- old Sara, a transgender woman, has to return to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. However, she soon realizes that the funeral is not the only issue she will have to face, since the village has turned intensely religious and her mother is suffering from dementia and treats her like a complete stranger. Instead of fighting, however, Sara decides to adapt, with the help of her friend, Ayu, even going as far as creating new memories for her mother by play-acting as her late father, the person...
Sara screened at Busan International Film Festival
35-year- old Sara, a transgender woman, has to return to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. However, she soon realizes that the funeral is not the only issue she will have to face, since the village has turned intensely religious and her mother is suffering from dementia and treats her like a complete stranger. Instead of fighting, however, Sara decides to adapt, with the help of her friend, Ayu, even going as far as creating new memories for her mother by play-acting as her late father, the person...
- 10/17/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
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2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series The Last of Us
Weekly Commentary: HBO is guaranteed a win in this category having all six slots split between “The Last of Us” and “Succession.”
While “Succession” is the undisputed frontrunner for the top prize, many believe “Last of...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series The Last of Us
Weekly Commentary: HBO is guaranteed a win in this category having all six slots split between “The Last of Us” and “Succession.”
While “Succession” is the undisputed frontrunner for the top prize, many believe “Last of...
- 8/17/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival Asia, an offshoot of the Sundance Institute, is to set up camp in Taipei, Taiwan this summer. The three-day mini festival will run Aug. 18-20 and be put together in association with local organizer G2Go Entertainment.
The event will showcase a handful of films curated by the Sundance Institute and host a short film competition that is open only to Taiwanese productions.
Panel discussions will accompany the festival to foster artistic exchange, providing opportunities for the Taiwan film industry to connect with Sundance’s executive team, and elevating Taiwan’s image and presence in the global independent film industry.
The jury for the Taiwan short film competition, includes: Kim Yutani, director of programming, Sundance Film Festival, Heidi Zwicker, Sundance senior programmer and Mike Plante, Sundance’s senior programmer, for short films. The winning film will receive a Nt$50,000 cash prize.
“The Asia edition is a...
The event will showcase a handful of films curated by the Sundance Institute and host a short film competition that is open only to Taiwanese productions.
Panel discussions will accompany the festival to foster artistic exchange, providing opportunities for the Taiwan film industry to connect with Sundance’s executive team, and elevating Taiwan’s image and presence in the global independent film industry.
The jury for the Taiwan short film competition, includes: Kim Yutani, director of programming, Sundance Film Festival, Heidi Zwicker, Sundance senior programmer and Mike Plante, Sundance’s senior programmer, for short films. The winning film will receive a Nt$50,000 cash prize.
“The Asia edition is a...
- 5/26/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Michelle Yeoh is looking back on watching everything in competition at Cannes all at once while serving on the jury under then-president David Lynch in 2002.
Yeoh reflected on the particularly “emotional” year of films, ranging from Gaspar Noé’s jarringly violent sexual thriller “Irréversible” to Michael Moore’s school shooting documentary “Bowling for Columbine” and films like Olivier Assayas’ sex-trafficking mystery “Demonlover” and the Dardennes’ drama “The Son.” The Palme d’Or was eventually awarded to “The Pianist,” the harrowing Holocaust drama starring Adrien Brody and directed by Roman Polanski — who both went on to win Oscars.
Yeoh, who was fresh off of her iconic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” role, served as part of the 2002 Cannes jury at a time when she admitted she may have been “too young” to refrain from getting “too emotional” watching the heavier films back-to-back.
“It is very intense, because you’re watching two or three movies a day,...
Yeoh reflected on the particularly “emotional” year of films, ranging from Gaspar Noé’s jarringly violent sexual thriller “Irréversible” to Michael Moore’s school shooting documentary “Bowling for Columbine” and films like Olivier Assayas’ sex-trafficking mystery “Demonlover” and the Dardennes’ drama “The Son.” The Palme d’Or was eventually awarded to “The Pianist,” the harrowing Holocaust drama starring Adrien Brody and directed by Roman Polanski — who both went on to win Oscars.
Yeoh, who was fresh off of her iconic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” role, served as part of the 2002 Cannes jury at a time when she admitted she may have been “too young” to refrain from getting “too emotional” watching the heavier films back-to-back.
“It is very intense, because you’re watching two or three movies a day,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Fifty-four years. That’s how long it has been since an actor in a “Star Trek” franchise series has been nominated for an Emmy. Back in 1969, the late Leonard Nimoy received his third and final Emmy nomination for his iconic role as First Officer Spock in the original series, the only actor from the sci-fi classic to be nominated from the show, which ran for three seasons on NBC in the late 1960s. Since then, it’s been crickets from the TV academy when it comes to “Star Trek” actors.
Not even Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard? Nope. He did score a rare Screen Actors Guild Award nomination back in 1994 for the final season of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” but Emmy voters subsequently overlooked him, despite nominating the show for Best Drama Series for its seventh and final season that same year.
See ‘Star Trek: Picard’ series ends...
Not even Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard? Nope. He did score a rare Screen Actors Guild Award nomination back in 1994 for the final season of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” but Emmy voters subsequently overlooked him, despite nominating the show for Best Drama Series for its seventh and final season that same year.
See ‘Star Trek: Picard’ series ends...
- 4/9/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
The Gold Derby predictions center event for the 2023 Emmy Awards has now added the Drama Guest Actress category. We have compiled lists of nearly 40 eligible performers in each of the four guest acting races that reflect our educated guesses on who will be submitted for consideration. More names will be added in the next few months and when the Television Academy releases this year’s ballots in June. Make your very first selections now!
Last year, “Succession” nabbed three of the six slots in this category for recurring guests Hope Davis, Sanaa Lathan, and Harriet Walter. Davis has already appeared in one Season 4 episode so far and Walter is anticipated to return as the Roy family matriarch. Lee Yoo-mi won in 2022 for “Squid Game,” but her slot, as well as those that went to Marcia Gay Harden (“The Morning Show”) and Martha Kelly (“Euphoria”), are all up for grabs in...
Last year, “Succession” nabbed three of the six slots in this category for recurring guests Hope Davis, Sanaa Lathan, and Harriet Walter. Davis has already appeared in one Season 4 episode so far and Walter is anticipated to return as the Roy family matriarch. Lee Yoo-mi won in 2022 for “Squid Game,” but her slot, as well as those that went to Marcia Gay Harden (“The Morning Show”) and Martha Kelly (“Euphoria”), are all up for grabs in...
- 4/7/2023
- by David Buchanan and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
This post contains spoilers for "The Last of Us" Season 1
"The Last of Us," HBO's live-action adaptation of the video game of the same name, is an intense watch. The story follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), two survivors of an apocalyptic plague that has wiped out most of human society. Some survivors are quarantined in the cities, corralled into zones overseen by an overzealous, fascistic government called Fedra. Others live in the wild, fighting off hordes of infected -- humans turned into monsters by the fungal parasite that brought about the end of the world. Joel and Ellie pick their way through the rubble of society, trying to stay alive as they search for people who might help find a cure.
"The Last of Us" sets itself apart through its willingness to explore wherever the story takes it. It's a show unafraid to spend an episode fleshing...
"The Last of Us," HBO's live-action adaptation of the video game of the same name, is an intense watch. The story follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), two survivors of an apocalyptic plague that has wiped out most of human society. Some survivors are quarantined in the cities, corralled into zones overseen by an overzealous, fascistic government called Fedra. Others live in the wild, fighting off hordes of infected -- humans turned into monsters by the fungal parasite that brought about the end of the world. Joel and Ellie pick their way through the rubble of society, trying to stay alive as they search for people who might help find a cure.
"The Last of Us" sets itself apart through its willingness to explore wherever the story takes it. It's a show unafraid to spend an episode fleshing...
- 3/13/2023
- by Eric Langberg
- Slash Film
Warning: This article contains spoilers for “The Last of Us” Season 1
The first season of HBO’s highly anticipated adaptation of Naughty Dog’s critically acclaimed video game “The Last of Us” officially concluded on Sunday evening. Here, TheWrap details the differences between the series and the popular video game.
“The Last of Us,” which is written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) and Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann, takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl named Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
The game first made its debut on PlayStation 3 in 2013, while its sequel, “The Last of Us: Part II,” was released in...
The first season of HBO’s highly anticipated adaptation of Naughty Dog’s critically acclaimed video game “The Last of Us” officially concluded on Sunday evening. Here, TheWrap details the differences between the series and the popular video game.
“The Last of Us,” which is written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) and Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann, takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl named Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
The game first made its debut on PlayStation 3 in 2013, while its sequel, “The Last of Us: Part II,” was released in...
- 3/13/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
The second episode of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ takes an even deeper, clinical dive into the show’s ultimate antagonist, the Cordyceps virus. In this week’s cold open, we witness the first moment in which an informed scientist gets an up-close look at an infected specimen, and thus, glimpses the impending doom of humanity. When the professor of Mycology Dr. Ibu Ratna (Christine Hakim) performs an autopsy on what is assumed to be patient zero – a woman who contracted the virus from a local grain factory, (an environment referred to as “a perfect substrate” for Cordyceps) – Ratna alone, grasps the rapidly approaching ramifications that will come to pass as a result of this fungal monstrosity somehow makes the jump to a human host. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click...
- 3/1/2023
- by Dillon Goss-Carpenter
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
The second episode of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ takes an even deeper, clinical dive into the show’s ultimate antagonist, the Cordyceps virus. In this week’s cold open, we witness the first moment in which an informed scientist gets an up-close look at an infected specimen, and thus, glimpses the impending doom of humanity. When the professor of Mycology Dr. Ibu Ratna (Christine Hakim) performs an autopsy on what is assumed to be patient zero – a woman who contracted the virus from a local grain factory, (an environment referred to as “a perfect substrate” for Cordyceps) – Ratna alone, grasps the rapidly approaching ramifications that will come to pass as a result of this fungal monstrosity somehow makes the jump to a human host. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click...
- 3/1/2023
- by Dillon Goss-Carpenter
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
This article contains spoilers through the most recent episode of The Last of Us.
Fans of The Last of Us know that music is a key part of the video games’ story. The Last of Us Part II shows us how Joel and Ellie use music as a way to connect with and understand each other and even allows the player to strum along via the controller when both characters play guitar. At the beginning of the game, Joel sings Pearl Jam’s “Future Days” to Ellie, and it becomes a song that she uses to remember him later on. Ellie also sings A-ha’s “Take on Me” to her friend and love interest Dina when the two are in Seattle together – a touching moment amidst all the violence in the game.
From the beginning, HBO’s The Last of Us showed us that it was going to continue using...
Fans of The Last of Us know that music is a key part of the video games’ story. The Last of Us Part II shows us how Joel and Ellie use music as a way to connect with and understand each other and even allows the player to strum along via the controller when both characters play guitar. At the beginning of the game, Joel sings Pearl Jam’s “Future Days” to Ellie, and it becomes a song that she uses to remember him later on. Ellie also sings A-ha’s “Take on Me” to her friend and love interest Dina when the two are in Seattle together – a touching moment amidst all the violence in the game.
From the beginning, HBO’s The Last of Us showed us that it was going to continue using...
- 2/21/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
This post contains spoilers for HBO's "The Last of Us" and the video game series of the same name.
HBO's "The Last of Us," which might just be one of the most captivating video adaptations of all time, opened its season premiere with a 30-minute prologue expanding Joel's (Pedro Pascal) and Sarah's (Nico Parker) story on the day of the outbreak. This added exposition contributed heavily to their dynamic and managed to intensify the tragedy of Sarah's death, which acts as a catalyst for Joel's journey from that point on. Since episode 1 was released, eagle-eyed fans deduced theories as to how the Cordyceps outbreak truly began and why Joel and Sarah managed to evade infection right up till all hell broke loose. Turns out, these theories are spot-on, as confirmed in episode 3 of the show.
Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann make several changes to the source material, but these augmentations...
HBO's "The Last of Us," which might just be one of the most captivating video adaptations of all time, opened its season premiere with a 30-minute prologue expanding Joel's (Pedro Pascal) and Sarah's (Nico Parker) story on the day of the outbreak. This added exposition contributed heavily to their dynamic and managed to intensify the tragedy of Sarah's death, which acts as a catalyst for Joel's journey from that point on. Since episode 1 was released, eagle-eyed fans deduced theories as to how the Cordyceps outbreak truly began and why Joel and Sarah managed to evade infection right up till all hell broke loose. Turns out, these theories are spot-on, as confirmed in episode 3 of the show.
Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann make several changes to the source material, but these augmentations...
- 1/30/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
HBO's newest series, "The Last of Us," is about a world transformed by a dangerous infection that turns people into zombies. Based on a video game of the same name, the horror show follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hard-edged smuggler, and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), the 14-year-old girl he's tasked with bringing across the country. Together, they face dangers from their fellow survivors - who are desperate to do anything to stay alive - and, of course, from the strangely beautiful zombies. And part of that unique zombie look is because of the fungal infection at the center of the show.
Something that separates "The Last of Us" from other horror series like "Resident Evil" is that it's not a virus that causes all these people to turn into zombies: it's a fungal infection. Ahead, we're breaking down "The Last of Us" fungus, its implications for the rest of the game,...
Something that separates "The Last of Us" from other horror series like "Resident Evil" is that it's not a virus that causes all these people to turn into zombies: it's a fungal infection. Ahead, we're breaking down "The Last of Us" fungus, its implications for the rest of the game,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Viewers of The Last of Us are praising the second episode for its opening set in Indonesia.
The HBO video game adaptation continued on Sunday (22 January), catching up with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) as they transport the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsay) on a dangerous mission across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Each episode so far has featured a flashback, which takes place 20 years before the fall of civilisation that is triggered by the spreading of a brain-infecting fungus called Cordyceps.
Episode two opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, and saw an expert in the study of fungi learn of the outbreak. Chillingly, after discovering details of the outbreak, she tells an Indonesian military officer that there is no vaccine and her advice is to bomb the entire city.
Indonesian viewers are heaping praise on the show for casting Indonesian actors Christine Hakam and Yayu Aw Unru in these roles, as well...
The HBO video game adaptation continued on Sunday (22 January), catching up with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Tess (Anna Torv) as they transport the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsay) on a dangerous mission across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Each episode so far has featured a flashback, which takes place 20 years before the fall of civilisation that is triggered by the spreading of a brain-infecting fungus called Cordyceps.
Episode two opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, and saw an expert in the study of fungi learn of the outbreak. Chillingly, after discovering details of the outbreak, she tells an Indonesian military officer that there is no vaccine and her advice is to bomb the entire city.
Indonesian viewers are heaping praise on the show for casting Indonesian actors Christine Hakam and Yayu Aw Unru in these roles, as well...
- 1/23/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details from episode 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us.
After narrowly escaping the confines of the strict Boston quarantine zone with their lives intact in the first episode, on continues the dangerous adventures of Joel (Pedro Pascal), Tess (Anna Torv) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in the second episode of HBO’s live-action adaptation of The Last of Us. “Infected,” directed by video game creator and series co-writer Neil Druckmann in his debut, takes a nearly beat-by-beat approach from the source material while injecting thrilling excitement for general audiences and eagle-eyed gamers alike. Druckmann’s use of fun camera techniques, such as manipulating the depth of field and employing close-ups with shaky cam movements, makes it feel like the audience is alongside the characters on their daunting journey.
Speaking of which … what is the gang about to get into? Let’s discuss.
Oh no, just...
After narrowly escaping the confines of the strict Boston quarantine zone with their lives intact in the first episode, on continues the dangerous adventures of Joel (Pedro Pascal), Tess (Anna Torv) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in the second episode of HBO’s live-action adaptation of The Last of Us. “Infected,” directed by video game creator and series co-writer Neil Druckmann in his debut, takes a nearly beat-by-beat approach from the source material while injecting thrilling excitement for general audiences and eagle-eyed gamers alike. Druckmann’s use of fun camera techniques, such as manipulating the depth of field and employing close-ups with shaky cam movements, makes it feel like the audience is alongside the characters on their daunting journey.
Speaking of which … what is the gang about to get into? Let’s discuss.
Oh no, just...
- 1/23/2023
- by Destiny Jackson
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Last of Us” Episode 2, “Infected.”]
It’s an easy shortcut to start unpacking an episode with the opening sequence and I promise that’s not going to be the case for the next two months. But it’s worth pointing out the first two cold opens in “The Last of Us” do just as much to build a sense of global unease as any overheard news report or Oval Office address or TV test pattern could. In “Infected,” the series’ second episode, the late-’60s public affairs roundtable gives way to Dr. Ibu Ratna (a magnificent Christine Hakim), a scientist and professor shown as one of the first people to recognize that humanity was in real trouble.
If last week’s first episode didn’t do enough to prime a viewing audience for a short supply of hope early on in “The Last of Us,” here’s an expert...
It’s an easy shortcut to start unpacking an episode with the opening sequence and I promise that’s not going to be the case for the next two months. But it’s worth pointing out the first two cold opens in “The Last of Us” do just as much to build a sense of global unease as any overheard news report or Oval Office address or TV test pattern could. In “Infected,” the series’ second episode, the late-’60s public affairs roundtable gives way to Dr. Ibu Ratna (a magnificent Christine Hakim), a scientist and professor shown as one of the first people to recognize that humanity was in real trouble.
If last week’s first episode didn’t do enough to prime a viewing audience for a short supply of hope early on in “The Last of Us,” here’s an expert...
- 1/23/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for “Infected,” the second episode of HBO’s The Last of Us.
For the second episode in a row, The Last of Us opens with a flashback, though this one is set very close to the events we witnessed early in the series premiere. It is September 24, 2003. The zombie apocalypse is days away, and the government of Jakarta is finding this out before anyone else. We follow Ibu Ratna (Christine Hakim), a mycologist who has been asked to investigate a violent incident at a flour and grain factory.
For the second episode in a row, The Last of Us opens with a flashback, though this one is set very close to the events we witnessed early in the series premiere. It is September 24, 2003. The zombie apocalypse is days away, and the government of Jakarta is finding this out before anyone else. We follow Ibu Ratna (Christine Hakim), a mycologist who has been asked to investigate a violent incident at a flour and grain factory.
- 1/23/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for The Last of Us Season 1, Episode 2.] We knew it was a bad sign when Anna Torv was listed as “recurring.” That said, fans of the game knew not to expect Tess to stick around long. And even for those with less knowledge of the source material, it’s clear that The Last of Us is ultimately Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) story. For that connection to bloom, Tess was all but destined to die… but that doesn’t make it less of a bummer. The second episode sees Joel, Ellie, and poor, doomed Tess head into Boston in hopes of getting Ellie connected with the Fireflies. Naturally, plans go sideways—and Tess doesn’t make it out. Here’s how it happens. HBO The Long Way The episode opens with a flashback sequence of a scientist (Christine Hakim) studying fungus in Jakarta. She’s brought into...
- 1/23/2023
- TV Insider
The 5th Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) and Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) officially returns physically yesterday with a 5-day film festival at the Dadi Cinema and the awards ceremony on the 16th at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur. The opening ceremony of the festival was held at the main entrance of Pavilion Kl, and in addition to the presence of filmmakers and invited guests.
‘Edge of The World’ as the Opening Film
The opening film was “Edge of the World”, a film directed by Hollywood director Michael Haussman, set in Sarawak, Malaysia and supported by the Sarawak Tourism Board, the film is about the 19th century British explorer James Brooke, who led the indigenous people of Malaysia out of British colonial rule and into civilization. The film’s director and producer, Josie Ho, also made a surprise appearance at the event to support the opening of the film. This is...
‘Edge of The World’ as the Opening Film
The opening film was “Edge of the World”, a film directed by Hollywood director Michael Haussman, set in Sarawak, Malaysia and supported by the Sarawak Tourism Board, the film is about the 19th century British explorer James Brooke, who led the indigenous people of Malaysia out of British colonial rule and into civilization. The film’s director and producer, Josie Ho, also made a surprise appearance at the event to support the opening of the film. This is...
- 7/11/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The concept of manipulating reality has been repeatedly implemented in thriller/horror films, some times following supernatural paths and sometimes psychological/realistic ones. Djenar Maesa Ayu implements the latter approach in a rather interesting effort.
Tris is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The movie unfolds in two axes. The first one has the protagonist, Tristan, talking to a psychologist who is only heard but never shown, about his memory issues, and how the things he constantly forgets have made him fell useless, both towards himself and to his family, particularly after his father died, leaving him and his brother Dio, to take care of their mother. The second axis has him in the house he shares with his brother, with the latter constantly pinning him down for forgetting things, an attitude that has also convinced his mother that he is useless. Something is amiss however.
This last part, of something not being right here,...
Tris is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The movie unfolds in two axes. The first one has the protagonist, Tristan, talking to a psychologist who is only heard but never shown, about his memory issues, and how the things he constantly forgets have made him fell useless, both towards himself and to his family, particularly after his father died, leaving him and his brother Dio, to take care of their mother. The second axis has him in the house he shares with his brother, with the latter constantly pinning him down for forgetting things, an attitude that has also convinced his mother that he is useless. Something is amiss however.
This last part, of something not being right here,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Back in the ‘80s, martial arts B-movies from Hong Kong made their way into Indonesian cinema. People were obsessed with them because they were fun and entertaining, and most of all reflected the hyper-machismo culture that bloomed in the country during the regime of Soeharto from the late ‘60s to the end of the ‘90s. Most Indonesian men, influenced by how the country was ruled, were all about virility. If they didn’t know how to fight, they weren’t manly enough. However, in Edwin’s brilliant and offbeat sixth feature, the Golden Leopard-winning Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, this toxic trait of the country gets knocked down in a story about erectile dysfunction.
Based on Eka Kurniawan’s book Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas, the movie centers on Ajo Kawir (Mathino Lio), a twenty-something man from the outskirts of Bandung. A thug who fears nothing but his reputation as a man,...
Based on Eka Kurniawan’s book Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas, the movie centers on Ajo Kawir (Mathino Lio), a twenty-something man from the outskirts of Bandung. A thug who fears nothing but his reputation as a man,...
- 9/12/2021
- by Reyzando Nawara
- The Film Stage
Filmmaker Joko Anwar stayed true to his vision for his Indonesian horror film “Impetigore” — so much so that when he found the perfect village to film in, the lack of infrastructure — yes, even a running toilet — didn’t stop them. Instead, they just built what they needed, and left it for the villagers to enjoy.
“We spent three months looking for a village that can resemble the village in the script,” Anwar told TheWrap during the screening of his film for TheWrap’s Screening Series. “We met someone who hiked in the forest, and he said he stumbled upon this village cut off from the modern world. The village was formed in 1941, made for workers who work in the plantation for the Dutch colonialists, and since then, they’ve lived there…. We went there, it matched perfectly with the description for the script. We had to make a path so...
“We spent three months looking for a village that can resemble the village in the script,” Anwar told TheWrap during the screening of his film for TheWrap’s Screening Series. “We met someone who hiked in the forest, and he said he stumbled upon this village cut off from the modern world. The village was formed in 1941, made for workers who work in the plantation for the Dutch colonialists, and since then, they’ve lived there…. We went there, it matched perfectly with the description for the script. We had to make a path so...
- 1/11/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Creepy horror film “Impetigore” by hotshot director Joko Anwar has been selected by Indonesia as its national representative in the Academy Awards’ best international feature film category.
The news was announced by the Indonesian Academy Awards Selection Committee on Tuesday. Anwar quickly retweeted the information, adding: “Hopefully this film can be a good representation and raise the international audiences’ interest in Indonesian films.”
The film, which premiered at the Sundance festival in January this year, tells the story of two women who are not making a great success of big city life, and who return to their home village. While promised an inheritance there, they encounter numerous strange events.
“Impetigore” stars Marissa Anita, Tara Basro, Christine Hakim and Asmara Abigail, who was last year named as an Asian Star Up Next by Variety and the International Film Festival and Awards Macao. The film is handled in the U.S. by Shudder.
The news was announced by the Indonesian Academy Awards Selection Committee on Tuesday. Anwar quickly retweeted the information, adding: “Hopefully this film can be a good representation and raise the international audiences’ interest in Indonesian films.”
The film, which premiered at the Sundance festival in January this year, tells the story of two women who are not making a great success of big city life, and who return to their home village. While promised an inheritance there, they encounter numerous strange events.
“Impetigore” stars Marissa Anita, Tara Basro, Christine Hakim and Asmara Abigail, who was last year named as an Asian Star Up Next by Variety and the International Film Festival and Awards Macao. The film is handled in the U.S. by Shudder.
- 11/12/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Tara Basro, Marissa Anita, Ario Bayu, Christine Hakim, Asmara Abigail, Kiki Narendra, Zidni Hakim, Faradina Mufti, Abdurrahman Arif, Muhammad Abe Baasyin, Mursiyanto, Ahmad Ramadhan | Written and Directed by Joko Anwar
On researching Impetigore I quickly stumbled on why the movie has that slightly strange-sounding punned title: Impetigo (im-puh-tie-go) is a common and highly contagious skin infection that mainly affects infants and children.
So the story is as follows. Maya and her friend Dini discover that Maya might infact inherit a large house out if the city. Struggling with life as it is, they travel together to the Village she was born in, unaware of the curse that has plagued it for years – babies being born without skin
The opening scene to Impetigore is excellent. Perhaps too excellent as it got my hopes up to a point that it never really lived up to that opening exchange. We see...
On researching Impetigore I quickly stumbled on why the movie has that slightly strange-sounding punned title: Impetigo (im-puh-tie-go) is a common and highly contagious skin infection that mainly affects infants and children.
So the story is as follows. Maya and her friend Dini discover that Maya might infact inherit a large house out if the city. Struggling with life as it is, they travel together to the Village she was born in, unaware of the curse that has plagued it for years – babies being born without skin
The opening scene to Impetigore is excellent. Perhaps too excellent as it got my hopes up to a point that it never really lived up to that opening exchange. We see...
- 7/24/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Life has never been easy for Maya (Tara Basro). Raised by her aunt with no knowledge of her parents’ history, she’s struggled finding her place in the city. Her sole comfort is best friend Dini (Marissa Anita), a tollbooth operator like herself who’s promised to help open a clothing business if they ever save enough money. So when a strange man drives through her lane on a deserted evening three separate times, it’s hard not to fear the worst. No matter how difficult life has been, however, Maya has no intentions of dying—especially not at the hands of a creep who believes she’s someone else. And yet there is something familiar about the name he uses. Whether that realization is good or bad remains to be seen.
This is what we learn during the opening prologue to Joko Anwar’s Impetigore—a wonderful scene reminiscent...
This is what we learn during the opening prologue to Joko Anwar’s Impetigore—a wonderful scene reminiscent...
- 7/22/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
We're back with another installment of Horror Highlights! In today's feature, we have a look at the trailers for Random Acts of Violence, Lake of Death, and Impetigore, along with details on the 2020 editions of the Blood in the Snow film festival and Grimfest, and a look at Pooka Lives! merchandise:
Watch the Trailer for Random Acts Of Violence:
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A cult-hit in the making, Jay Baruchel’s long-anticipated Random Acts Of Violence, adapted from the popular 2010 horror graphic novel by the same name, is a force to reckon with. The Canadian filmmaker and actor, best known for his comedic bow in This Is The End and as the voice of Hiccup in the How To Train Your Dragon series, has long been committed to bringing Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti’s...
Watch the Trailer for Random Acts Of Violence:
"*Users can sign-up for a 30-day free trial for new members with promo code Shutin on Shudder.com*
A cult-hit in the making, Jay Baruchel’s long-anticipated Random Acts Of Violence, adapted from the popular 2010 horror graphic novel by the same name, is a force to reckon with. The Canadian filmmaker and actor, best known for his comedic bow in This Is The End and as the voice of Hiccup in the How To Train Your Dragon series, has long been committed to bringing Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti’s...
- 7/14/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Joko Anwar scored Indonesia’s highest-grossing horror hit ever with “Satan’s Slaves,” a remake-slash-prequel to Sisworo Gautama Putra’s beloved if campy 1980 original. Already another big success at home, his followup “Impetigore” is likewise a rebooting tribute to past celluloid horrors, given the familiar feel to its tale of a prodigal-daughter heroine returning to a native village that’s cursed by black magic.
Less dependent on jump scares than “Slaves” (though there are still a few), this handsome and atmospheric production is good, sometimes grisly fun that’s not terribly scary, particularly once hectic climactic events prove less suspenseful than the slow-burn buildup. Despite doing huge box office in Asia (where it opened after its premiere in Sundance’s midnight section), “Impetigore” probably won’t be Anwar’s breakout moment among Western genre fans, though he’ll surely have one sooner or later.
Tara Basro, who’s been in virtually...
Less dependent on jump scares than “Slaves” (though there are still a few), this handsome and atmospheric production is good, sometimes grisly fun that’s not terribly scary, particularly once hectic climactic events prove less suspenseful than the slow-burn buildup. Despite doing huge box office in Asia (where it opened after its premiere in Sundance’s midnight section), “Impetigore” probably won’t be Anwar’s breakout moment among Western genre fans, though he’ll surely have one sooner or later.
Tara Basro, who’s been in virtually...
- 6/29/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Looking to add some scares to your summer that you can enjoy from the great indoors? Shudder has you covered this July with an eclectic set of horror films both old and new, including the first three Sleepaway Camp movies, all three Maniac Cop films, the ’80s horror documentary In Search of Darkness, The Beach House, The Burning, The Return of the Living Dead, and more!
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this July, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"Metamorphosis
In this fresh spin on a demonic possession story, Joong-Su, an exorcist, must face a demon he tragically failed to defeat in the past when it targets his brother’s family next. The demon assumes the form of different family members to sow confusion and distrust,...
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the Us this July, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
"Metamorphosis
In this fresh spin on a demonic possession story, Joong-Su, an exorcist, must face a demon he tragically failed to defeat in the past when it targets his brother’s family next. The demon assumes the form of different family members to sow confusion and distrust,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Shudder acquisitions keep rolling in, making it the go-to streaming platform for horror fans looking for the latest horror releases from around the world. Following a premiere at Sundance, Shudder announced that it's picking up rights to Satan's Slaves director Joko Anwar's latest film. The press release and official trailer can be found below:
"May 8, 2020 — Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to Impetigore, Joko Anwar’s hit horror film which had its international premiere at Sundance after a smash run in Anwar’s home country of Indonesia, where it was the fifth highest-grossing release of 2019. Impetigore will premiere on Shudder in the Us, Canada and the UK on July 23.
Anwar’s award-winning supernatural movie, Satan’s Slaves, was released as a Shudder Original in 2018. Satan’s Slaves has been a top performing title...
"May 8, 2020 — Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that it has acquired all rights in its territories to Impetigore, Joko Anwar’s hit horror film which had its international premiere at Sundance after a smash run in Anwar’s home country of Indonesia, where it was the fifth highest-grossing release of 2019. Impetigore will premiere on Shudder in the Us, Canada and the UK on July 23.
Anwar’s award-winning supernatural movie, Satan’s Slaves, was released as a Shudder Original in 2018. Satan’s Slaves has been a top performing title...
- 5/8/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired all rights in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to “Impetigore,” the hit horror movie by Indonesian genre-meister Joko Anwar. After placing in the box office top five at home in 2019, the film had its international debut in Sundance this year.
The film is a horror-thriller about a woman who discovers that her neighbors think she is cursed and want to kill her. Writer-director, Anwar called the film “my love letter to horror movies I grew up with, slashers, ghost stories, wrapped in a tragic family drama not unlike my family.”
The film, which also carried the local title “Perempuan Tanah Jahanam,” stars Tara Basro (“Satan’s Slaves”), Marissa Anita, (HBO Asia’s “Folklore: A Mother’s Love”), Ario Bayu (“Dead Time”), veteran Christine Hakim, and Asmara Abigail. She previously starred in Anwar’s “Satan’s Slaves...
The film is a horror-thriller about a woman who discovers that her neighbors think she is cursed and want to kill her. Writer-director, Anwar called the film “my love letter to horror movies I grew up with, slashers, ghost stories, wrapped in a tragic family drama not unlike my family.”
The film, which also carried the local title “Perempuan Tanah Jahanam,” stars Tara Basro (“Satan’s Slaves”), Marissa Anita, (HBO Asia’s “Folklore: A Mother’s Love”), Ario Bayu (“Dead Time”), veteran Christine Hakim, and Asmara Abigail. She previously starred in Anwar’s “Satan’s Slaves...
- 5/8/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Director Gareth Evans has been doing the rounds promoting his new Sky Atlantic series Gangs of London (it’s bloody good stuff) and recently stopped by the Empire podcast to chat about a jumble of different subjects, including his standout action films, The Raid and The Raid 2. The conversation soon turned to why there hasn’t been a third film featuring Jakarta’s ‘rookie’ special tactics officer Rama (Iko Uwais) kicking people in the face. As huge fans of both of Evans’ Raid movies and watching people get kicked in the face, it’s certainly a question we’ve asked ourselves.
Well, from Evans’ point of view, he didn’t really think Rama’s story had any gas left in the tank after the conclusion of the second film.
“I couldn’t fathom of another fucking reason why he would put his life at risk and separate himself from...
Well, from Evans’ point of view, he didn’t really think Rama’s story had any gas left in the tank after the conclusion of the second film.
“I couldn’t fathom of another fucking reason why he would put his life at risk and separate himself from...
- 4/24/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
One of the more surprising Midnighters this writer saw at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival was Joko Anwar’s Impetigore, a gnarly and visceral waking nightmare of a journey that kept me guessing from start to finish. While at the fest, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Anwar, as well as a trio of the film’s co-stars—Marissa Anita, Tara Basro, and Christine Hakim—about their collaboration on Impetigore. During our interview, they chatted about the real-life inspirations behind certain story aspects of the film, being a part of Anwar’s impassioned team, and how one actress signed on for the project before even reading the script for Impetigore.
Here’s hoping we get some distribution news for Impetigore here in the States, because it’s a film that truly deserves to be seen by as many genre fans as possible.
Congrats on the film, guys. The first...
Here’s hoping we get some distribution news for Impetigore here in the States, because it’s a film that truly deserves to be seen by as many genre fans as possible.
Congrats on the film, guys. The first...
- 2/10/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
As I sit here wondering just what on earth happened to 2019, it’s already time to start looking towards a new year, and more specifically, the prestigious 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which runs in Park City, Utah from January 23rd through February 2nd. As always, Sundance’s lineup of Midnight movies looks to be killer, but there are several other films that are playing the festival in different categories that look to be something genre fans might get excited over, too.
Here’s a rundown of the horror films hitting Sundance next month, as well as a handful of genre-adjacent projects to keep on your radars for 2020.
Midnight Selections:
Amulet / United Kingdom — Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that...
Here’s a rundown of the horror films hitting Sundance next month, as well as a handful of genre-adjacent projects to keep on your radars for 2020.
Midnight Selections:
Amulet / United Kingdom — Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that...
- 12/5/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Jaff 14 ‘Revival’ is officially started on November 19th, 2019 at Empire Xxi Yogyakarta. “Abracadabra” (2019), a feature film directed by Faozan Rizal, became the official opening film. The event started at 6 Pm, accompanied by 18 groups of Bergada (The Yogyakarta Palace’s army) who lead the guests from Horison Hotel to Empire Xxi Yogyakarta.
Around 1.454 audience came to the opening festival ceremony. The opening began with a speech from Yogyakarta’s Department of Culture (Disbud) delegation, Aris Eko Nugroho, S.P., M.Si. He presented that Yogyakarta’s Disbud has been collaborating with Jaff since 2014. “Through the development of film and the birth of film schools in Yogyakarta, we hope that there will be more collaborations in developing art, especially films,” he said.
Having the same vision with Yogyakarta’s Disbud, the Directorate General of Information and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DJ Idp Ministry of Foreign Affairs) also presented its support...
Around 1.454 audience came to the opening festival ceremony. The opening began with a speech from Yogyakarta’s Department of Culture (Disbud) delegation, Aris Eko Nugroho, S.P., M.Si. He presented that Yogyakarta’s Disbud has been collaborating with Jaff since 2014. “Through the development of film and the birth of film schools in Yogyakarta, we hope that there will be more collaborations in developing art, especially films,” he said.
Having the same vision with Yogyakarta’s Disbud, the Directorate General of Information and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DJ Idp Ministry of Foreign Affairs) also presented its support...
- 11/22/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The opening ceremony of the first edition of the Gangneung International Film Festival was dominated by a tribute to the French film scout and festival selector Pierre Rissient, who died in May 2018.
The new festival, 240 km from Seoul, counts former Busan festival co-founder Kim Dong-ho as its chairman and former Bucheon festival head Kim Hong-joon as its chief selector. It got under way on Friday and runs until Nov. 14.
Kim Hong-joon called Rissient a “cinephile” worthy of celebration. He played a part in introducing and highlighting global film talents, notably Korean film makers Im Kwon-taek, Lee Chang-dong and Hong Sang-soo (“Hotel by the River”) to global festival audiences.
Top Korean filmmakers Lee (“Burning”), Im (“Painted Fire”) and Yang Ik-joon (“Breathless”), were present at the event. Bong Joon-ho, currently supporting the U.S. release of “Parasite,” sent a video tribute and said that it was appropriate to recognize Rissient’s contribution...
The new festival, 240 km from Seoul, counts former Busan festival co-founder Kim Dong-ho as its chairman and former Bucheon festival head Kim Hong-joon as its chief selector. It got under way on Friday and runs until Nov. 14.
Kim Hong-joon called Rissient a “cinephile” worthy of celebration. He played a part in introducing and highlighting global film talents, notably Korean film makers Im Kwon-taek, Lee Chang-dong and Hong Sang-soo (“Hotel by the River”) to global festival audiences.
Top Korean filmmakers Lee (“Burning”), Im (“Painted Fire”) and Yang Ik-joon (“Breathless”), were present at the event. Bong Joon-ho, currently supporting the U.S. release of “Parasite,” sent a video tribute and said that it was appropriate to recognize Rissient’s contribution...
- 11/11/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
“Memories of My Body,” directed by Garin Nugroho, has been selected to represent Indonesia at the Academy Awards in the international feature film category (previously best foreign-language film). The announcement was made Tuesday by actress Christine Hakim representing the Indonesian Film Selection Committee.
The fact-based film depicts the story of a young man from a dance troupe that performs Lengger Lanang, a folk dance from central Java usually performed in pairs, with men often taking both male and female roles. It is based on the real story of Rianto, a dancer who was abused as a child, explored masculinity and femininity while growing up, and endured traumatic experiences, discrimination and violence. Rianto himself plays the dancer as an adult and narrates the film.
It has proved deeply controversial with Islamic religious groups, which labeled it “deviant” and “promoting Lgbt values.” It was banned in five provinces.
Despite that stigma, the...
The fact-based film depicts the story of a young man from a dance troupe that performs Lengger Lanang, a folk dance from central Java usually performed in pairs, with men often taking both male and female roles. It is based on the real story of Rianto, a dancer who was abused as a child, explored masculinity and femininity while growing up, and endured traumatic experiences, discrimination and violence. Rianto himself plays the dancer as an adult and narrates the film.
It has proved deeply controversial with Islamic religious groups, which labeled it “deviant” and “promoting Lgbt values.” It was banned in five provinces.
Despite that stigma, the...
- 9/18/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Even as his latest comicbook superhero film “Gundala” prepares for release later this month, the trailer for “Impetigore”, director Joko Anwar’s fourth film of 2019, yet again a horror film, as been released.
Synopsis
After surviving a murder attempt in the city, Maya, a down-on-her-luck young woman, learns that she may inherit a house in her ancestral village. With her friend Dini, Maya returns to the village of her birth, unaware that the community has been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued the village for years. As she begins to discover the complicated reality about her past, Maya finds herself in a fight for her life.
The film stars Tara Basro (“Satan’s Slave“), Ariyo Bayu (also in “Gundala”), Marissa Anita (“Folklore: A Mother’s Love“) and Christine Hakim (“Merantau”) and is distributed by South Korea’s Cj Entertainment. It is expected to...
Synopsis
After surviving a murder attempt in the city, Maya, a down-on-her-luck young woman, learns that she may inherit a house in her ancestral village. With her friend Dini, Maya returns to the village of her birth, unaware that the community has been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued the village for years. As she begins to discover the complicated reality about her past, Maya finds herself in a fight for her life.
The film stars Tara Basro (“Satan’s Slave“), Ariyo Bayu (also in “Gundala”), Marissa Anita (“Folklore: A Mother’s Love“) and Christine Hakim (“Merantau”) and is distributed by South Korea’s Cj Entertainment. It is expected to...
- 8/15/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Indonesia has picked feminist neo-Western Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts as its submission for the best foreign-language film Oscar.
The pick was made by the Indonesian Academy Selection Committee, chaired by veteran actress and producer Christine Hakim.
The third feature from female Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors’ Fortnight section in May. It later won the Netpac award for new Asian cinema at Poland’s Five Flavors Asian festival.
Set on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, the film follows a young widow (Marsha ...
The pick was made by the Indonesian Academy Selection Committee, chaired by veteran actress and producer Christine Hakim.
The third feature from female Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors’ Fortnight section in May. It later won the Netpac award for new Asian cinema at Poland’s Five Flavors Asian festival.
Set on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, the film follows a young widow (Marsha ...
- 9/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indonesia has picked feminist neo-Western Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts as its submission for the best foreign-language film Oscar.
The pick was made by the Indonesian Academy Selection Committee, chaired by veteran actress and producer Christine Hakim.
The third feature from female Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors’ Fortnight section in May. It later won the Netpac award for new Asian cinema at Poland’s Five Flavors Asian festival.
Set on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, the film follows a young widow (Marsha ...
The pick was made by the Indonesian Academy Selection Committee, chaired by veteran actress and producer Christine Hakim.
The third feature from female Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors’ Fortnight section in May. It later won the Netpac award for new Asian cinema at Poland’s Five Flavors Asian festival.
Set on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, the film follows a young widow (Marsha ...
- 9/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts,” an action story and powerful female empowerment drama, has been named by Indonesia as its contender for the Academy Awards foreign-language Oscars race. It was directed by musician turned film maker Mouly Surya.
Set on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, and starring Marsha Timothy, the film follows a young widow who embarks on a journey seeking justice and empowerment after being attacked by robbers and killing several men. The selection was made by a committee headed by veteran actress Christine Hakim.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the 2017 edition of the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. It also played at Toronto and Palm Springs festivals that year and claimed the Netpac award for new Asian cinema at Poland’s Five Flavours Asian festival. Its commercial release in Indonesia began in November 2017.
“Marlina” was produced by Indonesia’s Cinesurya and Kaninga Pictures...
Set on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia, and starring Marsha Timothy, the film follows a young widow who embarks on a journey seeking justice and empowerment after being attacked by robbers and killing several men. The selection was made by a committee headed by veteran actress Christine Hakim.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the 2017 edition of the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. It also played at Toronto and Palm Springs festivals that year and claimed the Netpac award for new Asian cinema at Poland’s Five Flavours Asian festival. Its commercial release in Indonesia began in November 2017.
“Marlina” was produced by Indonesia’s Cinesurya and Kaninga Pictures...
- 9/18/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Joko Anwar is already an established filmmaker, both in his country, and internationally. He started his career in cinema as a film critic, continued as a script writer, while his directorial debut came in 2005, with “Joni’s Promise”. His next two films “Kala” and “Forbidden Door”, received rave reviews from critics, and screened in festivals all over the world. In 2012, he shot “Ritual” and in 2015 “Copy of my Mind” His latest film, “Satan’s Slaves” is now the highest grossing Indonesian horror film of all time, the highest grossing R-rated Indonesian film of all time and currently, in the Top 5 of Indonesian films of all time.
Here are his top ten Indonesian films, in random order.
1. Kejarlah Daku Kau Kutangkap
A black comedy about love relationship between a photographer and a bank teller.
2. Titian Serambut Dibelah Tujuh
A teacher finds gaffes in a village he visits. The village is religious...
Here are his top ten Indonesian films, in random order.
1. Kejarlah Daku Kau Kutangkap
A black comedy about love relationship between a photographer and a bank teller.
2. Titian Serambut Dibelah Tujuh
A teacher finds gaffes in a village he visits. The village is religious...
- 5/26/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Ifa Isfansyah's The Golden Cane WarriorSTORY70%DIRECTION65%ACTING70%VISUALS75%SOUND75%POSITIVESDistinct wuxia-style storyGreat action choreographyVery good actingNEGATIVESA little tiresome during the middleLingers between art and action wuxia2016-06-0171%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (1 Vote)71%
Indonesia has its own wuxia genre, called silat, which actually refers to a class of indigenous martial arts. The genre has been abandoned for many years, but Ifa Isfanya decided to revive it, using a budget of $2 millions, a sum quite exuberant for the Indonesian film industry.
In distinct wuxia style, the story revolves around Cempaka, a female Silat master known as The Golden Cane Warrior, and her four students, Biru, Gerhana, Dara and little Angin, all of whom are children of enemies she killed in battle. Cempaka plans to name her successor, who is to receive her powerful Golden Cane along with her ultimate technique. However, when she names Dara, Biru, who is the strongest fighter amongst them,...
Indonesia has its own wuxia genre, called silat, which actually refers to a class of indigenous martial arts. The genre has been abandoned for many years, but Ifa Isfanya decided to revive it, using a budget of $2 millions, a sum quite exuberant for the Indonesian film industry.
In distinct wuxia style, the story revolves around Cempaka, a female Silat master known as The Golden Cane Warrior, and her four students, Biru, Gerhana, Dara and little Angin, all of whom are children of enemies she killed in battle. Cempaka plans to name her successor, who is to receive her powerful Golden Cane along with her ultimate technique. However, when she names Dara, Biru, who is the strongest fighter amongst them,...
- 6/1/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Paris-based WTFilms has picked up worldwide rights to Indonesian martial arts drama The Golden Cane Warrior in association with Backup Media.
Produced by Mira Lesmana and directed by Ifa Isfansyah, the film tells the story of two student fighters who, after their master is killed, set out to find the Golden Cane relic before it falls into the wrong hands.
The cast includes Christine Hakim, Eva Celia Latjuba, Nicholas Saputra and Reza Rahadian.
Fight scenes were choreographed by Xion Xin Xin, who has worked with Jet Li and Jackie Chan.
WTFilms is playing a trailer for buyers at Hong Kong’s Filmart and is planning an international premiere at a festival soon.
“My partner and I are big fans of Asian action films so we are very happy to partner with our friends at Backup Media on this high-quality, traditional and exotic adventure,” said WTFilms’ Gregory Chambet.
Produced by Mira Lesmana and directed by Ifa Isfansyah, the film tells the story of two student fighters who, after their master is killed, set out to find the Golden Cane relic before it falls into the wrong hands.
The cast includes Christine Hakim, Eva Celia Latjuba, Nicholas Saputra and Reza Rahadian.
Fight scenes were choreographed by Xion Xin Xin, who has worked with Jet Li and Jackie Chan.
WTFilms is playing a trailer for buyers at Hong Kong’s Filmart and is planning an international premiere at a festival soon.
“My partner and I are big fans of Asian action films so we are very happy to partner with our friends at Backup Media on this high-quality, traditional and exotic adventure,” said WTFilms’ Gregory Chambet.
- 3/25/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Films from Ifa Isfansyah and Endri Pelita take top prizes at Bali film festival.
Indonesia’s Balinale International Film Festival (Oct 4-10) has handed out the top prizes at its closing awards ceremony.
Ifa Isfansyah’s 9 Summers 10 Autumns was awarded best overall film. Based on an autobiography, it is the story of a poor minibus driver in East Java who grew up to become a multinational company director in New York.
Endri Pelita’s Air Mata Terakhir Bunda, about a single mother’s influence on her two sons, won best feature.
Taiwanese entry Go Grandriders, directed by Hua Tien-hao, won best documentary while New Zealand filmmaker Paora Joseph’s Tatarakihi: The Children Of Parihaka received a special recognition prize.
Brazilian filmmaker Amir Admoni’s Linear won best short.
The seventh edition of the festival screened 48 films from 20 countries, including Indonesian premieres of Don Jon and Richard Curtis’ About Time.
Co-founded by actress Christine Hakim and Deborah Gabinetti of film...
Indonesia’s Balinale International Film Festival (Oct 4-10) has handed out the top prizes at its closing awards ceremony.
Ifa Isfansyah’s 9 Summers 10 Autumns was awarded best overall film. Based on an autobiography, it is the story of a poor minibus driver in East Java who grew up to become a multinational company director in New York.
Endri Pelita’s Air Mata Terakhir Bunda, about a single mother’s influence on her two sons, won best feature.
Taiwanese entry Go Grandriders, directed by Hua Tien-hao, won best documentary while New Zealand filmmaker Paora Joseph’s Tatarakihi: The Children Of Parihaka received a special recognition prize.
Brazilian filmmaker Amir Admoni’s Linear won best short.
The seventh edition of the festival screened 48 films from 20 countries, including Indonesian premieres of Don Jon and Richard Curtis’ About Time.
Co-founded by actress Christine Hakim and Deborah Gabinetti of film...
- 10/11/2013
- by jasong.screen@gmail.com (Jason Gray)
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Christine Hakim, Mads Koudal | Written and Directed by Gareth Evans
Interestingly, although an Indonesian kung-fu film, Merantau was written, directed and edited by Welshman Gareth Evans, a man who should be very proud of his well-made second feature film.
Merantau is the name of the journey which must be undertaken by young men in order to come of age. We follow Yuda on his pilgrimage from his tiny village to Jakarta. His intentions are to teach martial arts to children, though his plan goes awry and he finds himself protecting Astri, a young woman who is being pursued by human traffickers and her young brother Adit.
As with many kung-fu films, enjoyment requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief – of course every thug Yuda runs into is an adept martial artist and of course, not one of these thugs carries a gun or a...
Interestingly, although an Indonesian kung-fu film, Merantau was written, directed and edited by Welshman Gareth Evans, a man who should be very proud of his well-made second feature film.
Merantau is the name of the journey which must be undertaken by young men in order to come of age. We follow Yuda on his pilgrimage from his tiny village to Jakarta. His intentions are to teach martial arts to children, though his plan goes awry and he finds himself protecting Astri, a young woman who is being pursued by human traffickers and her young brother Adit.
As with many kung-fu films, enjoyment requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief – of course every thug Yuda runs into is an adept martial artist and of course, not one of these thugs carries a gun or a...
- 8/6/2013
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Zhang Yimou
Chinese film producer and director Zhang Yimou will be the 2011 recipient of the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia-Pacific region. It was announced by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) and Fiapf-International Federation of Film Producers Associations announced on Tuesday.
The awards will be given at the fifth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast on November 24.
As the recipient of the Fiapf Award, Zhang Yimou will be inducted into the Asia Pacific Screen Academy, joining fellow Fifth Generation filmmakers Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kaige.
Zhang Yimou began his filmmaking career with Red Sorghum, starring legendary Chinese actress Gong Li in her first leading role. It won a Golden Bear for Best Picture at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival in 1988. In 1990, Zhang’s film Ju Dou became China’s first Academy Awards nomination in the Best Foreign Film category.
Chinese film producer and director Zhang Yimou will be the 2011 recipient of the Fiapf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia-Pacific region. It was announced by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Apsa) and Fiapf-International Federation of Film Producers Associations announced on Tuesday.
The awards will be given at the fifth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast on November 24.
As the recipient of the Fiapf Award, Zhang Yimou will be inducted into the Asia Pacific Screen Academy, joining fellow Fifth Generation filmmakers Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kaige.
Zhang Yimou began his filmmaking career with Red Sorghum, starring legendary Chinese actress Gong Li in her first leading role. It won a Golden Bear for Best Picture at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival in 1988. In 1990, Zhang’s film Ju Dou became China’s first Academy Awards nomination in the Best Foreign Film category.
- 11/9/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Director: Ryan Murphy Writers: Elizabeth Gilbert (novel), Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt Starring: Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Viola Davis, Richard Jenkins, Christine Hakim Eat Pray Love is a film based on the book by Elizabeth Gilbert, a New York Times best seller that won’t seem to go away. I have not read Eat Pray Love, but if the movie is anything like the book, I had enough in theater, and need not spend my evenings crying onto page after page of drivel. The film revolves around Liz (Julia Roberts), a woman who has an epiphany, realizing she is not particularly happy with life, gets a divorce, eats a lot, goes on a Beatle-esque spiritual journey, and falls in love again. Bet you didn’t see that coming, did you? Eat Pray Love had potential; a competent director, a cast up for the task, and a premise...
- 8/13/2010
- by Dirk Sonniksen
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Julia Roberts' journey across the world for her latest film "Eat, Pray, Love" has landed her in New York City. On Tuesday, August 10, the movie was premiered in Big Apple, at the Ziegfeld Theatre to be exact, and the lead actress was one of the attendees.
Coming alone without the companion of her husband Daniel Moder, Roberts looked simple in a black blazer by Stella McCartney and Dvf shorts which showed off her legs. Her co-star Javier Bardem did not take along his new bride Penelope Cruz either to the special screening. The on-screen lovers were then seen teaming up to pose for photographers.
James Franco who plays the former husband of Roberts' character was not captured on cameras that evening, but other cast such as Richard Jenkins, Billy Crudup, Arlene Tur and Christine Hakim were spotted at the premiere. Producer Dede Gardner and Director Ryan Murphy also managed...
Coming alone without the companion of her husband Daniel Moder, Roberts looked simple in a black blazer by Stella McCartney and Dvf shorts which showed off her legs. Her co-star Javier Bardem did not take along his new bride Penelope Cruz either to the special screening. The on-screen lovers were then seen teaming up to pose for photographers.
James Franco who plays the former husband of Roberts' character was not captured on cameras that evening, but other cast such as Richard Jenkins, Billy Crudup, Arlene Tur and Christine Hakim were spotted at the premiere. Producer Dede Gardner and Director Ryan Murphy also managed...
- 8/11/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Actress Julia Roberts ("Pretty Woman"), stars in "Eat, Pray Love", the new feature based on the memoir "Eat, Pray Love" by Us author Elizabeth Gilbert.
Directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, the film was lensed in New York City, Naples, Italy, Pataudi, India and Bali, Indonesia.
"...After trying and failing to become pregnant, a woman realizes she is not getting what she wants out of life, and, after a painful divorce, sets on a journey across the world..."
Roberts plays author 'Gilbert', Javier Bardem is 'Felipe', the man Gilbert falls in love with on her journey, Billy Crudup is 'Steven', Gilbert's former husband, Richard Jenkins plays a Texan who Gilbert befriends at an Indian ashram, Viola Davis is Delia, Gilbert's best friend, James Franco is 'David' and Christine Hakim is 'Wayan', Gilbert's best friend in Bali.
Hindu leaders were reportedly concerned over production of the film and...
Directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, the film was lensed in New York City, Naples, Italy, Pataudi, India and Bali, Indonesia.
"...After trying and failing to become pregnant, a woman realizes she is not getting what she wants out of life, and, after a painful divorce, sets on a journey across the world..."
Roberts plays author 'Gilbert', Javier Bardem is 'Felipe', the man Gilbert falls in love with on her journey, Billy Crudup is 'Steven', Gilbert's former husband, Richard Jenkins plays a Texan who Gilbert befriends at an Indian ashram, Viola Davis is Delia, Gilbert's best friend, James Franco is 'David' and Christine Hakim is 'Wayan', Gilbert's best friend in Bali.
Hindu leaders were reportedly concerned over production of the film and...
- 7/5/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Merantau [Warrior]
Stars: Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Christine Hakim, Mads Koudal | Written & Directed by Gareth Evans
Interestingly, although an Indonesian kung-fu film, Merantau was written, directed and edited by Welshman Gareth Evans, a man who should be very proud of his well-made second feature film.
Merantau is the name of the journey which must be undertaken by young men in order to come of age. We follow Yuda on his pilgrimage from his tiny village to Jakarta. His intentions are to teach martial arts to children, though his plan goes awry and he finds himself protecting Astri, a young woman who is being pursued by human traffickers and her young brother Adit.
As with many kung-fu films, enjoyment requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief – of course every thug Yuda runs into is an adept martial artist and of course, not one of these thugs carries a gun or a...
Stars: Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica, Christine Hakim, Mads Koudal | Written & Directed by Gareth Evans
Interestingly, although an Indonesian kung-fu film, Merantau was written, directed and edited by Welshman Gareth Evans, a man who should be very proud of his well-made second feature film.
Merantau is the name of the journey which must be undertaken by young men in order to come of age. We follow Yuda on his pilgrimage from his tiny village to Jakarta. His intentions are to teach martial arts to children, though his plan goes awry and he finds himself protecting Astri, a young woman who is being pursued by human traffickers and her young brother Adit.
As with many kung-fu films, enjoyment requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief – of course every thug Yuda runs into is an adept martial artist and of course, not one of these thugs carries a gun or a...
- 6/2/2010
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
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