NYAFF 2026: ‘Unidentified Murder’ Review
Childhood friends mix pranks with an alien abduction to mostly entertaining effect in Kwok Ka-hei and Jack Lee Chun-kit’s silly extraterrestrial mystery.
NYAFF 2026: ‘Fujiko’ Review
Taichi Kimura’s sophomore feature is an incisive condemnation of patriarchal values with an endearing protagonist fighting to raise her child alone.
NYAFF 2026: ‘Kinki’ Review
Kōji Shiraishi’s latest horror feature builds upon his legacy of unsettling mysteries with an impressive combination of atmospheric tension and paranoia-driven investigation.
NYAFF 2026: ‘Gamer Girls’ Review
Sophie Yang and Veronica Bassetto’s feature debut has its heart in the right place, but falls short of the important conversation it’s trying to instigate.
NYAFF 2026: ‘Funky Freaky Freaks’ Review
Han Chang-lok presents a bleak portrait of teenage malaise intersecting with social media, filtered through an immersive and propulsive DIY presentation.
NYAFF 2026: ‘The Dating Menu’ Review
Amos Why and Frankie Chung’s love letter to restaurants, lost love, and the vulnerability of cooking is an underwhelming but still comforting blanket of culinary cinema.
NYAFF 2026: ‘Colony’ Review
Yeon Sang-ho’s latest genre thriller is an exhilarating zombie film with some clever ideas, bogged down by familiar archetypes.
NYAFF 2025: ‘Dollhouse’ Review
Shinobu Yaguchi’s latest film is a departure from the director’s familiar upbeat comedies as he digs into the horror genre with satisfying results.