Activity Stream - FilmLeaf - Journal of Cinema

Sort By	Time	Show
Recent Recent Popular Popular	Anytime Anytime Last 24 Hours Last 24 Hours Last 7 Days Last 7 Days Last 30 Days Last 30 Days	All All Photos Photos Forums Forums Groups Groups

Yesterday, 10:13 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread APAN CUTS July 10- 20, 2025 REVIEWS in Festivals

"The Real You" is an adaptation of Keiichiro Hirano's 2021 novel of the same name. (本心). Directed by Yuya Ishii, who also wrote the screenplay, the...

2 replies | 15 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:09 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread JAPAN CUTS July 10-20, 2025 in General Film Forum

TEKI COMETH (Daihachi Yoshida 2024) An old man living alone in a beautiful traditional Japanese house fades into subtle loss of reality....

1 replies | 6 view(s)

Yesterday, 03:08 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread APAN CUTS July 10- 20, 2025 REVIEWS in Festivals

KYOZO NAGAATSUKA IN TEKI COMETH DAIHACHI YOSHIDA: TEKI COMETH (2024) Gerontion Recommeded by Nick Newman in The Film Stage's list of ten...

2 replies | 15 view(s)

Yesterday, 01:45 PM

Chris Knipp started a thread APAN CUTS July 10- 20, 2025 REVIEWS in Festivals

JAPAN CUTS July 10-20, 2025 REVIEWS GENERAL FILM FORUM LINKS TO REVIEWS

2 replies | 15 view(s)

Yesterday, 01:41 PM

Chris Knipp started a thread JAPAN CUTS July 10-20, 2025 in General Film Forum

FILMLEAF FESTIVAL REVIEW FORUM Japan Society NYC presents the 18th annual Japan Cuts, the largest festival of Japanese cinema in the US, from July...

1 replies | 6 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:47 AM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

GOWOK: JAVANESE KAMASUTRA (Hanung Bramantyo 2025) From a commercially successful Indonesian director, an epic, generaion-corssing tale of sex...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-07-2025, 11:41 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

HANBUNG BRAMANTYO: GOWOK: JAVANESE KAMASUTRA (2024) Indonesian epic of sex training strays too far from its opening sweetness In his detailed...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-07-2025, 09:10 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

I,THE SONG (Dechen Roder 2024) In this handsome film from Bhutan a banished schoolteacher searches for her double who has gotten her into trouble...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-07-2025, 05:30 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

DECHEN RODER: I, THE SONG (2024) TRAILER Tracking down one's more risqué double in Bhutan This film from Bhutan about a staid schoolteacher...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-07-2025, 01:35 AM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

SKIN OF YOUTH (Ash Mayfair 2025) Ash Mayfield is a sensuas visual poet who studied at NYU's Tisch school of the arts and whose first film The...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-07-2025, 12:47 AM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN (Le Yongli 2025) For me the central villain is too evil (and, as it turns out, a real figure from nineties China to boot) to...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-06-2025, 11:16 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

LE YONYI; DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN (2025) TRAILER Bumbling local officials let an evil man roam free in the Chinese provinces Le Yongyi was an...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-05-2025, 09:59 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

ASH MAYFAIR: SKIN OF YOUTH (2025) TRAILER A Vietnamese trans love story that's like gorgeous and sexy music video NYU-trained Vietnamese...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-05-2025, 07:43 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

TIME TO BE STRONG (Namkoong Sun 2024) Korean film of three former K-pop idols on a trip to Jeju island brings out the cruelty of the K-Pop...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-04-2025, 08:42 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

CHOI SUNG-EUN, HA SEO-YOON, KANG CHAE-YUN IN TIME TO BE STRONG NAMKOONG SUN: TIME TO BE STRONG (2024) TRAILER Time to Be Strong subtly...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-04-2025, 07:39 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS (Toshioki Toyoda 2025) A striking (and economical) new film combining elements of spiritual, sci-fi, and gangster action,...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-04-2025, 07:36 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

HOW DARE YOU? (Mipo Oh 2024) A charming drama about a trio of fourth grade kids in Japan, two boys who join a girl who channels Greta Turnberg in...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-04-2025, 05:36 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

ROSUKE KUBOZUKA IN TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS TOSHIOKI TOYODA: TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS (2025) A laughing monk, a mountain mystic, a hit man,...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-03-2025, 11:09 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

RAVENS (Mark Gill 2024) A renowned Japanese art photographer gets a rock star biopic. Sunday July 20, 9:00pm Film at Lincoln Center Premium...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-03-2025, 08:39 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

HURI, YOUTA MIMOTO, TEITA SHIMADA IN HOW DARE YOU? MIPO OH: HOW DARE YOU? (2024) Love and environmental radicalism at a Japanese elementary...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-03-2025, 01:52 PM

Chris Knipp started a thread VIDEOHEAVEN (Alex Ross Perry 2025) in General Film Forum

ALEX ROSS PERRY: VIDEOHEAVEN (2025) The rise and decline of the video store, as told in film clips This is a film about video stores, which has...

0 replies | 12 view(s)

07-02-2025, 08:40 PM

Chris Knipp started a thread 40 ACRES (R.T. Thorne 2024) in General Film Forum

DANIELLE DEADWYLER IN 40 ACRES R.T. THORNE: 40 ACRES (2024) Post apocalyptic Black drama is more family conflict than promised gore "Forty...

0 replies | 24 view(s)

07-02-2025, 07:08 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

TADANOBU ASANO AND KUMI TAKUCHI IN RAVENS MARK GILL: RAVENS (2025) A Japanese art photographer gets a rock star biopic Biopics. Can't live...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-02-2025, 12:13 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

MISSING CHILD VIDEOTAPE ミッシング・チャイルド・ビデオテープ (Ryota Kondo 2024) A. tasty and promising understated Japan horror debut, using Blair Witch mood,...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

07-01-2025, 05:55 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

RAIRU SUGITA IN MISSING CHILD VIDEOTAPE RYOTA KONDO: MISSING CHILD VIDEOTAPE (2024) A. tasty and promising understated Japan horror debut A...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

07-01-2025, 03:23 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

THE WAY WE TALK (Adan Wong 2024) Drama about three deaf people in Hong Kong, two boys and a girl, who grow up and deal with conflicts between CI...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

06-30-2025, 10:03 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

MARCO NG, NEO YAO IN THE WAY WE TALK ADAM WONG: THE WAY WE TALK (2024) A very compelling film from Hong Kong about the importance of sign...

16 replies | 514 view(s)

06-30-2025, 07:42 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL July 11-27, 2025- preview in General Film Forum

POSSESSION STREET 邪Mall (Jack Lai 2024) A polished and interesting (too interesting?) zombie vampire movie, not for its latter acton so much as...

17 replies | 313 view(s)

06-30-2025, 05:27 PM

Chris Knipp replied to a thread New York Asian Film Festival (July 11-27, 2025 FLC) REVIEWS in Festivals

PHILIP KEUNG HO-MAN AND CANDY WANG IN POSSESSION STREET JACK LAI: POSSESSION STREET 邪Mall (2024) An exorcism for wartime wrongs? This film...

16 replies | 514 view(s)