More from Patrick Brzeski
Chinese Auteur Bi Gan Breaks Down ‘Resurrection,’ His Mesmerizing Ode to Cinema’s Enigmas
The 35-year-old director's stunning new feature, starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi, won a special honor at the Cannes Film Festival and will be released in U.S. and Chinese theaters later this year.
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Japan Cuts to Open With Yasuhiro Aoki’s ‘ChaO,’ Festival’s 2025 Lineup Unveiled
North America’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema includes appearances by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the New York premiere of Daihachi Yoshida’s 'Teki Cometh,' and screenings introduced by actress Yuumi Kawai.
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Taiwanese Drama Series ‘Islanders’ Set for Global Launch on Amazon
Christopher Lee and Rima Zeidan star in the cross-border drama, co-directed by Ler Jiyuan and Tsai Pao-Chang.
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‘Oldboy’ Screenwriter Sets Streaming Debut With Disney+ Korean Crime Series ‘Gold Land’
Park Boyoung and Kim Sung Cheol star in the series about a young woman who stumbles into possession of gold bars belonging to a smuggling syndicate.
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Netflix Inks Creative Partnership With Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms in India
The Bollywood scion's production banner will generate a diverse slate of series and films for Netflix as the streamer continues to build its position in the world's most populous nation.
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‘Lost in Starlight’ Director Han Ji-won on Blending Romance and Sci-Fi for Netflix’s Breakthrough Korean Animated Feature
The up-and-coming filmmaker discusses the making of the streamer's first Korean animated feature — hailed by Bong Joon Ho as “a visual masterpiece” — and how she crafted a futuristic vision of Seoul in 2050 that feels like “a clean version of 'Blade Runner.'”
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Crunchyroll Anime Awards: ‘Solo Leveling,’ ‘Look Back’ Big Winners at Star-Studded Tokyo Ceremony
Celebrity presenters included Kacey Musgraves, Finn Wolfhard, J Balvin and Mayu Matsuoka, while ‘Attack on Titan’ was honored with the inaugural Global Impact Award.
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Fame and Shame: The Deadly Toll of Celebrity in South Korea
'Parasite' star Lee Sun-kyun’s suicide sparked a national fury about an entertainment culture where the pressure to live up to impossible standards can lead to exile, despair and even death. Has anything changed?
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‘Splitsville’ Director Michael Covino on Making Bawdy Comedy That Looks Like Art House Cinema: “It Can Be Both”
After the slow-burn brilliance of 'The Climb,' Covino returns to Cannes with an uproarious open-marriage comedy co-starring Dakota Johnson, Adria Arjona and Kyle Marvin.
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Chie Hayakawa on Revisiting the Pain and Wonder of Childhood in Cannes Standout ‘Renoir’
For the follow-up to her distinguished 2022 debut, 'Plan 75,' the Japanese auteur threw out the rule book with 'Renoir,' an impressionist feature about the magic of childhood that she describes as “making some kind of sculpture out of clay.”
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Receives Electric 10-Minute-Plus Cannes Standing Ovation
The American indie cinema icon's love letter to the French New Wave, shot in black and white and told entirely in French, found its perfect launch pad at the world's most glamorous film festival.
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Cannes: Salty Pictures Sets Martial Arts Drama ‘8 Limbed Dragon,’ Starring UFC Fighter Jingliang Li (Exclusive)
Chinese MMA star Jingliang Li, aka “The Leech,” makes his acting debut in '8 Limbed Dragon,' a Muay Thai fight film inspired by his own rise from wrestling to the UFC.
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