Category Archives: Film Festival Coverage

Fantasia 2012 – Cold Steel Review (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia Film Festival 2012 Cold Steel (2011) Starring Peter Ho, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Jia Song, Micky Ho, and Ringo Yu Directed by David Wu Up until my Saturday afternoon screening of Cold Steel, I had yet to see anything at Fantasia that I had loved. I had of course been wowed, seen some great action,Continue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Cold Steel Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Fantasia 2012 – Blood-C: The Last Dark Review (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia Film Festival 2012 Blood-C: The Last Dark Voice Cast – Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima, Ai Hashimoto Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani Back in 2000 a company called Production I.G. was looking for an original concept and a chance to use completely digital animation. The result was a brisk 45-min feature called Blood: The Last Vampire.Continue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Blood-C: The Last Dark Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Fantasia 2012 – Dragon (Wu Xia) Review (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia Film Festival 2012 Dragon (2011) Starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tang Wei, Jimmy Wang Yu Directed by Peter Chan My second and final screening on the first night of Fantasia 2012 was Dragon, an action packed period piece starring Donnie Yen, an accomplished martial artist on the cusp of legendary status. Yen has beenContinue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Dragon (Wu Xia) Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Fantasia 2012 – For Love’s Sake Review (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia Film Festival 2012 For Love’s Sake (2012) Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Emi Takei, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Takumi Saito, Ito Ono Directed by Takashi Miike Making my way to Montreal on a very high tech snail provided by VIA Rail Canada, I could not have been more excited for the 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival toContinue reading “Fantasia 2012 – For Love’s Sake Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2012 – Tentsuki Review (Kirk Haviland)

Shinsedai Film Festival 2012 (Toronto) Tentsuki Starring: Taku Manabe, Natsumi Seto, Ryuzaburo Hattori and Akaji Maro Written by Masafumi Yamada and Takeshi Miyamoto Directed by Masafumi Yamada Tentsuki is a strange little film. Clearly inspired by the likes of David Lynch and the more obscure works of Takeshi Miike, Yamada’s Tentsuki takes place in aContinue reading “Shinsedai Cinema Festival 2012 – Tentsuki Review (Kirk Haviland)”