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MOVIE MONDAYS:

“Give the guy a gun and he’s superman, Give him two and he’s God!”

John Woo’s spectacle of flashing steel and violence “Hard Boiled” has just celebrated its 30 year anniversary. It's the perfect time to give it a rewatch.

Chow Yun-fat plays a rogue cop pitted against Tony Leung Chiu-wai as a cold-blooded Triad hit man. But all may not be as it seems when the lines between good and evil start to blur together…

If you like meticulously choreographed gunplay and heroes who save innocent babies from peril, Hard Boiled is the perfect hailstorm of bullets for you!

When you’re done, listen to Accented Cinema explain how John Woo changed the game by incorporating thematic and stylistic influence from wuxia sword fighting into his trademark dueling gunmen.

The Birth of Gun Fu: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZpJtRuljBM

MOVIE MONDAYS:

“It’s been concluded that this could be a time slip situation”.

Inspired by the classic horror manga of the same name and directed by the visionary Nobuhiko Obayashi, “The Drifting Classroom” (1987) does to disaster movies what “House” (1977) did for the haunted house film.

Middle school student Sho Takamatsu has just come back from living in the United States and he is feeling full of himself. Wearing a jacket that says “American Dream” on the back, he is at an age where he feels rebellious and nasty enough to tell his loving mother to “Take Your Japanese and Shove It!”

But that same morning at Sho’s international school, Sho, his teachers, and his mostly English speaking classmates are transported to a post-apocalyptic wasteland by means of a supernatural earthquake. There, they encounter deadly sandstorms, otherworldly crab monsters, and the collapse of all social norms.

Dripping with ironic Americana, Obayashi weaves his signature strange blend of melodrama and horror into a reimagining of Lord of the Flies. Only through horrible ordeal after another does Sho grow to supersede his strange new world to gain control of his destiny. He becomes the “founding father” of a community that will build a new world out of the ruins of the old: leading the film to a surreal and saccharine sweet finale. - Filipe, NYAFF Staff

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NYAFF 2024 is back with 90+ films that'll knock your socks off, premieres galore, and enough Asian movies to make your Netflix queue weep with envy.

This list contains just about every film in our lineup for all of your rating, watching and rewatching needs.

• Victory
• FAQ
• Pierce
• For Alice
• 12.12: The Day
• The Time of Huan Nan
• Not Friends
• The Tenants
• All Shall Be Well
• Pattaya Heat

...plus 73 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Celebrate Mother’s Day with this eclectic mix of heartwarming, thrilling, and funny films previously featured at NYAFF.

• Close-Knit
• The Truth Beneath
• Angry Son
• Juvenile Offender
• A Woman

Baseball is a beloved sport in Asia and beyond. Back in 2020, NYAFF teamed up with the Korean Cultural Center New York to present a unique streaming series with three baseball stories from South Korea. 🏟️⚾️

• Kano
• Tough Out
• Mr. Go
• YMCA Baseball Team
• Perfect Game
• Baseball Girl
• Chips
• Weeds on Fire

What it says on the tin. If you haven’t seen these, you’re missing out. Includes kaiju, queer stories, family stories and animated features.

• Abang Adik
• All Ears
• Chang'an
• Concrete Utopia
• Egoist
• The First Slam Dunk
• Full River Red
• Godzilla Minus One
• Journey to the West
• Joyland

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Hate Valentine’s? Love Valentine’s? Regardless, this is a list of films you can enjoy with your partner… or by your lonesome. Includes some classics, like “Om Shanti Om” and “Chungking Express”.

• Saving Face
• My Missing Valentine
• Om Shanti Om
• Isa Pa, with Feelings
• Don't Go Breaking My Heart
• Dear Ex
• You Are the Apple of My Eye
• 5 Centimeters per Second
• Us and Them
• Chungking Express

Celebrate Lunar New Year by watching the films below with family and friends! From touching generational stories like “Everything Everywhere All at Once” to coming-of-age animation like “Turning Red”, here are the NYAFF Staff Picks of the best films that capture the essence of the new year. Enjoy these recommendations for a festive and cinematic celebration! ✨

• All's Well, Ends Well
• Eat Drink Man Woman
• Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• I Am What I Am
• Miss Granny
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
• Sunny
• The Joy Luck Club
• Turning Red

Ryuichi Sakamoto is the legendary musician and composer who first made his mark in the hugely influential electronic band Yellow Magic Orchestra and went on to become a multi-award winning composer, with an Oscar, Grammy, and two Golden Globes to his name. He has composed the soundtrack for films such as Monster (2023), and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983).

Honor his memory by watching these amazing films he contributed his talent to!

• Monster
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
• The Sheltering Sky
• The Last Emperor
• The Revenant

A list of five scintillatingly spring films for everyone to enjoy.

• One Fine Spring Day
• Our Little Sister
• Spring in a Small Town
• Spring Fever
• Late Spring

Asian women filmmakers have been making groundbreaking waves in recent years. From maverick director Naoko Ogigami (NYAFF 2017 guest) to 2024 Academy Award® nominee Celine Song, there has been a revitalizing surge of female cinematic storytellers.

We celebrated 2024 International Women’s Day with the NYAFF Top 20 Staff Picks of Asian women directed films you must see!

• Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
• Helter Skelter
• Buddha Mountain
• Nothing Serious
• The Long Excuse
• The Crossing
• Microhabitat
• Close-Knit
• Cart
• Yuni

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In loving memory of the late Lee Sun-kyun on what would have been his 49th birthday, we paid tribute to his screen legacy with his best works.

• Parasite
• Killing Romance
• All About My Wife
• A Hard Day
• Paju
• Helpless
• Kingmaker
• Nobody’s Daughter Haewon
• Oki's Movie
• Sleep

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These eco-conscious films remind us to cherish Mother Nature. 🫂🌱

• Little Forest
• Okiku and the World
• Anima
• Birdshot
• Survival Family

Sammo Hung's career has been a beacon of inspiration in Hong Kong cinema and beyond for more than six decades. On April 14, the Hong Kong Film Awards honored Sammo Hung with their Lifetime Achievement Award for his dynamic body of work as an actor, stuntman, action choreographer, director, and martial artist.

In 2010, NYAFF awarded Sammo a Lifetime Achievement Award and showcased a couple of his best directorial efforts. This is NYAFF’s pick of 5 of Sammo Hung’s best works.

• The Prodigal Son
• Eastern Condors
• Ip Man
• Ip Man 2
• Project A

Loved Shogun? Check out this list of NYAFF staff’s top samurai film recommendations.

• The Sword of Doom
• 13 Assassins
• 13 Assassins
• Goyokin
• Harakiri
• Sword of the Beast

The 2022 New York Asian Film Festival starts today! Below is a full list of every film screening this year, along with their dates, times, locations, and every other special event. Get your tickets here and Asian film!

www.nyaff.org/nyaff22/films

Other events:
- Opening/Night Market - July 15 | 9:00pm @ Film Society at Lincoln Center Furman Gallery
- NYAFF Talk with Josie Ho - July 18 | 5:00pm @ Film Society at Lincoln Center Amphitheater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
- Takashi Shimizu Masterclass: Planting the Seeds of Horror in Global Soil - July 20 | 4:00pm @ Film Society at Lincoln Center Amphitheater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
- Matsuri to Midnight - July 21 | 4:30 @ Walter Reade Theater. Soh Daiko will be performing.
- Asian American Filmmaker Forum: Masterclass with Dennis Liu - July 23 | 2:00pm @ Film Society at Lincoln Center Amphitheater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
- #LookAtMe, directed by Ken Kwek - July 23 | 4:00pm @ Walter Reade Theater. Director Ken Kwek and Actors yao (Thomas Pang) and Pam Oei will attend the screening.
- Asian American Filmmaker Forum: Masterclass with Doris Yeung - July 24 | 3:30pm @ Film Society at Lincoln Center Amphitheater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
- Asian American Filmmaker Forum: Talk with Dennis Liu, Doris Yeung, Brian Yang and Kyle Shin "Son of Paper" - July 24 | 5:00pm @ Film Society at Lincoln Center Amphitheater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
- NYAFF Talk : Celebrating Asian LGBTQ+ Cinema with Ken Kwek, Leon Lê, and Erich Rettstadt - July 25 | 6:00pm @ Film Society at Lincoln Center Amphitheater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
- Bright Futures: The NYAFF Narrative Shorts Showcase - July 28 | 3:30pm @ Walter Reade Theater
- Broken Commandment, directed by Kazuo Maeda - July 28 | 6:30pm @ Asia Society, Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium
- I Haven't Done Anything, - July 31 | 1:00pm @ Asia Society, Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium. Director Park Sang-min will attend the screening.

• Fast & Feel Love

  July 15 | 6:00pm @ Walter Reade Theater

  Director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and Actors Urassaya "Yaya" Sperbund and Nat Kitcharit will attend the screening.

• Dealing with Dad

  July 15 | 9:15pm @ Walter Reade Theater

  Director Tom Huang and Actor Hayden Szeto will attend the screening.

• Far Far Away

  July 16 | 1:00pm @ Walter Reade Theater

• Mama Boy

  July 16 | 3:15pm @ Walter Reade Theater

• We Are Family

  July 16 | 5:30pm @ Walter Reade Theater

• One and Four

  July 16 | 8:00 @ Walter Reade Theater

• Happy Together

  July 16 | 9:00pm @ Hearst Plaza (Free Outdoor Screening)

• Dream Home

  July 16 | 10:00pm @ Walter Reade Theater

  Actor Josie Ho will attend the screening.

• Manchurian Tiger

  July 17 | 1:00pm @ Walter Reade Theater

• Legendary in Action!

  July 17 | 3:30pm @ Walter Reade Theater

...plus 45 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

One of Asia’s biggest stars, Ryu Seung-ryong, whose filmography includes 2 of the highest grossing films in South Korean history, is coming to NYAFF! On July 26th, he and director Cho Eun-ji will introduce the North American premiere of their new film, "Perhaps Love", and do a post-screening Q&A. Tickets available here: www.nyaff.org/nyaff22/films/perhaps-love
Get them while you can!

This new Letterboxd list highlights Ryu Seung-ryong’s versatility and charisma across a constellation of his most popular films, some of which were screened at NYAFF!

• Extreme Job
• Miracle in Cell No. 7
• All About My Wife
• War of the Arrows

For over a decade, NYAFF has honored essential figures in Asian cinema with the Star Asia Award. This year, famed actor Hiroshi Abe will our prestigious community of recipients and be recognized for his many exceptional and versatile performances. Here are all the most recent films by the biggest names in Asian cinema!

• A Murder Erased

  Simon Yam

• New Kung Fu Cult Master 2

  Donnie Yen

• Chilli Laugh Story

  Sandra Ng

• I Want to Know Your Parents

  Sol Kyung-gu

• Home Sweet Home

  Aaron Kwok

• History of Ha

  John Lloyd Cruz

• Emergency Declaration

  Lee Byung-hun

• Anita

  Miriam Yeung

• Broker

  Gang Dong-won

• Break Through the Darkness

  Jiang Wu

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The winners of NYAFF’s Rising Star Award have truly lived up to their potential. All have continued to do great work and some will even be returning to our screens this year in films like Shin Ultraman. Open the notes to see all their names!

• Crazy Romance

  Gong Hyo-jin

• Be with You

  So Ji-sub

• Embrace Again

  Huang Bo

• The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms

  Takayuki Yamada

• Shin Ultraman

  Masami Nagasawa

• A Trip with Your Wife

  Michelle Chen

• Untact

  Kim Go-eun

• What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

  Fumi Nikaidō & Shōta Sometani

• Belle

  Shōta Sometani

• Homunculus

  Gō Ayano

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Your vote counts!! If you’re in the mood for an Asian film, why not take a recommendation from our wonderful audience? Ever since NYAFF’s inception in 2002, your enthusiasm has enabled us to hand out our Audience Award to the most popular film each year. See all of our winners over the last 20 years and find your next great watch!

• My Sassy Girl
• Ping Pong
• Please Teach Me English
• The Taste of Tea
• Always - Sunset on Third Street
• Memories of Matsuko
• Fine, Totally Fine
• The Magic Hour
• Gallants
• Castaway on the Moon

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema holds a special place in the heart of NYAFF. Dedicated to the memory of the festival’s late director and treasurer, it has been bestowed upon the newest and most adrenaline-pumping Asian films to grace the festival since 2013. Here are all the winners so far:

• Ip Man: The Final Fight
• The White Storm
• Vengeance of an Assassin
• The Bodyguard
• The Villainess
• Hapkido
• Operation Red Sea
• Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
• Silat Warriors: Deed of Death
• Spiritwalker

You may think of Takeshi Kitano as one of the baddest-ass directors around, known for scenes of inventive violence and short, sharp ferocity. But don’t forget that Kitano’s go-to composer used to be Joe Hisaishi, and that he has never tried to hide his affection for the light and whimsical. Here are five of our favorite examples.

1. Kikujiro
2. Fireworks
3. A Scene at the Sea
4. Zatoichi
5. Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen

Queer voices and stories have always been essential to the world of film and Asian cinema is no exception. These ten films, both new and old, are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to exploring the depth and variety that Asian LGBTQIA+ films and filmmakers have to offer. Whether you’re in the mood for a historical epic, intimate romance, or groundbreaking experimentalism, queer Asian cinema has got you covered. NYAFF in celebrating Pride Month and these important works of art.

• Close-Knit
• Farewell My Concubine
• Funeral Parade of Roses
• The Handmaiden
• Happy Together
• Lan Yu
• Muscle
• Taboo
• Tropical Malady
• The Wedding Banquet

The late, great Kaneto Shindo was one of Japanese cinema’s pioneering indie filmmakers, as well as one of its most prolific and long-lived. He left Shochiku — where he’d been Kenji Mizoguchi’s assistant and AD’ed for the likes of Kon Ichikawa, Seijun Suzuki and Yasuo Matsumoto — in 1950 to form one of the first independents, Kindai Eiga Kyokai. Over six decades, he wrote and directed 46 films as well as penning many scripts for others. His final work, the elegiac antiwar drama A Postcard (2011), was made at the age of 98, two years before he died at 100. To honor the 10th anniversary since Shindo’s death, here are five works you shouldn’t miss.

1. The Naked Island
2. Onibaba
3. Kuroneko
4. Children of Hiroshima
5. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

This list of horror recommendations includes both NYAFF alumni as well as other classics. From the extreme to the cerebral as well as camp classics, there's something for every horror hound.

1. Marebito
2. Nightmare Detective
3. House
4. Chaw
5. Versus
6. Raw Force
7. Bedevilled
8. The Boxer's Omen
9. The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
10. Creepy

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month!
Celebrate the month of May with NYAFF's curated list of AAPI films that highlight the richness and diversity of AAPI cultures.

• Enter the Dragon
• Chan Is Missing
• A Great Wall
• Who Killed Vincent Chin?
• Living on Tokyo Time
• Eat a Bowl of Tea
• Pushing Hands
• The Wedding Banquet
• The Joy Luck Club
• Better Luck Tomorrow

...plus 39 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Shaolin Temple
• Born to Defence

  Jet Li's early career directing debut! Starring himself.

• Once Upon a Time in China
• Once Upon a Time in China II
• Tai-Chi Master
• Once Upon a Time in China III
• Fist of Legend
• Hero
• The Warlords
• Ocean Heaven

In just the last decade alone a plethora of romcoms with a distinct Taiwanese flavor have emerged from the beautiful island. The cream of the crop have been presented at NYAFF with renaissance man Giddens Ko's "You Are the Apple of My Eye" a major watershed of the genre as well as a turning point of Taiwan cinema that premiered at NYAFF.

1. My Missing Valentine
2. I WeirDO
3. Someone in the Clouds
4. Heavy Craving
5. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Show
6. Café. Waiting. Love
7. Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
8. Forever Love
9. Apolitical Romance
10. You Are the Apple of My Eye

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

It’s almost hard to believe that Michelle Yeoh has reached such a level of renewed superstardom after an already prolific career. But her lasting appeal isn’t surprising when looking at her early filmography: she’s always been an icon.

Before watching her masterclass outing as Evelyn Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”, get to know some of Michelle Yeoh’s other exhilarating action performances with our selection of films.

• Yes, Madam!
• Royal Warriors
• Magnificent Warriors
• Police Story 3: Super Cop
• The Heroic Trio
• Wing Chun
• Tomorrow Never Dies
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The last few years have seen Asian films come to the forefront of the world cinema map as signified by breakthrough wins by Parasite and Drive My Car. This list will cover a prime selection of Asian wins and nominees throughout the history of the Oscars.

1. Drive My Car

   Winner for Best International Feature: 94th Academy Awards

2. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

   Nominee for Best International Feature: 94th Academy Awards

3. Better Days

   Nominee for Best International Feature: 93rd Academy Awards

4. Parasite

   Winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film: 92nd Academy Awards

5. Shoplifters

   Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film: 91st Academy Awards

6. Departures

   Winner for Best Foreign Language Film: 81st Academy Awards

7. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

   Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film: 80th Academy Awards

8. The Twilight Samurai

   Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film: 76th Academy Awards

9. Hero

   Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film: 75th Academy Awards

10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score: 73rd Academy Awards

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The iconic action movie star whose name is synonymous with pioneering kung films and wuxia cinema has left the proverbial building. These are some highlights of his incredible career. From one armed heroes to one of the first Asian leading men in a western movie, Wang Yu ruled the silver screen. Rest In Peace renegade prince.

1. The One-Armed Swordsman
2. The Assassin
3. Golden Swallow
4. The Chinese Boxer
5. The Tattooed Dragon
6. The Man from Hong Kong
7. Master of the Flying Guillotine
8. Killer Meteors
9. Dragon
10. Soul

The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) celebrates it's 20th edition with a hybrid event showing the largest film lineup to date. NYAFF will screen over 70 films, both virtually and in person, to audiences in New York and across the country from August 6 – 22, 2021.

NYAFF’s 2021 lineup will include two world premieres, six international premieres, 29 North American premieres, eight U.S. premieres, and nine New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from East Asia.

If you're attending, link up to us and tell us what you like from our lineup! Bring on NYAFF 2021!

• Escape from Mogadishu
• Raging Fire
• Sinkhole
• Spiritwalker
• Dragon Inn
• The Story of Woo Viet
• Boat People
• Anima
• City of Lost Things
• Hand Rolled Cigarette

...plus 52 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Eat Drink Man Woman

  2020 2nd Winter Showcase

• Extreme Job

  2020 2nd Winter Showcase

• The First Supper

  2020 2nd Winter Showcase

• The God of Cookery

  2020 2nd Winter Showcase

• The Lunchbox

  2020 2nd Winter Showcase

• Tampopo

  2020 2nd Winter Showcase

• Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast

  2020 2nd Winter Showcase

• Wiro Sableng: 212 Warrior
• A First Farewell
• A Resistance

...plus 793 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Oxygen
• Drive
• Pusher
• Pusher II
• Cyrano de Bergerac