In this episode, we turn our eye to some picks from the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), including an extended chat about Benny Chan's final film Raging Fire. Meanwhile Maja Korbeca chats to the "Grandmother of Hong Kong Cinema" Ann Hui, recipient of the NYAFF 2021 Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award.
This episode's timecodes
00:31 - Episode introduction
02:16 - Back to live festivals with NYAFF and Raging Fire
15:36 - Hand Rolled Cigarette and Limbo
22:59 - Shadows and more from Hong Kong
28:59 - Maja interview with Ann Hui
41:41 - Some picks screening from South Korea, including Spiritwalker, The Prayer and Midnight
49:38 - More picks including Three Sisters and Escape from Mogadishu
51:50 - Picks from Japan, including Last Of The Wolves and Junk Head
52:10 - Picks from Taiwan, including As You Like It, The Silent Forest and My Missing Valentine
58:13 - Outro
Episode 58 - Spotlight on Mongolian Cinema
Episode 57 - ek Picks for March 2024
Episode 56 - ek Picks for February 2024
Episode 55 - easternKicks Picks for January 2024
Episode 54 - easternKicks Picks for December
Episode 53 - easternKicks Picks for November
Episode 52 - Halloween Special: Visible Secret
Episode 51 - A Tokyo Melody: Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto
Episode 50 - Focus Hong Kong, Summer 2023
Episode 49 - Mikhail Red interview / Deleter
Episode 48 - Mark Dacascos interview / Brotherhood of the Wolf
Episode 47 - Calamity of Snakes special
Episode 46 - Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom special
Episode 45: The Horror of Junji Ito
Episode 44: the End of Year Show 2022
Episode 43: Infernal Affairs 20th Anniversary Special
Episode 42: London Film Festival roundup
Episode 41: Happy Anniversary, Squid Game?
Episode 40: Making Waves
Episode 39 - The Sadness special
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