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 18: Hungry Ghost Halloween!
Episode 17: Into the Leijiverse!
Episode 16: A pop-up chat about Asian Pop-up Cinema!
Episode 15: NYAFF Action Award-winner Geran!
Episode 14: All aboard for Peninsula!
Episode 13: Supersized Kaiju special
Episode 12: House Of Hummingbird
Episode 11: Spotlight on... Wu Xia (Dragon)
Episode 10: Bae Doona – In Focus
Episode 9: BFI's Japan 2020
Episode 8: Free(ish) Korean films
Episode 7: Double Happy, part 2!
Episode 6: Double Happy!
Episode 5A: CinemAsia Film Festival Special
Episode 5: So is that why there are no cute guinea pig films?
Episode 4: Who is King Hu?
Episode 3: Takashi squared
Episode 3A: International Film Festival Rotterdam report
Episode 2: A Parasite special
Episode 1: How *we* into easternFlicks
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