"Manila in the Claws of Light" is a masterpiece
Author - Panos Kotzathanasis
My name is Panos Kotzathanasis and I am Greek. Being a fan of Asian cinema and especially of Chinese kung fu and Japanese samurai movies since I was a little kid, I cultivated that love during my adolescence, to extend to the whole of SE Asia.
Starting from my own blog in Greek, I then moved on to write for some of the major publications in Greece, and in a number of websites dealing with (Asian) cinema, such as Taste of Cinema, Hancinema, EasternKicks, Chinese Policy Institute, and of course, Asian Movie Pulse. in which I still continue to contribute.
In the beginning of 2017, I launched my own website, Asian Film Vault, which I merged in 2018 with Asian Movie Pulse, creating the most complete website about the Asian movie industry, as it deals with almost every country from East and South Asia, and definitely all genres.
"The Heroic Trio" has many faults, but there are also many elements to be enjoyed here, particularly for fans of cult action movies
About his career and the way the industry has changed through the years, his collaborations with Edward Yang, Chung Mong-hong and Fan Yang-chung, streaming...
"I've never accepted a bribe in my life"
“We always settle our scores in blood,”
Does not exactly reinvent the quarantine film, but has enough intriguing elements, both in context and production values, to deem it a rather interesting watch
An excellent short, especially due to the way it highlights its political messaged through a rather entertaining approach
A great film, that highlights Joko Anwar’s abilities to the fullest.