SDAFF 2019 – “Farewell Song” Headline: plays a bittersweet tune Faith Orcino January 7, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of San Diego Asian Film Festival. The 20th annual San Diego Asian FIlm Festival held the North American premiere of Director Akihiko Shiota’s latest film, “Farewell...
SDAFF 2019 – “Can’t Stop the Dancing” gives a blessing in the form of a curse Faith Orcino January 6, 2020 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of San Diego Asian Film Festival. Director Shinobu Yaguchi's latest film "Can't Stop the Dancing" brought the "Pop!" in San Diego Asian Film Festival's Asia Pop! 2019 lineup with...
SDIFF 2019 Short Films Reviews Faith Orcino November 19, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews This year’s San Diego International Film Festival showcased many short films from a wide range of subjects and themes. The following ones were just a few we took notice of among the long...
SDIFF 2019: “Parasite” brings prey and predators to a unique hunting ground Faith Orcino November 18, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Reviews Featured Image courtesy of NEON and CJ Entertainment. This year's San Diego International Film Festival showed the 2019 Palme d'Or recipient, "Parasite". This film from South Korean director Bong...
“Sunshine Family” – Sometimes breaking things apart brings people together Faith Orcino November 17, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Reviews Director Kim Tai-sik's latest film with executive and creative producer Joyce Bernal "Sunshine Family" shows how far some would go to protect one of their own. Adapting the late Japanese writer Hakaru...
“Human Lost” tries to find the light in a dark future Faith Orcino October 22, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Reviews Image stills courtesy of Funimation Films. Funimation will be bringing studio Polygon Pictures’s latest film “Human Lost” to American theaters on October 22nd and 23rd and Canadian ones November...
JFFLA 2019 – “Amanogawa – The One I Longed For” shows the struggle to move past tragedy Faith Orcino October 15, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Interviews, Reviews Featured photos and others were taken by Faith Orcino. Content warning: For those that are sensitive to the issue of suicide, readers discretion is highly advised. If you need to talk to someone, please...
“Penguin Highway” paves the road to discovery Faith Orcino May 25, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Reviews Distributor Eleven Arts recently held a series of limited screenings of Studio Colorido’s film adaptation of Tomohiko Morimi’s 2010 novel “Penguin Highway” in the U.S. and Canada. Aoyama is a...
SDAFF 2019 Spring Showcase – “Swing Kids” fought hard to keep dancing Faith Orcino May 3, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Reviews Organizers of SDAFF recently showed Director Kang Hyoung-Chul’s 2018 film “Swing Kids” as part of their 2019 Spring Showcase. “Swing Kids” transported viewers to Geoje where American soldiers...
“Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection” Press Roundtable Interviews Faith Orcino April 20, 2019 Anime and Film, Articles, Events, Interviews Funimation held a special screening for “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection” in Los Angeles and I had the chance to talk to Johnny Yong Bosch (Lelouch) and Karen Strassman (Kallen) along with...