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Interview: Wrestling Superstars Diamond Dallas Page And Scott Hall Talk...
The Resurrection Of Jake The Snake focuses on one of professional wrestling's greatest stars, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and his fight for recovery from addiction. Another wrestling legend, Diamond...
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THE RESURRECTION OF JAKE THE SNAKE Interview: Jake "The Snake" Roberts And...
Flamboyant in the squared circle and famously troubled out of it, WWF/WWE legend, Jake "The Snake" Roberts lays bare his battle with addiction and fight for recovery in The Resurrection Of Jake The...
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New York Korean 2015 Interview: OFFICE, Director Hong Won-chan Talks Tweaking...
Having screenwritten hits like Confession of Murder, The Chaser and The Yellow Sea, Hong Won-chan makes his directorial debut, with the thriller, Office. Hong spoke with me about tweaking the genre to...
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New York Korea 2015 Interview: THE SHAMELESS, Director Oh Seung-uk Talks 14...
Starting his cinematic life as a screenwriter for films like Green Fish and Christmas in August, Oh Seung-uk made his directorial debut in 2001 with Kilimanjaro, a tense story of crime and hidden...
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New York Korean 2015 Interview: Ko Ah-sung On OFFICE, Bong Joon-ho And The...
From her memorable feature debut in director Bong Joon-ho's 2006 monster opus, The Host/Gwoemul, to her recent reunion with the director for the international hit, Snowpiercer, and many interesting...
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New York Korean 2015 Interview: Ryoo Seung-wan On VETERAN's International...
Little did we know when we spoke with director Ryoo Seung-wan over the phone for the Los Angeles premiere of his Korean blockbuster, Veteran, that he would be here in the flesh as part of the New York...
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New York Korean 2015 Interview: Director Shin Su-won On MADONNA's Disturbing...
Director Shin Su-won's Madonna is a stark and disturbing parable of extreme class inequality, rich versus poor, and society's increasing lack of value for human life. At the New York Korean Film...
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Interview: K-Pop Superstar Choi Siwon Of Super Junior On Action And Oscar...
Never one to let the grass grow under his feet, the legendary Jackie Chan has made headway into South Korea's burgeoning Hallyu wave, with appearances on local television and even starting his own...
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MONSTER HUNT's Raman Hui On Live Actors Vs The Gingerbread Man And How Shrek...
Having worked on the Antz and Shrek for his DreamWorks alma mater, director Raman Hui knows a thing about monster hits. Still, Hui could not have been prepared to make China's biggest box office hit...
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A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING: Tom Tykwer Talks Tom Hanks And Breaking Borders
With a career that’s been nonstop since setting off cinematic sparks with the kinetic Run Lola Run, director Tom Tykwer spoke to us about his latest film, A Hologram for the King. Tykwer talks of...
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Interview: Director Xu Haofeng Mixes Philosophy, Politics And Knives In THE...
A director who’s won awards as a screenwriter, martial arts choreographer and literary novelist, Xu Haofeng seriously believes in multitasking. The writer of Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster and Chen...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: Superstar Lee Byung-hun Talks INSIDE MEN,...
With a career that has included some of South Korea’s biggest hits, including Joint Security Area, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, the Bad and the Weird and his latest record-breaker, Inside Man, Lee...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: Jelly Lin, Stephen Chow's Newest Muse, on THE...
After beating out 120,000 other actresses for the part, newcomer Jelly Lin made her film debut as the title character in comedy legend Stephen Chow’s latest box-office record breaker, The Mermaid. In...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: TWISTED JUSTICE Director Shiraishi Kazuya...
With an attraction to capturing the seamier side of life, director Shiraishi Kazuya came to the New York Asian Film Festival with his darkly comic tale of a corrupt cop, Twisted Justice. Director...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: Ayano Go on Acting, Awards and Otaku
After making his bones on the acting scene for a dozen years, appearing in films by esteemed directors like Sabu, Takashi Miike and Sion Sono, Ayano Go has finally had a breakthrough. His dramatic...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: TEN YEARS Creators on Running Afoul of...
The mainland Chinese government labelled Ten Years a “virus of the mind” and accused its creators of “spreading anxiety.” After the film, a collection of shorts pondering Hong Kong’s future, was...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: HK Superstar Miriam Yeung and Director Adam...
Beloved in her native Hong Kong for a singing career encompassing more than 40 albums and for appearances in over 30 films, Miriam Yeung has come to the New York Asian Film Festival to receive their...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: THE BOYS WHO CRIED WOLF Director Kim Jin-hwang...
Clocking in at a taut 79 minutes, director Kim Jin-hwang’s The Boys Who Cried Wolf is a sharp whodunit with engaging twists and fine performances. Before its screening at the New York Asian Film...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: Lee Joon-ik and Shin Yeon-shick on DONGJU: THE...
For someone who claimed retirement during our interview back in 2011, director Lee Joon-ik, has been one busy man. Returning to the New York Asian Film Festival with Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet,...
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New York Asian 2016 Interview: Sakaki Hideo on KIYAMACHI DARUMA, VERSUS and...
In 2000, Sakaki Hideo made his mark on Japanese cinema by costarring as the ruthless yakuza in the seminal zombie actioner, VERSUS. Since then, Sakaki has worked steadily in both features and...
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Japan Cuts 2016 Interview: THE MOHICAN COMES HOME Director Okita Shûichi on...
The director of such award-winning films as The Woodsman and the Rain and A Story of Yonosuke, Okita Shûichi brings his latest, The Mohican Comes Home, a warm and unexpectedly humourous story of a...
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Japan Cuts 2016 Interview: Maeda Atsuko Talks THE MOHICAN COMES HOME
Graduated from her best-known role as the first breakout star of Japan’s phenomenally popular all-girl singing group, AKB48, Maeda Atsuko has gone from strength to strength in the acting world, in...
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Interview: VETERAN Director Ryoo Seung-wan On Action Challenges And Hollywood...
Following his internationally acclaimed actioner The Berlin File, director Ryoo Seung-wan's newest film, Veteran, has already broken box-office records in South Korea within weeks of its release. On...
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Japan Cuts 2016 Interview: One Hitoshi on the Mysterious World of Mangaka...
After his exuberant hit Love Strikes excited the 2012 festival, director One Hitoshi visited Japan Cuts with Bakuman, his rousing and heartfelt take on the mysterious, misunderstood world of the manga...
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Japan Cuts 2016 Interview: NAGASAKI: MEMORIES OF MY SON Composer Sakamoto...
Artist, innovator, Oscar-winner, and genius are only some of the words used to describe Sakamoto Ryuichi. Since his groundbreaking debut in 1977 with his group, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto has...
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Japan Cuts 2016 Interview: THE ACTOR Director Yokohama Satoko on Walking the...
After her surreal exploration of country life, Bare Essence of Life (aka Ultra Miracle Love Story) screened at Japan Cuts in 2010, director Yokohama Satoko visits this year’s festival with The Actor,...
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Japan Cuts 2016 Interview: Cut Above Award Winner Lily Franky on THE SHELL...
Novelist, illustrator, scriptwriter, radio host, and even as a singer, Lily Franky mastered many arts before his muse called him to become one of Japan’s most popular character actors. Receiving...
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Interview: ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM Creator Matsui Yusei on Movie Adaptations...
After drawing the final chapters of ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM, one of Japan’s most successful recent manga, creator Matsui Yusei visited the US for the first time for New York Comic Con. As the only...
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Interview: The Legendary Nakadai Tatsuya on Counterculture Cinema and Japan's...
At 83 years young, Nakadai Tatsuya is one of the lions of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema, still at the top of the bill after over 160 films. Selling out his recent appearance at New York’s Japan...
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Interview: FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM NY Press with Eddie...
The filmmakers behind Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first spinoff of the incredibly successful Harry Potter series, apparated in New York City to meet the press. I knew exactly where...
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Interview: A New Mother of Dragons? GAME OF THRONES' Ellie Kendrick On Fan...
Fans of HBO’s blockbuster Games of Thrones have embraced Ellie Kendrick’s portrayal of the tough as nails Meera Reed, one of the self-appointed protectors of the youngest Stark siblings. Celebrating...
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THE GREAT WALL Interview: Zhang Yimou on Its Meaning and Misconceptions
When the man who gave us such critically acclaimed, award-winning epics as Red Sorghum, Hero, and Raise the Red Lantern makes a self-described “popcorn flick,” it’s a pretty big deal. Director Zhang...
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Interview: SAMURAI JACK Actor Phil LaMarr Gets Back to the Past
Long ago in a distant land, Cartoon Network abruptly, mysteriously, cancelled one of their most critically-acclaimed series about a foolish Samurai warrior wielding a magic sword, who stepped forth to...
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Interview: Director Walter Hill on THE ASSIGNMENT, Star Quality, and the Late...
With a career that started early as Steve McQueen’s screenwriter, Walter Hill has more than made his mark on American cinema. The writer of The Getaway and Alien, and director of Hard Times, The...
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Interview: OKJA Producer Dooho Choi Takes Us Behind the Scenes
Part collaborator, part many-armed mover and remover of obstacles, Dooho Choi jumped into the deep end as a producer with 2013’s SNOWPIERCER, Director Bong Joon-ho’s ambitious multinational sci-fi...
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Choi Wooshik on Joining the International Cast of OKJA
Choi Wooshik’s outstanding performance in 2014’s haunting, heartbreaking SET ME FREE not only won him the Busan International Film Festival Actor of the Year and the prestigious Blue Dragon awards, it...
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Interview: Bong Joon-ho on OKJA's Inspirations and Controversies
It all began with a drawing of a little girl and a giant pig. Okja is Director Bong Joon-ho’s fantastic journey of a brave child fighting capitalism, betrayal, instant celebrity, and a world full of...
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SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING's Jacob Batalon on Iron Man, Batman and Being "The...
Playing the geeky computer nerd Ned Leeds in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Jacob Batalon talked with me about keeping Spidey’s secrets, bonding with co-star Tom Holland, and sharing a stage with Iron Man...
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Interview: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Director Jon Watts on Batman vs. Spidey,...
Beloved as New York’s own wall-crawler is, no one was sure they wanted another Spider-Man movie so soon after the last disappointing Spider-Man reboot. It fell to director Jon Watts to either...
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New York Asian 2017 Interview: BAD GENIUS Stars and Director on Running a...
Based on true incidents, Thailand’s Bad Genius is a very different kind of heist film. The film’s director, Nattawut Poonpiriya and two stars, Chanon Santinatornkul and the New York Asian Film...
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New York Asian 2017 Interview: In A QUIET DREAM, Director Zhang Lu and Star...
After 2014’s acclaimed, Gyeongju, director Zhang Lu returns to the New York Asian Film Festival with A Quiet Dream. With a little help from his star, Han Ye-ri, Zhang spoke with me about blurring the...
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New York Asian 2017 Interview: Legend Eric Tsang on Giving Back and...
One of the true legends of Hong Kong cinema, Eric Tsang has made more than 250 films in a career spanning over 40 years that shows no sign of stopping. Tsang came to the New York Asian Film......
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New York Asian 2017 Interview: MAD WORLD Director Wong Chun Challenges...
For his first feature film, director Wong Chun decided to shine a spotlight on the serious topic of mental illness, and one Hong Kong family’s struggle to cope. The project generated such momentum...
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New York Asian 2017 Interview: Superstar Gang Dong-won on VANISHING TIME,...
At the moment, in Korea, there aren’t many stars that shine brighter or hotter than Gang Dong-won. The leading man of more than 20 features creates frenzies everywhere he goes, as proven by his...
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Japan Cuts 2017 Interview: Kan Hanae on Sex and Religion in WEST NORTH WEST...
Having begun her acting career at age 10 in the hands of legendary Japanese director Suzuki Seijun, Kan Hanae has never stopped working. Attending Japan Cuts, with not one, but two films, Kan spoke...
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Japan Cuts 2017 Interview: Sahel Rosa on Breaking Taboos in WEST NORTH WEST
West North West’s bold, intimate study of three ladies brought together by attraction, yet isolated by race, religion and sexuality, features knockout performances by its leads. Model, actress and...
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Japan Cuts 2017 Interview: Director Miyazaki Daisuke on YAMATO (CALIFORNIA)'s...
For his second feature film, Miyazaki Daisuke decided to turn his camera to his home town. Setting a young rapper’s search for her own voice through the incessant roar of a neighboring US military...
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Japan Cuts 2017 Interview: IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD Producer Maki Taro on...
In This Corner of the World is already a blockbuster hit in its native Japan. Japan Cuts hosted the US premiere of the film and I had a chance to chat with its producer, Maki Taro, about the risks...
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Japan Cuts 2017 Interview: Cut Above Winner, Superstar Odagiri Joe on Acting...
One of his country’s most sought-after and exciting actors, Odagiri Joe has made a career pushing the boundaries of Japanese cinema. Fearless in his choice of roles and unhesitant about working...
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THE VILLAINESS Interview: Director Jung Byung-gil on the Stunts and Stars
With its mesmerising female protagonist and eye-popping analog action, The Villainess arrives on our shores after receiving a four-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. Closing this...
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