December 2022

FASHIONED REIMAGINED, LYNCH/OZ, and ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED were official selections of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani I love documentaries a lot, but I know that puts me in the minority. Most of my friends can’t stand documentaries, they think that they’re boring and are only meant to be […]

It’s no secret that the highlight of my experience at HIFF42 was the screening of Lee Jung-jae’s HUNT (HIFF42 Centerpiece), which, as of writing this article, is now available on-demand online (I strongly recommend it!). So, given that I am neither Korean, nor am I particularly familiar with Korean history, I decided to look into

GODDAMNED ASURA was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. Warning, this review contains spoilers. GODDAMNED ASURA (2021, Dir. Lou Yi-an) is a Taiwanese crime drama that takes place twice with two alternative endings. In this movie, we originally follow the storyline of a young rich kid with divorced

PLAN 75 was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. The film will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand in early 2023. Here is a video essay review of PLAN 75 by HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Carson Lommers. After the HIFF42 screening, Carson overhears

SHIN ULTRAMAN was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Devin Hung reviews SHIN ULTRAMAN, the latest reboot from the minds of Hideako Anno (EVANGELION) and Shinji Higuchi (ATTACK ON TITAN). Devin prefaces his review that he had never seen an episode

WOMEN TALKING was an official selection of the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. The film will be released in U.S. cinemas on December 23rd. HIFF ONLINE CREATIVES & CRITICS IMMERSIVE (HOCCI) mentee Mya Frye reviews the HIFF42 official selection WOMEN TALKING directed by Sarah Polley. Mya highlights the self-imposed constraints of the film