By Terence Toh It has not been a great time for cinephiles. Like many other industries, COVID-19 has impacted the … More
Category: Movies
Horror movie Suraya juxtaposes a man’s needs and a woman’s longing for acceptance
By Archana Pillai Brothers Feisal Azizuddin and Iskander Azizuddin bring you a horror movie as their second feature film after Temenggor. Passionate about camera … More
From Jurassic Park to Kurosawa: Amenic Film Space has it all for movie lovers
By Mohani Niza (editor, The Culture Review Mag) Two years ago, writer Jovy Low Jia Wei and designer Tay Shen … More
Seedy taxi drivers and corrupt police officers: Zahir Omar’s ‘Fly by Night’ looks into the dark underworld of Kuala Lumpur
By Anna Graubaum The movie ‘Fly by Night’ is the film debut of Zahir Omar who won the first ‘BMW … More
“Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at”: a review of Leena Yadav’s feminist movie ‘Parched’ (2015)
By Sumaira Majeed ‘Parched’ is Leena Yadav’s attempt to throw a light on rampant misogyny through the tale of four … More
The redefinition of Malay womanhood in Yasmin Ahmad’s films
By Mohani Niza (originally written for a blog in 2009) In 2005, the late Yasmin Ahmad, famous for her Petronas … More
