24th Singapore International Film Festival 15th – 25th Sep

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Choking to death

A runaway hit on Beijing’s stage highlights the plight of China’s creative industry under the yoke of nonsensical censorship and the hopelessness of its struggle for more breathing room.

A comedy writer encounters a military officer who has just returned from the battleground, with one eye covered by a patch.

He needs the latte...Read more

More sex films coming? Maybe not

The day few of us thought would come has arrived.

This week, a much-ballyhooed film, claimed to be the first soft-porn work shot in 3-D and part of a notoriously lurid Hong Kong franchise, will be released in Singapore cinemas.

Many will be wondering how it happened that a movie given Hong Kong’s Category III rating – a ranking synonymo...Read more

Nexus Launches ciNE65 – A Short Film Competition On What You Love About Singapore

“If you could immortalize what you loved best about Singapore, how would you do it?”

Nexus officially launched ciNE65 with an exclusive media event on Tuesday, a short film competition for the Singapore community to express and embrace what they lo...Read more

Asia’s gay film scene opens Tokyo up to brave new experiences

Now in its fourth year, the Asian Queer Film Festival is an eye-opener for anyone who has thought that “queers” have a bad time in their quest for love and freedom in Asia.

The AQFF is a small, two-weekend affair that opens July 8 at the Cinemart Roppongi theater in Tokyo and runs until Su...Read more

3D Sex And Zen to be shown here uncut

Things are going to get very steamy in cinemas, come July 21.

That’s the day Hong Kong’s first 3-D erotic comedy, 3D Sex And Zen, will hit Singapore screens, movie distributor Golden Village (GV) said yesterday.

And surprise, surprise – no scenes have been cut from the film for Singapore, GV said.

Movie audiences here w...Read more