Further Afield: Yoon Young-bin's Paid in Blood a.k.a Tomb of the River
Initially called Tomb of the River when released in its native South Korea, Paid in Blood (2021) has gone through something of a name...
Further Afield: Renat Davletyarov's The Pilot (2021)
I must admit, I wasn’t exactly aware of the Russian WW2 movie The Pilot: A Battle for Survival (2021) before being offered the...
Further Afield: Herman Yau's Shock Wave 2 (2020)
When it comes to sequels, there are those that standout as being equal if not better than the original. Some of the more obvious choices...
Further Afield: Takeshi Miike's First Love (2019)
Harkening back to the likes of Dead or Alive (1999) and City of Lost Souls (2000), Takashi Miike returns once again to the Yakuza genre...
Further Afield: Cui Siwei's Savage (2019)
Screenwriter Cui Siwei makes his directorial debut with Savage (2018), a snowbound thriller that may be slightly lacking in character...
Further Afield: Chuck Russell's Junglee (2019)
After helming such hits as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (1987), The Mask (1994) and The Scorpion King (2001), Hollywood director Chuck...
Further Afield: Park Hoon-jung's The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion (2018)
After helming gritty crime thrillers New World (2013) and V.I.P (2017), director Park Hoon-jung unexpectedly changes tact with Sci-fi...







