27Nov
REEL Asian 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘Pierce’ Filmmaker Nelicia Low
For her debut feature film Pierce, writer and director Nelicia Low (Freeze, Let Her Eat Cake) took a look back to her past a member of the national Singapore fencing team, and her curiosity at the complicated relationship between her and her... Read More
19Nov
Reel Asian 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘Lucky Star’ Filmmaker Gillian McKercher and Actor Andrew Phung
“Luck is what you make of it” is a saying that has been around for generations to describe the work people have to put into to turn situations in their favor, and perfectly encapsulates the dilemma father and reformed... Read More
16Nov
Reel Asian 2024 – KCrush Interview with ‘Exclusion: Beyond the Silence’ Filmmaker Keira Loughran
Toronto Reel Asian 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Exclusion: Beyond The Silence’ Filmmaker Keira Loughran On July 1st, 1923, the Mackenzie King, the current Prime Minister of Canada signed into law the Chinese Immigration Act of... Read More
11Nov
Minikino 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Sukoun, (Amplified)’ Filmaker Dina Naser
In her short film Sukoun (Amplified) which screened in the Boundaries program of the 2024 Minikino Film Week 10 of the Bali International Film Festival, Palestinian-Jordinian filmmaker Dina Naser brings draws attention to the... Read More
11Nov
Minikino 2024 KCrush Interview With ‘Purusa: Wedding Sacred’ Filmaker I Made Suniartika
‘The more society progresses, the more it seems to stay the same and even regress, and always at the expense of girls and women’, is just one of the many observations Indonesian student filmmaker I Made Suniartika makes in... Read More
30Oct
TIFF 2024 KCrush Interview with ‘The Gesuidouz’ Filmmaker Kenichi Ugana
Why is this so frustrating?!” is a question I ask myself every time I sit down to write a piece for publication. The angst of the creative process is exasperating, energy consuming and… well, fun. Once you’ve gotten into... Read More
20Oct
Minikino 2024 Interview with ‘A Fermenting Woman’ Director Priscilla Galvez & Writer Maisie Jacobson
How far is an artist supposed to go or allowed to go in their creative process before they’ve crossed boundaries into the unforgivable? Why are people having periods still taboo to talk, show and reference about in person and on screen?... Read More
13Oct
JeonjuIFF 2024 – Interview with Director Jo Won yong
In his short film Recite with Your Hands, Jazz columnist and filmmaker Jo Won-yong taps into the disconnect writers can experience when the emotions being conveyed through a piece of art seems beyond our reach. In the film, deaf literature... Read More
29Sep
TIFF24 KCrush Interview with ‘The Mother and the Bear’ Filmmaker Johnny Ma
Premiering in the Toronto International Film Festival’s 2024 Centrepiece program, filmmaker Johnny Ma’s (Oldstone, 2016, To Live to Sing, 2019), latest film The Mother and the Bear is a cosmic fairytale, but not quite, exploration... Read More
19Sep
FantasiaFest 2024 KCrush ‘A Samurai in Time’ Interview with Filmmaker Jun’ichi Yasuda
What’s a Samurai in the Edo period do when he finds himself transported hundreds of years into the future to the chaotic and confusing world of filmmaking? In his time-slip comedy A Samurai in Time, director Yasuda Junichi gives... Read More
19Sep
TIFF24 KCrush ‘Seven Days’ Interview with Filmmaker Ali Samadi Ahadi
For the World Premiere of his latest dramatic feature Seven Days / Haft Rooz, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, renowned Iranian filmmaker Ali Samadi Ahadi spoke with Film Critic and Journalist Carolyn Hinds. The film quite... Read More
29Aug
JeonjuIFF 2024 – Interview with ‘Between the Two of Us’ Director Sung Ji-Hye
Between the Two of Us – KCrush Interview With Filmmaker Sung Ji-hye by Carolyn Hinds Written and directed by filmmaker Sung Ji-hye, Between the Two of Us looks at the intersection between disability, pregnancy, and loneliness in marriage... Read More
29Aug
KCrush Fantasia Fest 2024 – Interview with ‘The Tenants’ Director Yoon Eun-Kyung
The Tenants – KCrush Interview With Filmmaker Yoon Eun-kyoung by Carolyn Hinds For the Fantasia International Film Festival premiere of her noir psychological thriller The Tenants, filmmaker Yoon Eun-kyoung spoke with Film Critic and... Read More
15Aug
Fantasia Fest 2024 – KCrush Interview ‘KIZUMONOGATARI Koyomi Vamp’ with Director and Producer
World renowned Japanese director and animator Tatsuya Ishiwaki, and Aniplex producer Tatsuya Oishi, joined film critic and journalist Carolyn Hinds to chat about their world famous animated film ‘KIZUMONOGATARI – Koyomi... Read More
29Jul
FantasiaFest 2024 – KCrush ‘Mash Ville’ with Creative Team and Cast
For the World Premiere of their ensemble multi-genre western inspired film ‘Mash Ville’, at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival, Film Critic and Journalist Carolyn Hinds spoke with filmmaker Hwang Wook, co-writer and producer... Read More
23Jul
ShortShorts Film Festival & Asia 2024 – Interview with Director Koo Hye Sun
For the 2024 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Film Critic and Journalist Carolyn Hinds spoke to writer, director, composer and actress Koo Hye-sun about her short film ‘STUDIO KOOHYESUN’ in which Koo takes a look back at... Read More
15Jul
ShortShorts Film Festival & Asia 2024 – Interview with ‘Jung Ok’ Filmmaker Yoo Ji min
Film Critic and Journalist spoke with writer and director Yoo Ji-min about her narrative short film ‘Jung Ok’, which screened at the 2024 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan. In their interview, Carolyn and Yoo Ji-min... Read More
1Jul
ShortShorts Film Festival & Asia 2024 – Interview with ‘AI Love You’ Director Raita Yabushita
In this interview, Film Critic and Journalist Carolyn Hinds speaks with director Raita Yabushita about his black & white short film ‘AI Love You’, which screened in the Asia & Japan Program of the Short Shorts Film... Read More
20Oct
