Clash

Clash Directed by Le Thanh Son It’s never a good sign when even non-fans of a given genre can spot the clichés pervading a particular piece. Whether you own a collection of imported martial arts movies, or you wouldn’t even see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon despite its Oscar nominations, it’s hard to imagine any viewer …

From Hong Kong we have Ho-Cheung’s DREAM HOME, an unbelievably brutal, imaginative horror film. CLASH (Bay Rong) is Vietnam’s Le Thanh Son’s high-speed martial arts movie set to an epic soundtrack. Brillante Mendoza’s latest LOLA paints a really touching portrait of two older women in the impoverished Philippines who are grieving their grandsons, one murdered, …