The New York Asian Film Festival wrapped.Each year, the audience at the New York Asian Film Festival votes on a movie that they think deserves the Subway Cinema Audience Award. Our team of top scientists analyze the results and then issue them to the public. This might just be the most eagerly-anticipated moment of the year for the entertainment industry.Past winners have included MY SASSY GIRL, PING PONG, PLEASE TEACH ME ENGLISH, THE TASTE OF TEA and ALWAYS. This year, the winner is:MEMORIES OF...
The New York Asian Film Festival 2006 ended last week, and we've been feverishly counting up the Audience Award ballots. And now, it's with great pleasure that we present the winner of the New York Asian Film Festival's 2006 Audience Award:ALWAYS (Japan, 2005)Takashi Yamazaki's sprawling drama about the citizens of a beat-down neighborhood in Tokyo during the 1950's boom years sent audiences out into the lobby smiling and crying and it now joins the ranks of MY SASSY GIRL, PING PONG, PLEASE TEAC...
This year's NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL saw the Korean film, PLEASE TEACH ME ENGLISH, win the Audience Award by a landslide.Both screenings of ENGLISH sold out in short order, and a third screening was added for the overflow audiences.ENGLISH is a manic, hyperactive comedy about learning English as a second language in Korea, and it also features an incredibly cute little pig who can count. Korean comedies are that country's secret weapon, and it's great to see them so appreciated by our audien...
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2004June 18 - 27, 2004at the Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue @ Second Street)For the third year in a row, Subway Cinema presents its festival (one of only three in the US) devoted to new feature films from Asia. After watching 211 films, we feel we can safely say that this year¹s line-up includes the hands-down, no-holds-barred best new films from across the region. These are the movies that have been sweeping the awards ceremonies, racking up the box offi...