James Marsh

  • Fans of Thai martial arts star Tony Jaa who were left unsated after his all-too-brief appearance in Furious 7 should be more than happy with his turn in Ekachai Uekrongtham’s… Read More

  • The Udine Far East Film Festival is currently ongoing in its idyllic Italian setting. Unfortunately I am not there this year (in fact I have never been), but I have… Read More

  • Friday morning, I took up my weekly slot on RTHK Radio 3’s Morning Brew with Phil Whelan, talking Joss Whedon’s mega-budget superhero sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, and a whole… Read More

  • Hands up anyone else suffering from superhero fatigue? Marvel Studios isn’t solely to blame for this, but the sheer conviction and prolificity with which they have attacked their shared-universe building… Read More

  • Hands up anyone else suffering from superhero fatigue? Marvel Studios isn’t solely to blame for this, but the sheer conviction and prolificity with which they have attacked their shared-universe building… Read More

  • After the commercial success of their debut Cold War (the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in 2012) writer-director team Longman Leung and Sunny Luk set their sights higher with Helios, a… Read More

  • After the commercial success of their debut Cold War (the highest-grossing Hong Kong film in 2012) writer-director team Longman Leung and Sunny Luk set their sights higher with Helios, a… Read More

  • Based on real events, Philip Yung’s latest exploration into Hong Kong’s disaffected youth details the grisly murder of a teenage prostitute and the efforts of an eccentric police detective (played… Read More

  • Based on real events, Philip Yung’s latest exploration into Hong Kong’s disaffected youth details the grisly murder of a teenage prostitute and the efforts of an eccentric police detective (played… Read More

  • It is staggering to realise that, while featuring as a supporting or peripheral figure in numerous films, Selma is the first big-screen motion picture focused on Martin Luther King, Jr.… Read More

  • It is staggering to realise that, while featuring as a supporting or peripheral figure in numerous films, Selma is the first big-screen motion picture focused on Martin Luther King, Jr.… Read More

  • Long-time screenwriter Lau Ho Leung (Painted Skin, Kung Fu Jungle) makes his directorial debut in this energetic action comedy following a gang of thieves who masquerade as cops to pull… Read More

  • Long-time screenwriter Lau Ho Leung (Painted Skin, Kung Fu Jungle) makes his directorial debut in this energetic action comedy following a gang of thieves who masquerade as cops to pull… Read More

  • Part two of the big screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s bestselling series of YA sci-fi novels boasts a larger budget and sharper hairstyles than its predecessor, but remains incapable of… Read More

  • Part two of the big screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s bestselling series of YA sci-fi novels boasts a larger budget and sharper hairstyles than its predecessor, but remains incapable of… Read More

  • This week on Radio 3 I talked about Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of the classic fairytale Cinderella, as well as Ava DuVernay’s stirring Martin Luthur King Jr biopic, Selma, which… Read More

  • The astonishingly surreal work of Japanese comedian-turned-filmmaker Matsumoto Hitoshi has long been championed here at TwitchFilm, and in some ways his fourth feature film – R100 – transcends anything he… Read More

  • Acclaimed Hong Kong cinematographer Peter Pau takes another swing at directing a major motion picture with this grand scale fantasy about legendary demon queller Zhong Kui. Assisted by co-director Zhao… Read More