indieWIRE visits the New York Asian Film Festival

There is a somewhat interesting article up on indieWIRE about the New York Asian Film Festival.  Numerous Asian films are mentioned, and one Japanese film made their picks list:

“The Great Yokai War” – Prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike returns with his best film in years – a kids movie about a young boy who is recruited by a group of goblins to keep a powerful band of demons from taking over the world. The director keeps the film from being too cute and cuddly for a mass audience by maintaining his trademark edginess, while taking the attention span of the average child into consideration keeps Miike from going off into the unnecessary tiresome tangents he has taken to in his last few outings. Maybe a little too scary for very young children, but any child old enough to be interested in a subtitled film can probably handle it.

Miike’s films are pretty great.  I haven’t seen Yokai daisensou, but I’m guessing from the trailers that it will be pretty cool.  If you haven’t seen any Miike films, I suggest picking up a copy of Visitor Q, Ichi the Killer, or Gozu today(these films are not for those who are easily disturbed or disgusted).