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CHOI DONG-HOON: THE THIEVES 도둑들 (2012)

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This flashy 2012 caper flick, Korea's biggest homemade hit, is still a great watch

This high-speed, jokey...

JANCHIVDORJ SENGEDORJ: THE SALES GIRL Худалдагч охин (MONGOLIA 2021)

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BAYARTSETSEQ BAYANGEREL AND DULGUUN BAYASQALAN IN THE SALES GIRL

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C.J. WANG: RECLAIM 一家之主 (TAIWAN, 2022)

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BAO QIJING AND YU JIAAN IN RECLAIM

Portrait of a retiring woman lacks shape

CJ Wang's feature debut...

TOM HUANG: DEALING WITH DAD (2022)

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PETER S. KIM, ALLY MAKI, HAYDEN SZETO IN DEALING WITH DAD

A Chinese American family faces a depressed dad

With...

ARVIN CHEN: MAMA BOY 初戀慢半拍 (TAIWAN 2022) |

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VIVIAN HSU, KAO KO IN MAMA BOY

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A sheltered son breaks away

The situation of Mama Boy...

WEI SHUJUN: RIPPLES OF LIFE 永安镇故事集 (CHINA 2021)

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Tumultuous three chapter filmmaking sort-of documentary evokes Jia Zhang-ke and other role...

GENG JUN: MANCHURIAN TIGER 东北虎 (2021)

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ZHANG YU AND XU GANG IN MANCHURIAN TIGER

Cold laughter in China's far north

A review in Sino-Cinema by...

TOM TENG: LIFE FOR SALE 售命 (TAIWAN 2021)

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FU MENG-PO, JOANNE TENG IN LIFE FOR SALE

No time to die

This movie from Taiwan about a failed young...

DAN-GUEI SHEN: THE FUNERAL 頭七 (TAIWAN, 2022)

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WU YIHAN IN THE FUNERAL

Bad reception

The visuals are generally elegant in this slow-burner horror...

YOON JONG-SEOK: CONFESSION 자백 (SOUTH KOREA 2022)

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SO JI-SUB AND KIM HUN-JIN IN CONFESSION

Tangled web of a powerful murder suspect and his ace...

JEONG GA-YOUNG: NOTHING SERIOUS 연애 빠진 로맨(SOUTH KOREA 2021)

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SON SUKKU AND JEON JONG-SEO IN NOTHING SERIOUS

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Asian Wiki

A Korean...

CHO EUN-JI: PERHAPS LOVE 장르만 로맨스 (SOUTH KOREA, 2022)

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RYU SEUNG-NYONG, MIN JIN-SUNG IN PERHAPS LOVE

Amorous confusion and literary inspiration

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LEE IL-HA: I AM MORE 모어 (South Korea, 2021)

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Documentary portrait of an elegant Korean trans dancer and drag queen

A New York ASian...

PARK RI-WOONG: THE GIRL ON A BULLDOZER 불도저에 탄 소녀 (SOUTH KOREA, 2022)

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KIM HYE-YOON IN THE GIRL ON THE BULLDOZER

Korean super-girl

The feisty...

KEN KWEK: #LOOKATME (2022)

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SHU YI CHING AND THOMAS PANG/AKA/YAO IN #LOOKATME

A lurid look at free speech, social media, and homophobia in Singapore....

NYAFF revival showing in the NYAFF July 16, 2022. Review originally published in Dec. 2020.

WONG KAR-WAI: HAPPY TOGETHER 春光乍洩 (1997)

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LESLIE...

JUN ROBLES LANA: BIG NIGHT! (PHILIPPINES 2021)

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CHRISTIAN BABLES IN BIG NIGHT

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A young Filipino spends all day struggling to get off a...

JUSTIN CHEUNG, LI HO: LEGENDARY IN ACTION! 大俠Action！(Hong Kong 2022)

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A SCENE FROM "BATTLE OF THE SEVEN STAR SWORDS" IN LEGENDARY IN ACTION!

A film...

KIM CHAN, DEE LAM: FINDING BLISS: FIRE AND ICE - THE DIRECTOR'S CUT 尋找極致的喜悅：火與冰 (HONG KONG, 2022)

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Meet Josie Ho, Jim Chim, MC Yan and a bunch of...

SHINJI HIGUCHI: SHIN ULTRAMAN シン・ウルトラマン(JAPAN 2022)

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THE IMAGES OF SHIN ULTRAMAN ARE GLORIOUSLY ARTIFICIAL

"Irony" des-ne?

Matt Schley reviews the...

EIJI UCHIDA: OFFBEAT COPS 異動辞令は音楽隊！(Japan 2022)

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HIROSHI ABE IN OFFBEAT COPS

Never mind crime detection: what the people need is a really great police...

NON: RIBBON (JAPAN 2022)

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MISAYO HIRUKI AND RENA NONEN IN RIBBON

COVID disrupts the life of an art school student

Ribbon is the first feature...

TAKASHI SHIMAZU: OX-HEAD VILLAGE (JAPAN 2022)

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KEIKO HORIUCHI, RIKU HAGIWARA IN OX-HEAD VILLAGE

A popular horror thriller mystery in a woodsy setting...

KAZUYA SHIRAISHI: LESSON IN MURDER 死刑にいたる病 (Japan, 2022)
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KENSHI OKADA, SADAWO ABE IN LESSON IN MURDER

Warning: depicts torture

AS the...

MAYU NAKAMURA: INTIMATE STRANGER 親密な他人 (JAPAN 2021)

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FÛJU KAMIO AND ASUKA KUROSAWA IN INTIMATE STRANGER

Spider and fly

Intimate Stranger is a slow...