Anthony Kao

Based in Silicon Valley, Anthony Kao is Cinema Escapist's Editor-in-Chief. Learn more about him and other staff on the "About" page.

Italy

Review: Oscar-Submitted “Notturno” Paints a Hauntingly Beautiful Post-Conflict Levant

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South Korea

Review: K-Movie “The Call” Is a Chilling and Suspenseful Murder Mystery

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Taiwan

Review: Taiwan Film “A Leg” Paints Elegantly Wry Picture of an Imperfect Marriage

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Russia

Interview: Russian Movie “Palmyra” Shows ISIS Foreign Recruitment From a Human Perspective

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South Korea

Review: “Deliver Us from Evil” Offers Korean Action With a Thai Backdrop

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Russia

Review: Russian Show “To the Lake” Entertainingly Bolsters Netflix’s Pandemic-Era Offerings

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South Korea

How “Steel Rain 2: Summit” Trumpets South Korea’s Left-Wing Political Idealism

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China

Review: Jia Zhangke’s “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue” Meanders Through Modern Chinese Literature

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China

Review: “The Best Is Yet to Come” Views China’s Hepatitis B Discrimination Through An Auteur Lens

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Kazakhstan

Review: “Yellow Cat” Is a Whimsical and Artsy Kazakh Dark Comedy

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