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Review: Chinese Comedy-Drama “Now I Met Her” Falls Flat With Its Male Gaze
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: “Will You Still Be My Friend” Blends Character Drama and Social Commentary in Rural Taiwan
By
Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: “Just Like Weather” Metafictionally Muses About a Hongkonger Couple’s Emigration to the United States
By
Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: Taiwanese-Language Comedy “Good Neighbors” Proves Valuable and Entertaining Historical Text
By
Brian Hioe
Japan
Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back” is a Loving Ode to Friendship and Art
By
Kieran Davey
South Korea
Review: Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love” Is a Novelistic Exploration of Capitalism and Relationships
By
Kieran Davey
Japan
Review: “All of a Sudden” Continues Hamaguchi’s Streak of Deeply Felt, Empathetic Dramas
By
Kieran Davey
China
Review: “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” Compellingly Reimagines the Iraq War From a Chinese Perspective
By
Anthony Kao
China
Review: Teochew Hit “Dear You” Is Great Melodrama, But Doesn’t Fix China’s Soft Power Deficits
By
Anthony Kao
Taiwan
Review: “Afterword” Bridges Taipei and New York in a Metatextual Examination of Fiction
By
Brian Hioe
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