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Review: Silver Bear Winner “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” Plays with Coincidences and Fate

By Brenda Chang

China

Review: “A First Farewell” Is a Remarkable Film Shot in Xinjiang

By Brian Hioe

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Netflix Reveals New Korean Dramas and Movies For 2021; Focus on Thailand, Indonesia

By The Editors

Japan

Review: “Aristocrats” Examines Social Class In Modern Day Tokyo

By Brenda Chang

South Korea

Review: Netflix K-Drama “Vincenzo,” From an Italian Perspective

By Silvia Martinelli

Taiwan

Review: Taiwanese Shakespeare Adaptation “As We Like It” Subverts Traditional Theatrical Gender-Bending

By Jamin Shih

Hong Kong

Review: “Drifting” Highlights the Dark and Depressing Lives of Hong Kong’s Homeless Population

By Justin Chor Yu Liu

South Korea

Review: “Space Sweepers” Is Korea’s First Sci-fi Blockbuster—with Blatant Commercial Ambitions to Boot

By Anthony Kao

Hong Kong

How Wong Kar-wai’s ‘Restoration’ of “Fallen Angels” Spoils Pre-1997 Hong Kong

By Justin Chor Yu Liu

Taiwan

The 11 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2020

By The Editors

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