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Review: “Perempuan Tanah Jahanam” Features Joko Anwar’s Trademark Use of Indonesian Symbols to Tell a Chilling Tale 

By James Guild

Saudi Arabia

Review: “The Perfect Candidate” Shows Saudi Arabia’s Evolving Women’s Rights Landscape

By Lorna Codrai

South Korea

Why “Parasite” Is Bong Joon-ho’s Biggest Hit and Darkest Film Yet

By Minsoo Kim

Japan

Review: “Promare” Challenges Animation’s Constraints Through A World On Fire

By Elizabeth Li

South Korea

Review: Netflix’s “Vagabond” Stars Suzy In An Entertaining Conspiracy Thriller

By Anthony Kao

Angola

Review: “Another Day Of Life” Vibrantly Relives Angola’s Civil War

By Oscar Harding

Indonesia

Review: “Gundala” is Another Joko Anwar Film Giving Voice to Indonesian Mythology

By James Guild

Japan

Review: “Carole & Tuesday” Is Shinichiro Watanabe’s Latest Musing on Music, Youth, and AI

By Akshay Suggula

China

Review: “Ne Zha” Mixes Family-Friendly Fun With the Invisible Hand of the Party

By Richard Yu

Spain

Review: Netflix Thriller “Victim Number 8” Critiques Europe’s Nativist Resurgence

By Anthony Kao

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