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Justin Chon’s “Ms. Purple” Pays Homage to Asian Cultural Legacies

By Anthony Kao

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Review: “The Farewell” Reveals Life’s Necessary Illusions

By Teen Sheng

China

Review: “One Child Nation” Tells The Story of a Nation At War With Its Own Population

By Emily Hsiang

News

Review: Ai Weiwei’s “The Rest” Offers a Scathing Critique of Europe for Denying Human Dignity to Refugees

By Emily Hsiang

Ireland

Review: “The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid” Depicts Two Irelands At War

By Oscar Harding

Turkey

The Rise and Fall of the Turkish “Mockbuster”

By Timon Singh

China

“People’s Republic of Desire”: Director Hao Wu Introduces Us to Chinese Internet Celebrity Culture

By Richard Yu

Interviews

Jamie Greenberg Talks “Future ’38”, His Anti-Nazi Time Travel Comedy

By Anthony Kao

Democratic Republic of Congo

Review: “This Is Congo” and the farcical nature of power

By Oscar Harding

Interviews

Interview: Shady Srour and Ilan Moskovitch discuss “Holy Air” in Israel’s Arab capital

By Jake Goldwasser

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