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Malaysia

Review: Namewee’s “Babi” Offers Dark Allegory of Malaysian Race Relations

By Anthony Kao

Hong Kong

Review: “Raging Fire” Is an Exciting but Unoriginal Hong Kong Cop Drama

By Richard Yu

China

Review: Documentary “Father” Sheds Insight on the Struggles of Two Generations in China’s 20th Century

By Brian Hioe

Hong Kong

Review: “All U Need is Love” is an Insipid and Vaguely Authoritarian Hong Kong COVID Comedy

By Brian Hioe

Japan

Review: In “Office Royale”, Japan’s Office Ladies Fight…to Preserve Patriarchy

By Anthony Kao

Hong Kong

Review: “Hand-Rolled Cigarette” Shows Cross-Racial Friendship in Hong Kong’s Underworld

By Brian Hioe

Japan

Review: “Under the Open Sky” Poignantly Depicts a Former Yakuza’s Societal Re-Entry

By Anthony Kao

Taiwan

Review: Taiwanese Animation “City of Lost Things” Brings Litter to Life

By Brian Hioe

South Korea

Review: “Escape from Mogadishu” Views North-South Korea Relations Through a Pragmatic Lens

By Anthony Kao

South Korea

Review: “The Book of Fish” Brings A Small Joseon-era Fishing Village to Life

By Brenda Chang

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