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France

Review: Beautifully Animated “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” Explores Childhood and Cultural Identity

By Kieran Davey

Hong Kong

Review: “Little Red Sweet” is a Tender Ode to Hong Kong’s Vanishing Culinary Heritage

By Richard Yu

Documentaries

Review: “Lisa Lu Plays Herself” Is an Uneditorialized Jumble of Interviews and Archival Footage

By Brian Hioe

Taiwan

Review: Chung Mong-hong’s “The Embers” Is Convoluted and Politically Problematic

By Brian Hioe

Hong Kong

Review: HK’s “Valley of the Shadow of Death” Explores Clash of Morals and Faith

By Jianne Soriano

Indonesia

Review: “This City is a Battlefield” Serves Steamy Romance Amidst Indonesian Revolution

By Anthony Kao

Hong Kong

Review: Hong Kong Heist Movie “Smashing Frank” Delivers Hackneyed Take on Social Inequality

By Brian Hioe

Taiwan

Review: Taiwan’s “Unexpected Courage” Melodramatically Heroicizes Childbirth

By Brian Hioe

Philippines

Review: “Sunshine” Tackles Teenage Pregnancy and Abortion in a Conservative Philippines

By Jianne Soriano

Hong Kong

Review: “The Way We Talk” Examines Hong Kong’s Deaf Community and Culture

By Brian Hioe

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