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Hong Kong

Review: “Time” Laments Aging in an Uneven Bag of Comedy, Action, and Drama

By Justin Chor Yu Liu

Taiwan

Review: Taiwanese Road Movie “Mickey on the Road” Meanders Along With Static Characters and Implausibilities

By Brian Hioe

China

Review: “Wuhan Wuhan” Paints Humanistic Picture of Everyday Residents and Medical Workers at Start of COVID-19 Pandemic

By Brian Hioe

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

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