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Taiwan

Review: Taiwanese Movie “Daughter’s Daughter” Tugs at Heartstrings with Mother-Daughter Dynamics

By Brian Hioe

Japan

Review: “Escape” Imagines the Isolation of a Famed Japanese Terrorist

By Brian Hioe

Japan

Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cloud” is a Gripping, Offbeat Thriller

By Brian Hioe

China

Review: Lou Ye’s “An Unfinished Film” Probes the Boundaries of Truth with Its COVID Docufiction

By Anthony Kao

Ivory Coast

Review: “Black Tea” Uses Taiwanese Funds to Promote China’s Belt and Road

By Anthony Kao

Japan

Review: Neo Sora’s “Happyend” Explores Anxious Youth in a Dystopian Japan

By Jianne Soriano

Palestine

Review: “No Other Land” Is a Powerful and Immediate Document of the Destruction of West Bank Communities

By Kieran Davey

Iran

Review: “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Is an Urgent Drama of Violence, Paranoia and Female Empowerment

By Kieran Davey

India

Review: India’s First Cannes Grand Prix Winner “All We Imagine As Light” Is a Gentle Exploration of Womanhood

By Kieran Davey

China

Review: “Upstream” Misses Chance to Advocate for China’s Gig Workers

By Tianshu Hu

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