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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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