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2021

Peru

Review: “Las Mejores Familias” Uses Dark Comedy to Explore Peruvian Social Issues

By Kieran Davey

South Korea

Review: Netflix’s “D.P.” Offers Stirring Take on Hazing and Desertion in South Korea’s Army

By Anthony Kao

Hong Kong

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

By Justin Chor Yu Liu

China

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

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

Japan

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

By Anthony Kao

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

Hong Kong

Review: Hong Kong Film “The Way We Keep Dancing” Chooses Not To Sell Out

By Justin Chor Yu Liu

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