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The 11 Best Chinese Movies of 2025
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Taiwan
The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2025
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Japan
Review: NYC-Set Japanese Film “Dear Stranger” Gets Lost In Translation
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Brian Hioe
Taiwan
The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2024
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The Editors
Ivory Coast
Review: “Black Tea” Uses Taiwanese Funds to Promote China’s Belt and Road
By
Anthony Kao
Taiwan
Review: “18×2 Beyond Youthful Days” is a Taiwan-Japan Romance Co-production Reminiscent of “Cape No. 7”
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Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: “Seven Days in Heaven” Blends Youthful and Flippant Rebellion With Distinct Taiwanese Flavor
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Brian Hioe
Independent Films
Review: “Starring Jerry as Himself” Blends Fact and Fiction in a Tale of Scams and Family
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Brian Hioe
Taiwan
Review: “Life for Sale” Offers a Stylized and Complex Exploration of Mortality
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Brian Hioe
Hong Kong
Review: Hong Kong Neo-noir “Limbo” Is Dark in More Ways Than One
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Justin Chor Yu Liu
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