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Spotlight On: Modern Filipino Films
With its extensive and storeyed cinematic history, the Philippines has brought us countless films that touch upon modern issues. I look at five from the last few years.
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We are Aliens
Tsubasa and Kyotaro grow up together, then drift apart, each recalling their shared past differently. Their parallel perspectives reveal misunderstandings, loneliness, and the fragile, alien ways children interpret the world.
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Nagi Notes
A Tokyo sculptor and an architect reconnect in rural Nagi, where quiet routines, distant military echoes, and shared memories intertwine, revealing how art, solitude, and ordinary lives shape human bonding.
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The Outsiders
Four men find acceptance and camaraderie in a dangerous world, in Yu Kan-ping’s sweet drama
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Kim Jee-Woon: A Primer
Kim Jee-woon is one of Korea’s most interesting and varied directors – and one of its most accessible. With a variety of film genres uinder his belt, anyone looking to dip their toes into…
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We’re Nothing at All
A Hong Kong bus explosion sparks a tense investigation, uncovering two young lovers driven to radical violence by injustice, repression and despair, while a forensic veteran pieces together their fractured humanity.
